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RTVE nears 10m viewers, ARD nets strong audience for dramatic Group E action
Spain’s dramatic loss to Japan at the Fifa World Cup netted an average audience of 9.7 million viewers on La1, the main channel of public-service broadcaster RTVE.
RTVE extends football commitment with deal for Champions League finals
RTVE, the Spanish public broadcaster, has reaffirmed its investment in top-tier football rights by agreeing a deal to show the next two editions of the Uefa Champions League final
Viewing figures remain robust for Champions League final delayed by ‘chaotic’ scenes
Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final netted robust free-to-air viewing figures in Europe’s major markets despite the 36-minute delay caused by chaotic scenes outside the stadium.
RFEF ‘close’ to broadcast deal for women’s Primera División
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) is said to be close to finalising an agreement for the free-to-air broadcast of matches from the Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, the top division o…
TVE ‘eyes streamlined deal’ for Tokyo 2020 rights
Spanish public broadcaster TVE is not looking to acquire all broadcast rights in the country to next year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a deal with rights-holder Discovery in a bid to save costs, a…
TVE agrees five-team deal with RFEF for women’s Primera Iberdrola
Spanish public broadcaster TVE has agreed a one-season deal for five women’s teams in the top tier Primera Iberdrola league.
EBU: Tour de France viewing hours up 10.5 per cent in 13 markets
The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of mainly public-service broadcasters, has announced that total viewing hours for this year’s Tour de France have risen by 10.5
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.
RFEF extends Copa del Rey rights deadline, seeks better bids
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has further extended the deadline for bids for rights to the Copa del Rey domestic club football competition during the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, after stating that…
Second round of bidding in Copa del Rey domestic rights auction
Spanish broadcasters have been asked to submit their second-round offers for rights to the Copa del Rey tournament during the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle
TVE secures Spanish rights to Women’s Euro 2021
Spanish public broadcaster TVE has secured the rights to the Spanish women’s national team qualifying matches and the finals for the women’s European Championships in 2021.
German TV audience picks up for World Athletics Championships
The IAAF World Athletics Championships’ sparse attendances and complaints over searing heats for marathon races have failed to dissuade the German television audience as viewing figures pick up in the c…
RFEF could face legal action over Copa del Rey final award
The Spanish football federation’s award of 2019 Copa del Rey final rights to public-service broadcaster TVE could have left it open to legal action.
Mediapro, TVE front-runners for unsold LaLiga free-to-air rights
Spain’s Mediapro agency and public broadcaster TVE will likely try again to acquire LaLiga’s two unsold domestic free-to-air rights packages for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
Teledeporte retains EuroCup rights
Teledeporte, the sports channel of Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE, has struck a fresh deal for rights to the EuroCup, the secondary club competition of Euroleague Basketball
Rai strikes deal with Discovery for Olympic Games rights in Italy
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is understood to be close to a sublicensing deal with Discovery Communications to acquire rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.
TVE pays up for Spain matches as advertising market recovers
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE’s aggressive move to acquire all Spanish national team matches at the end of last month is evidence the country’s advertising market recovering from its 2013 low.