Spain

IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain

Euro 2012 value drops as channels buddy up ... ISU secures 35% EBU increase ... Alianza defies league with joint bid ... UFC fights its way into mainstream

Football: Benfica TV, the club channel of Portuguese Liga club Benfica, acquired rights for 180 matches featuring a range of clubs and national teams taking place between now and December 2011

Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).

EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa

New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players

Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa

ESPN and Fox make peace in Latin America to keep DirecTV out of Champions League

ESPN Star Sports wins La Liga rights after aggressive bid but could still split in the next 12 months

Digital Plus furious about YouTube Copa ... Urhotv looking for partners ... ESPN looking at UK revamp

Football: The Brazil-based Traffic Sports agency concluded media rights deals for the 2011 Copa America in Paraguay, Canada and Belgium and in more than 50 countries with YouTube (see page this issue)

Industry alive to the news of CAA takeover of IMG

Media rights for Spain's La Liga to hit €588.5 million in 2011-12 season

Telenet secures Belguim's top football league rights with aggressive bid

MP & Silva pays 50-per-cent increase for French Open rights and gives free-to-air coverage guarantees

Romanian pay-TV rivals bolster sports content...Final Copa deals in place...Liga rights talks in Venezuela...Premier League piracy case delay