Mediapro

Spanish club Barcelona said this week that the planned return to collective selling would help La Liga to eventually match or exceed the media-rights income of Italy’s Serie A, but that it would require the country’s pay-television industry to be much stronger.

Spanish agency Mediapro has taken control of the Euro Hockey League and its international media rights after acquiring the Pro Sport agency’s shareholding in the continental hockey tournament.

Telecommunications company Telefónica has dislodged the Mediapro agency as Barcelona’s official rights-holder for the 2015-16 season, the Spanish Liga club has announced.

Spanish agency Mediapro will launch its new Formula One channel in Latin America on March 1.

Mediapro has won an appeal in the Spanish Supreme Court against an earlier ruling that the agency had breached contracts relating to rights for Spanish football’s top-tier Liga.

Spanish Liga football club Athletic Bilbao has confirmed a one-year contract with the Mediapro agency for its broadcast rights in the 2015-16 season.

Telefónica’s acquisition of all rights to two Primera Liga clubs, and its bid to acquire the rights to Spanish giant Barcelona, are aimed at strengthening the telco’s position ahead of changes in the domestic broadcast market.

Spanish agency Mediapro will dilute the exclusivity of its new Formula One channel in Latin America with a sublicensing deal because it felt the offer from Fox Sports was too good to refuse.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a sublicencing deal with Spanish agency Mediapro for the rights to the Formula One motor racing championship in Latin America.

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has joined forces with the country’s Association of Media Agencies, the Mediapro agency and Prisa media company to sign an agreement intended to combat the piracy of Spanish football rights.

Mediapro is in talks with Spanish Liga football club Barcelona over a new media-rights deal, according to the agency’s president, Jaume Roures.

The Mediapro agency has agreed a deal to establish a new package offering sports content from its Spanish pay-television broadcaster Gol T, alongside entertainment content from over-the-top platforms TotalChannel and Wuaki.tv.

Uefa earned a strong increase in its Champions League rights fee in Spain last week, with most industry insiders believing it had Qatari broadcaster beIN Media Group to thank.

Spanish agency Mediapro has acquired rights for the KNVB Cup, the leading cup competition in Dutch football.

Spanish agency Mediapro has created a subsidiary to manage its sports operations.

The Mediapro agency has acquired the domestic and international media rights to 39 of the 42 clubs from the Primera Liga and Segunda Liga, the top two divisions of Spanish club football, in one season-deals for the 2015-16 season.