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A vote by Serie A clubs on the award of packages of domestic rights for the next cycle of Italian football’s top tier has been postponed by two days, until tomorrow (Wednesday).

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica and media company Prisa have agreed to extend the deadline for media company Mediaset to exercise their right of first refusal on the agreement for Telefónica to acquire a 56-per-cent stake in Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus.

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has submitted a bid to acquire media company Mediaset’s 22-per-cent stake in Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus, according to the Economia Digital news website.

The 20 clubs of Italy’s Serie A are trying to pick the best possible combination of bids from a rights auction marked by an extraordinary degree of tactical bidding that has thrown the process into confusion.

There were mixed results for broadcasters of the 2013-14 Uefa Champions League in Europe's big five markets, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica is in talks with Mediaset to acquire the media company’s 22-per-cent stake in Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus.

Cumulative free-to-air television audiences across the big five markets increase for this season's Uefa Europa League, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has tabled a bid to acquire a majority stake in pay-television operator Canal Plus, a major sports broadcaster in Spain.

Italy’s Bike Channel looks to expand abroad

National team qualifier rights values tumble in Italy and Spain

The Infront Sports & Media agency’s contract as media adviser to Italian football’s Serie A was approved as expected yesterday, but not without some of the usual drama which has come to mark the league’s assemblies.

Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera is closing in on a deal to acquire, or take a controlling stake in, the Mediaset Premium pay-television service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset, according to Italian media sources.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE’s acquisition of rights to the Uefa Champions League club football competition for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15 has been deemed legal by the Audiencia Nacional, the Spanish High Court.

Italian media group Mediaset has secured a €700m ($966m) loan from three banks to help cover its expenditure on football rights, according to Il Sole 24 Ore.

Spanish broadcaster Mediaset, which owns the Telecinco and Cuatro commercial channels, has linked up with media company Mandarina Productions and journalists Javier Santos and Manu Carreño to establish a new production company.

Serie A guidelines give no clues on key question about media rights sales