Spain

A look at television production of football matches in France, Germany, England, Italy and Spain

The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.

Football: German public-service broadcasters ARD/ZDF acquired the live and delayed rights for all 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup from Fifa, football’s world governing body. 

Football: French commercial broad-caster TF1 agreed a deal with the Infront agency for the pay-television rights for the 2006 World Cup and sublicensed them to pay-broadcaster Canal Plus and its own cable and satellite channel Eurosport.

Free-to-air television audiences for live coverage of Spanish football’s Primera Liga in 2005-06 fell five per cent on the previous season.

Mediapro is bidding aggressively for the television rights of Barcelona and other top Spanish football clubs.

Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.

Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.

The value of Formula One television rights in Spain has more than trebled, as a result of the high ratings attracted by local driver Fernando Alonso

Sogecable is to end its financial backing of European club basketball’s top-tier league, the Euroleague

Men's World Handball Championships in Germany attracts big audiences across Europe

Commonwealth Games:  UK public-service broadcaster the BBC acquired the rights to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a deal with the Fastrack agency, which is selling the rights on behalf of the organisers.

Antena 3 is making a big push to buy sports rights

Football: Russia’s Premier League is set to sign a three-year deal worth $17m (£9m/€13m) a season for its rights from the 2005 season with the Fedcom-media agency

The Spanish football federation is considering launching its own television channel

·   Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).  TVP