Spain

Football

TVE fights to keep hold of Masters ... Rally wants more UK exposure; Zee spree for Ten Action ... Lega looks for Coppa bidders.

Football

First Saturday Champions League final fails to pull in families and is a ratings flop in two of Europe's big five markets.

Football

German commercial broadcaster pleased with audiences in first season of "too expensive" deal.

Football

MCS "hurt and angry" by Ligue rights refusal
Football

New player Aruna Media will sell 3D rights for World Cup matches to cinema chains and public viewing arenas around the world.
Basketball

Basketball: Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten acquired the rights for the National Basketball League, Australia's top-tier basketball competition, in a five-year deal directly with the league…
Football

Football: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired the rights for eight matches from this year’s Fifa World Cup in a deal with Prisa-owned pay-broadcaster Sogecable.
Cricket

News round-up, Vol 14 Issue 6

Athletics

The Diamond League athletics series has secured double the rights fee income of its predecessor the Golden League, with two big deals yet to be done.

Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired free-to-air rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa worth €110m ($150m).
Football

Agencies have already begun to squabble over rights ownership

Boxing

Football dominated sports viewing in Europe’s top markets in 2009, with Uefa club competitions and World Cup qualifiers delivering the strongest audiences in the big five markets.

Football

Football: Free-to-air broadcaster Chilevisión acquired the domestic rights for Chilean national team matches from 2011 to 2014 in a four-year deal with Chile’s National Association of Professional Fo…
Football

Gol TV and Canal Plus Liga co-operation in Premier League bidding process is likely to be repeated.
Football

Spain’s rapidly consolidating television sector will make it a tough market for sports rights-holders for at least the next two years, local executives warn.

Football

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF acquired the free-to-air rights for a further nine matches from next year’s Fifa World Cup in South Africa in a sublicensing deal with pay-broadcaster S…
Football

Increase in European media rights fees a sign of increasing value of Premier League even in Europe's developed markets.

Formula One television audiences in Spain and Italy fell drastically this year, reflecting disappointing performances by Spanish driver Fernando Alonso and Italian car manufacturer Ferrari.