Movistar
Rahm presence helps LIV land two-year Spanish rights deal
Jon Rahm’s controversial move to LIV Golf has helped the breakaway tour secure a two-year broadcast deal in Spain with Movistar Plus+, the OTT service of the Telefónica-owned pay-television broadcaster.
Europa League final nets 6.5m viewers on Rai as Movistar TV delivers seven-figure audience
Last night’s Uefa Europa League final between AS Roma and Sevilla delivered a strong free-to-air audience in Italy and over one million viewers on the Telefónica-owned Movistar TV subscription service in…
Movistar lands Copa del Rey package and Spanish Super Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus has acquired domestic rights to the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup tournaments from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Telefónica’s Movistar Plus to show all World Cup matches following Mediapro deal
Spanish pay-television broadcaster Movistar Plus will show all 64 matches from the upcoming 2022 Fifa World Cup on a new channel following an agreement with the Mediapro agency
Telefónica and DAZN ‘close’ to deal for LaLiga matches
Telco Telefónica is close to clinching a sublicensing deal with OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN for its five weekly LaLiga matches from next season, it has been reported.
RTVE lands Champions League final rights for first time since 2015
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE will show the final of this season's Uefa Champions League in May, as well as two Spanish national team friendlies in March
LaLiga’s one-per-cent pay-television uplift cancelled out by production burden
Telefónica and DAZN’s five-season deals for LaLiga’s domestic pay-television rights will help the league broaden its distribution among Spanish consumers, though the league has suffered a real-terms decrease on the previous cycle’s pay-television income.
Sky Italia posts record ratings as Inter fall at last Europa League hurdle
Friday’s Uefa Europa League final between Sevilla and Inter Milan attracted record viewing figures in Italy as pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia netted strong figures on its subscription and free-to-air c…
Supercopa final in Saudi nets 1.97m Spanish pay-TV viewers
The first Spanish Supercopa to be played in Saudi Arabia yielded an average of 1
DAZN joins forces with Mediaset in latest round of Copa del Rey bidding
OTT sports streaming service DAZN has joined Mediaset’s bid for the three-season cycle for Spanish domestic knockout competition, the Copa del Rey, it has been reported.
Steady growth for Spanish pay-television sector
The Spanish pay-television market recorded steady growth in subscribers in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest figures released by competition regulator the CNMC
Mediapro seals carriage deals for LaLiga TV Bar
The Mediapro agency has struck carriage deals with Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, Deion Comunicaciones and Telecable for its LaLiga TV Bar channel, which provides football coverage in public places
Movistar to close esports channel
Spanish telco Movistar has announced the closure of its esports channel two years after its launch