Spain

Basketball

European basketball’s Euroleague has been thrown a lifeline by Spain’s fourth-largest bank.
Football

Newly signed deals in Spain and Germany confirm that the Uefa Champions League is heading for a major drop in television rights fees in four of Europe’s five major markets.
Football

Champions League television viewing rose by eight per cent across Europe’s top six football television markets this season.

Fernando Alonso’s strong performances in this year’s Formula 1 championship are ensuring that the car manufacturer’s €5 million investment is paying off.

Dorna is to stop acting as the promoter of the MotoCross World Championship and the Motocross of Nations.
Athletics

The Spanish Sports Broadcasting Council approved a final draft of listed sports events that are to be protected for free-to-air television
Football

If G30 splits, Sogecable will move for Primera Liga club rights
Football

The Spanish football league season could be delayed by over a month after the G-30 group of clubs, consisting of eight Primera Liga clubs and all 22 Segunda Liga clubs, renewed a threat to delay the start…
Football

Limited competition and lack of a powerful, willing pay-TV operator leads to hefty falls in rights fees in big Euro markets
Football

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi won twice over in this year’s Champions League.
Football

Sogecable says Phedrasport deal is a negotiating tactic
Boxing

Football and winter sports dominate European sports viewing in the TV Sports Markets’ survey for March.

Football

The Italian league appears to be ploughing a surprisingly lonely furrow in setting up its own channel.

Commercial broadcasters in several European countries are planning an onslaught on many of the top sports rights.

The changes introduced to Formula 1 this season to make the races more exciting are having a mixed effect on last year’s falling television audiences.
Boxing

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
Football

Spanish sports rights-owners may be apprehensive about the effect of the merger between the country’s two pay-television operators.

The green light for pay-television mergers in Italy and Spain redraws the map of European television.