Spain

Football

Spanish pay-television operator Sogecable strengthened its grip on the rights for Spanish domestic football
Football

Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV

Football

Sogecable is likely to keep its stranglehold on Primera Liga pay-television rights in new deals next summer

Television audiences of the drivers and manufacturers’ home markets reflect rise and fall
Tennis

Broadcaster reduces coverage on flagship channel, despite rise of Spanish star
Football

Discounted new media rights still on shelf after a year
Football

League appeals to competition authorities for permission to sell rights for five years
Football

Deals made directly with broadcasters boost earnings
Football

Major rights to be put on the negotiating table

Spanish five sports-rights contenders

The launch next Monday by pay-broadcaster Sogecable of Spain’s fifth major free-to-air channel will create another crack in what has been one of Europe’s toughest markets
Football

The established satellite operators are facing new competition from cable for domestic football rights
Boxing

Formula 1: Spanish sports agency Mediapro acquired the rights for Formula 1 in a five-year deal, 2009 to 2013, in a deal thought to be worth about €35m (£24m) a year.
Basketball

Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax

Agency believed to be committed pay €35m per year, current deal worth €10m per year
Football

Football: Spanish pay-television broadcaster Sogecable acquired the pay-rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from the 2006-07 to 2008-09 with the Team agency

Athletics

Basketball: Spanish commercial broadcaster La Sexta acquired the rights to this year’s basketball World Championships in a deal with Fiba, the international basketball federation.

Football

Football: Spanish Primera Liga champions FC Barcelona agreed a long-term deal with the Mediapro agency which guarantees the club at least €1bn (£685m) for its domestic and international television rights for the seven years from 2006-07 to 2012-13.