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Mediaset granted extra time to consider Canal Plus position
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.
Telefónica tables deal for Mediaset’s Canal Plus stake
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.
Telefónica keen to complete Canal Plus buy-out, report says
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.
Telefónica agrees price on Canal Plus stake
Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has agreed a deal to acquire a majority stake in pay-television operator Canal Plus, a major sports broadcaster in Spain.
Telefónica to take Eurosport’s multi-feed service
Eurosport has agreed a new distribution deal with Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica to include the pan-regional sports broadcaster’s live sport multi-feed service, Eurosport 360HD.
Prisa accepts Telefónica bid for Canal Plus stake
The board of directors at Spanish media company Prisa has accepted an offer from telecommunications company Telefónica to acquire a majority stake in pay-television operator Canal Plus, a major sports broadcaster in the country.
Telefónica bids for Canal Plus stake
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.
Uefa struggles for value in tough Spain and Italy
National team qualifier rights values tumble in Italy and Spain
Movistar TV acquires European qualifier rights in Spain
Movistar TV, the IPTV platform of telecommunications company Telefónica, has acquired the Spanish broadcast rights, excluding the country’s national team, to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.
Latin America deal confirms trend of big increases with Asia set to follow
Formula One enjoys big rights fee increase in Latin America deal with Mediapro
Mediapro explains why F1 deal reflects the company’s DNA
Rights blitz gives Prisa a dilemma
Telefónica piles more pressure on Prisa with exclusive deals for Formula One and MotoGP in Spain
Gerard Romy, managing director, Mediapro
Interview with Gerard Romy, managing director of Mediapro, following the company’s Formula One rights deal in Central and South America, and the Caribbean
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
Mediaset requires fresh investors for pay-TV gamble
Mediaset’s €700m Champions League gamble is part of Italo/Spanish pay-TV plan
Telefónica to launch dedicated F1 channel after agreeing rights deal
Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica has agreed a multi-year rights deal with Formula One Management, the commercial rights-holder for the motor racing series, under which it will launch a dedicated F1 channel on its IPTV platform Movistar TV.
Telefónica’s Movistar TV secures MotoGP rights
Telecommunications company Telefónica has acquired MotoGP rights in Spain for the 2014 season, according to the Dorna Sports agency, the motorcycling world championship’s commercial rights-holder.
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