Mediaset (Spain)
Mediaset beats free-to-air rivals as World Cup value falls in Spain
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired all rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth at least 15 per cent less than Fifa earned for 2014.
Discovery opts to earn return on French Open rights in Spain
Fiba projecting huge increase in global media-rights revenue
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) is set to more than double its annual media-rights income compared to the previous cycle, boosted by a lucrative deal in China and strong increases in key markets.
Watching Brief (Vol.136) Special Focus: MotoGP World Championships
TVE surprises market with FA Cup and Club World Cup deals
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE surprised the market with deals for English FA Cup and Club World Cup rights this month.
Uefa suffers as Euros value drops significantly in Spain
Uefa’s much-reduced deal for Euro 2016 rights in Spain reflects an advertising market yet to recover from the financial crash of the late 2000s.
Uefa was prepared to play waiting game in Spain
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.
Mediaset forced to pay more in open tender
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset was forced to increase its fee to keep the rights for Spanish national team football friendlies in a deal agreed last week following a formal tender ordered by the country’s competition regulator.
Watching Brief (Vol.91) Special Focus: Motor Cycling – MotoGP
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in Europe’s five largest markets for motorcycling’s MotoGP world championship
Watching Brief (Vol.83) Special Focus: Football – Fifa World Cup
Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences in the major European markets and America for the 2014 Fifa World Cup
Rights blitz gives Prisa a dilemma
Telefónica piles more pressure on Prisa with exclusive deals for Formula One and MotoGP in Spain
Telefónica deal for Canal Plus could wake dormant sports-rights market
Prisa stake at the centre of battle for control of Spanish pay-TV market as Canal Plus spends on rights
Telefónica returns to media rights as Vodafone presses
Telefónica makes return to sport-rights market after a decade away
Mediapro ahead by a nose after discounted deals
Mediapro sees margins trimmed but still makes profit on F1 as its sell on the rights in Spain
Mediapro close to deals for 2014 World Cup channel
Mediapro's Romy on World Cup channel plans
Watching Brief (Vol.68) Special Focus: Motor Cycling – MotoGP
Watching Brief (Vol.66) Special Focus: Football – International Qualifiers
Eurosport to hang on to French Open until 2021 in blockbuster deal
Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis
Watching Brief (Vol.60) Special Focus: Football – Fifa Confederations Cup
Watching Brief (Vol.58) Special Focus: Tennis – French Open
Mediaset the home of premium sport in crisis-hit market
Mediaset Spain bags cut-price Fifa World Cup and French Open tennis rights
Talks for free-to-air rights in Spain drag on into week two
Talks for free-to-air rights for French Open talks drag on past the first week of the tournament
Spanish federation goes in-house
Spanish football federation looks set to take rights in house once talks with former rights agency Santa Mónica are concluded
Crisis hitting World Cup and Roland Garros negotiations
Spanish market proving difficult for sellers of the rights to the Fifa World Cup and French Open tennis