Spain

Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE exercised a matching-rights option to secure motorcycling’s MotoGP rights for a further five years.

Sportfive, Kentaro, IMG get plenty of ties against the big five teams; Infront do not fare so well

The new domestic free-to-air deal for the Spanish Primera Liga has been a success for commercial broadcaster La Sexta.

Spanish agency Mediapro’s acquisition of the television rights for Primera Liga club Real Madrid is almost certain to give it overall control of Audiovisual Sport.

An exciting championship this year boosted MotoGP television audiences in the sport’s two major European markets, Italy and Spain.

Spanish commercial free-to-air channel Cuatro has made an aggressive bid for the Spanish television rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP.

English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.

Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

A bid for the television rights of Primera Liga club Real Madrid by regional public-service broadcaster Telemadrid has been greeted with scepticism in Spain.

The battle between F1 legend Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso boosted television audiences in three of Europe’s top five markets this season.

Spanish public-service broadcaster sees nine-per-cent increase in audiences for MotoGP coverage

Primera Liga rights-holding company Audiovisual Sport could face two legal challenges complaining about the way it handles the sale of the league’s television rights.