Telefónica (Spain)
CNMC ruling limits Telefónica’s dominance, but rivals still call for competition review
Lack of competitive bids benefits Movistar in Uefa club rights sale in Spain
RFEF falls far short of Supercopa de España fee target after broadcaster pull-out
Mediapro keeps LaLiga domestic free-to-air rights fees steady
Euroleague beats bearish Spain outlook with DAZN deal
Mediapro, TVE front-runners for unsold LaLiga free-to-air rights
Small increase for MotoGP in Spain, but Dorna banks on bigger audience
Premier League first to benefit from DAZN’s entry in Spain
F1 fee in Spain remains steady as Telefónica enhances exclusivity
Increased exclusivity encouraged telco Telefónica to maintain its fee to renew Formula One media rights in Spain this month despite a dearth of competition.
Watching Brief (Vol.137) Special Focus: FIA Formula One World Championship
Watching Brief (Vol.136) Special Focus: MotoGP World Championships
Euroleague value bounces back in Spain thanks to new format
The Euroleague has earned an increase of almost 170 per cent on the value of its media rights in Spain, reviving the property’s fortunes in the territory after a tough sales process last time.
Tebas: beIN and telco rivals drive historic deals which prove LaLiga sceptics wrong
LaLiga president Javier Tebas this week described the Spanish league’s new domestic media rights deals as “historic” in terms of income and the completion of the move to collective selling.
European sales continue to deliver growth
England’s Premier League has almost doubled its income in recently-agreed deals covering 11 territories across Europe.
Javier Tebas, president, LaLiga
Interview with LaLiga president Javier Tebas on the first centralised tender for Spanish domestic football rights.
Telefónica pays premium to take Liga to pay-TV
Spain’s top-tier basketball league, the Liga ACB, this week defended its decision to switch coverage exclusively to pay-television from next season following a three-season deal with telco Telefónica.
Mario Hernando, director of media, Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB)
Interview with Mario Hernando, director of media (communications and TV) at Spain’s top-tier basketball Liga ACB, about its move to pay-television in this month’s deal with telco Telefónica.
Collective switch vindicated as LaLiga overtakes Serie A following income jump
Spain’s LaLiga has leapfrogged Italy’s Serie A in media rights income to become Europe’s second most valuable league following deals agreed in recent weeks.
Spain on the brink of collective Liga sales
Spanish football’s ongoing rights shake-up continued during a fortnight in which collective selling was brought forward by the league and Mediapro was appointed its international marketing partner.
Strikes, threats, and insults – but La Liga collective selling decree set to become law
The Royal Decree that paves the way for the collective selling of Spanish Liga media rights generated fallout – a week of strike threats, insults and posturing by all sides – which diverted attention from what remains a momentous change in Spanish football.
Barça extols collective selling benefits and switches rights to Telefónica
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.
Telefónica’s entry into La Liga rights market establishes 2016 battle lines
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.
ESPN and Fox see off beIN Sports and Telefónica in Latin America
Fox Sports Latin America and ESPN International were forced to increase their fee for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League pay-television rights in Latin America this month to see off aggressive rival bids from Qatari-owned broadcaster beIN Sports and Spanish telco Telefónica.
Mediapro close to rights monopoly as Telefónica plays a waiting game
The Mediapro agency has acquired the domestic and international media rights to 39 of the 42 clubs from the Primera Liga and Segunda Liga, the top two divisions of Spanish club football, in one season-deals for the 2015-16 season.