Atresmedia nets Uefa youth tournament rights

Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has acquired rights to the Uefa European Under-17 Championship, which gets underway in Azerbaijan tomorrow (Thursday).

Atresmedia will broadcast the national team football tournament through its Mega channel, with Spain set to play its opening game against the Netherlands on Friday.

Spain has also been drawn against Italy and Serbia in Group D.

The agreement comes with Spain remaining the only major European market where a deal is not in place for Euro 2016, which takes place in France from June 10 to July 10.