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German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2015 and 2017 EuroHockey Championships, along with agreeing a three-year deal for club competition the Euro Hockey League.

Sunday’s game between Barcelona and Real Madrid became the first Spanish Liga football match broadcast live in aircraft under a deal between the Mediapro agency and Turkish Airlines.

Pay-television operator DirecTV has struck a carriage deal in several Latin American countries for the Mediapro agency’s Canal F1 Latin America Formula One-dedicated pay-television channel.

Weak competition for Europa League rights in Spain forced Uefa into lengthy negotiations with the beIN Media Group and the Mediapro agency, who were bidding jointly. A deal was eventually agreed last week.

Pay-television operator Televisa has struck a carriage deal in Mexico for the Mediapro agency’s Canal F1 Latin America Formula One-dedicated pay-television channel.

Spanish agency Mediapro and pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group have been awarded media rights for the Uefa Europa League European club football tournament.

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.