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UCL final free-to-air deal targeted in Spain
The Uefa Champions League final is likely to remain on free-to-air television in Spain for another three seasons after Team Marketing initiated a sales process, SportBusiness understands
Men’s 100m final: still appointment-to-view TV?
Linear audiences in most major European markets dropped significantly for the men’s Olympic 100-metre final compared to the last summer Games in Europe as its ‘appointment-to-view’ status has been diluted due to various factors.
Paris opening ceremony earns best ratings since 2012
NBCUniversal's decision to broadcast a commercial-free portion of an Olympics opening ceremony proved a success, with Paris 2024 setting a 12-year Games audience high for the US rights-holder
Euro 2024 audience shares exceed 60 per cent in major markets
ZDF delivered a huge audience share of 76.8 per cent for its live coverage of Germany’s clash with Denmark on Saturday evening during a weekend in which teams from four of Europe’s ‘big five’ markets were in action.
RTVE finally settles on Paralympics rights deal
RTVE has negotiated a Paralympics rights deal in Spain which represents 'an important saving' following lengthy negotiations with Enjoy Television and after coming under public pressure.
RTVE ‘opts against’ LaLiga free-to-air bid
RTVE has voted against proceeding with a bid to bring coverage of LaLiga back to public-service television in Spain
More women’s football rights for RTVE following bumper national team ratings
RTVE has moved quickly to tie up more women’s football rights after registering record audiences during Spain’s triumphant World Cup campaign.
Spain’s World Cup triumph is top-rated women’s match on record
Spain set records on and off the pitch as their victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup final became the most-watched women's football match of all time in the country
RTVE’s WWC ratings hold up in face of time difference impact
Spain’s Women’s World Cup semi-final win delivered an average audience of 1.9 million viewers on Spanish public-service television, almost three times the figure for this year’s Uefa Women’s Champions League final.
EBU helps Fifa break Women’s World Cup deadlock
Fifa avoided a momentum-killing Women’s World Cup television blackout in five major markets after a financial and diplomatic intervention from the European Broadcasting Union.
Women’s World Cup breakthrough in major markets after EBU intervention
Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
Canale 5 nears 9m viewers for Champions League final, French and German figures drop
Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final registered the highest free-to-air audience in Italy since 2017 as Inter Milan lost out to Manchester City.
Rugby Europe secures coverage with EBU quartet
Rugby Europe has struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union that will see its rugby sevens events televised by public-service broadcasters in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Spain
RTVE keeps MotoGP sublicense fee flat
RTVE has sublicensed free-to-air rights for MotoGP at a flat rate, in the absence of competitive tension from commercial broadcasters.
RTVE extends MotoGP coverage in DAZN sublicensing deal
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has extended and expanded its rights deal for the MotoGP motorcycling championship
Spanish Paralympic Committee urges RTVE to acquire Paris 2024 rights
Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE) president Miguel Carballeda has called on public-service broadcaster RTVE to acquire rights to next year’s Paralympic Games in Paris.
Spanish handball league widens exposure with RTVE deal
Liga Asobal, the top tier of domestic handball in Spain, has agreed a rights deal with public-service broadcaster RTVE
Strong World Cup final ratings across Europe’s free-to-air networks but German figures languish
Sunday’s gripping Fifa World Cup final between Argentina and France attracted strong audiences across free-to-air broadcasters in Europe, although figures in Germany were down on previous finals not i…