Spain
RTVE secures non-exclusive Premier Padel rights
Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE has furthered its association with Premier Padel by agreeing a non-exclusive rights deal with the series to cover the remainder of its debut season
FC Barcelona, Sixth Street finalize €267m LaLiga TV rights deal
LaLiga giants FC Barcelona has finalized a deal to sell 10 per cent of its LaLiga television rights for the next 25 years to United States-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners
Premier Padel appoints Octagon to market Madrid event
Premier Padel, the new global padel tour run by the International Padel Federation (FIP) and backed by players body the Professional Padel Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), has appointed…
RTVE reduces Qualifiers and Nations League spend in Spain
RTVE assessed that Spanish national team matches – particularly those within the Nations League format – were somewhat overvalued in the previous deal, leading to a slightly decreased value.
Sixth Street ‘set to add’ Barcelona deal to Real Madrid investment
US investment firm Sixth Street is poised to conclude a deal to acquire a 10 per cent share of FC Barcelona’s LaLiga broadcast rights revenue, according to multiple reports in Spain.
Optus swells football portfolio with LaLiga rights acquisition
Australian telecoms operator Optus has acquired exclusive rights to Spain’s LaLiga in a 'multi-year' contract.
DAZN strikes Spanish carriage deal with Orange ahead of new LaLiga season
The Spanish arm of French telecoms operator Orange has agreed a carriage deal with DAZN to provide the OTT subscription broadcaster’s service within its Orange TV content offering.
AI camera tech firm Staige agrees Footters Spanish grassroots football tie-up
Staige, the Germany-based artificial intelligence production firm, has been appointed to a three-year contract to produce streaming coverage of grassroots club football in Spain
Mediapro set to retain domestic free-to-air LaLiga rights
Mediapro, the Spanish media rights agency and production group, is poised to retain its domestic free-to-air live and highlights rights to Spanish football’s top-tier LaLiga Santander.
Mediapro ‘definitively resolves’ financial uncertainties after debt refinancing
Mediapro claims to have “definitively resolved” financial uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic after reaching a debt refinancing agreement.
WSC Sports builds on Liga ACB association with FC Barcelona deal
AI video technology company WSC Sports has further enhanced its presence in basketball by agreeing a deal with FC Barcelona
France 2 nears audience of 5m for record Nadal triumph, DMAX nets 1.6m viewers
Rafael Nadal’s victory in Sunday’s French Open final attracted an average audience of 4.6 million viewers on France Télévisions, the French public-service broadcaster.
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LaLiga offers non-exclusive Segunda División rights after receiving no bids
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, received no bids for exclusive rights to its second-tier Segunda División, and will now market the rights non-exclusively.
Barcelona considers sale of LaLiga TV rights revenue, stake in licensing arm
FC Barcelona will hold an extraordinary assembly meeting on June 16, with its members to vote on whether the club should sell a minority stake in its Barça Licensing & Merchandising subsidiary, and on …
Viewing figures remain robust for Champions League final delayed by ‘chaotic’ scenes
Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final netted robust free-to-air viewing figures in Europe’s major markets despite the 36-minute delay caused by chaotic scenes outside the stadium.
RTVE nets Euro 2024 and Spanish national team rights
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has secured rights to the 2024 Uefa European Championship in Germany along with a wider package of Spanish football matches and other games over the next four years
Real Madrid tops ‘most valuable football brand’ rankings
Brand valuation consultancy firm Brand Finance has named Real Madrid as the world’s most valuable football brand for a fourth consecutive year.
Tottenham Hotspur to play Sevilla in South Korea
Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur will face Spanish LaLiga outfit Sevilla in the second of two friendly matches as part of the North London-based team’s pre-season tour of South Korea later this y…