Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)
Watchdog tells LaLiga not to exclude FTA operators from rights sales
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has requested that LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of club football in the country, does not exclude free-to-air broadcasters in the marketing of television rights for the top tier.
Spanish watchdog opens case against Telefónica over DAZN F1 deal
Telecoms operator Telefónica is facing fresh action from Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), over its sublicensing deal with OTT subscription bro…
Spanish competition body initiates proceedings against Telefónica over Sogecable case
Spain’s Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has initiated disciplinary action against telecoms operator Telefónica over a potential breach of commitments when it acquired DTS in …
RTVE issued with provisional restrictions on World Cup advertising
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has set out advertising restrictions that public broadcaster RTVE will have to follow for its coverage of th…
Watchdog investigates public broadcaster RTVE over Fifa World Cup advertising sales
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has opened an investigation into public broadcaster RTVE’s sale of advertising slots for the Fifa 2022 Worl…
Spanish watchdog requests changes to Copa del Rey betting rights tender
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has suggested changes to the Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF’s) tender for betting streaming rights to the…
RFEF accedes to CNMC demands for three-year Copa del Rey tender
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has agreed to requests made by Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), regarding changes to its invitation to…
CNMC issues fresh rights tender recommendations to LaLiga
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has issued its latest set of recommended changes to broadcast rights tenders launched by LaLiga, the governing bo…
Spanish broadcast watchdog wants changes to LaLiga rights sales in four European markets
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has recommended changes to the sale of broadcast rights to LaLiga in Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Ma…
Media regulator demands changes to RFEF’s Copa del Rey domestic tender
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has asked the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to make changes to its tender for domestic rights to the Co…
Spanish court ‘upholds’ CNMC’s Telefónica sanctions in historic football rights case
Spain’s competition regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y La Competencia, is reported to have been backed by the Audiencia Nacional, the country’s high court, over sanctions it handed out …
Competition watchdog asks RFEF to modify media rights sales proposals
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has said that some Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) proposals for the commercialisation of broadcast rights fo…
Watchdog rejects RFEF collusion claims in Copa del Rey rights bidding
Spain's competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has said there was no pact between the Mediapro agency, public broadcaster RTVE, media group Mediaset and telco …
LaLiga presses ahead with domestic tender despite regulator stance on longer terms
Spain’s LaLiga is to press ahead with a domestic broadcast rights tender that allows bidders to lodge offers over four and five seasons despite advice from the country’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Naci…
Spanish competition watchdog seeks alteration of Telefónica-DAZN F1 pact
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has ordered Telefónica to alter the terms of its agreement with OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN so that it …
Regulator ‘rejects’ Telefónica’s latest appeal over sports content sharing
Spanish telco Telefónica has failed with a renewed application to Spanish competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), to lift an obligation it has to share rights t…
Spanish competition body opens broadcast rights probe against RFEF
The Comisión de los Mercados y La Competencia (CNMC), Spain’s competition watchdog, has launched disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in relation to potential anti-competitive pr…
CNMC ruling limits Telefónica’s dominance, but rivals still call for competition review
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia’s (CNMC) decision to extend telco Telefónica’s content-sharing requirement until at least 2023 will limit the extent of the telco’s Spanish market dominance. But many of its rivals are still calling for a comprehensive review into the telco’s position.