TVE (Spain)
RFEF could face legal action over Copa del Rey final award
Mediapro, TVE front-runners for unsold LaLiga free-to-air rights
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.
TVE surprises market with FA Cup and Club World Cup deals
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE surprised the market with deals for English FA Cup and Club World Cup rights this month.
Watching Brief (Vol.133) Special Focus: 2016 Paralympic Games
Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Paralympic Games.
Watching Brief (Vol.131) Special Focus: 2016 Olympic Games
David Svenson, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Vuelta down in home market
The value of Vuelta a España rights in Spain fell for the third successive time in a renewal with TVE last week.
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.
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.
Watching Brief (Vol.94) Special Focus: International Sports Viewing 2014
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2014 in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Liga ACB coaxes increase from cash-strapped TVE
The top basketball league in Spain, Liga ACB, earned a decent domestic rights fee increase in its renewal with public-service broadcaster TVE.
Watching Brief (Vol.86) Special Focus: Athletics – European Athletics Championships
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in key European markets for last month’s European Athletics Championships
Watching Brief (Vol.84) Special Focus: Cycling – Tour de France
Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at audiences in key European markets for the 2014 Tour de France
Watching Brief (Vol.80) Special Focus: Football – Uefa Champions League
There were mixed results for broadcasters of the 2013-14 Uefa Champions League in Europe's big five markets, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains
Uefa struggles for value in tough Spain and Italy
National team qualifier rights values tumble in Italy and Spain
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
Basketball Bundesliga in talks over domestic deal
Basketball Bundesliga’s big ambitions
Watching Brief (Vol.66) Special Focus: Football – International Qualifiers
Eurosport to hang on to French Open until 2021 in blockbuster deal
Eurosport set to tie up French Open in long-term deal to cement its grip on grand slam tennis
Competition from agencies and pay-TV helps ASO claw back rights value
Tour de France commits early to EBU despite interest from agencies and pay-TV companies
Watching Brief (Vol.62) Special Focus: Athletics – World Athletics Championships
Vuelta on downhill slope in Spain
Value of the Spanish TV rights to the Vuelta fall again