TVE
Uefa struggles for value in tough Spain and Italy
National team qualifier rights values tumble in Italy and Spain
TVE defends rights bid for European qualifiers
TVE is “playing fair” in its bid to acquire the Spanish national team's media rights to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments, according to the public-service broadcaster’s president Leopoldo González-Echenique.
Spanish court rejects claim over TVE’s Champions League rights
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE’s acquisition of rights to the Uefa Champions League club football competition for the three seasons from 2012-13 to 2014-15 has been deemed legal by the Audiencia Nacional, the Spanish High Court.
TVE emerges as favourite for Uefa qualifier rights
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE is in pole position to acquire media rights for European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments, according to newspaper El Mundo.
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
TVE extends rights for Davis Cup, Fed Cup
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has extended a rights deal for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup national team tennis tournaments.
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
Watching Brief (Vol.57) Special Focus: Football – Uefa club competitions
Talks for free-to-air rights in Spain drag on into week two
Talks for free-to-air rights for French Open talks drag on past the first week of the tournament
Euroleague must sell airtime to maintain value
Basketball’s Euroleague will have to sell airtime around TVE’s coverage of Real Madrid if it wants to match its old rights fees
Crisis hitting World Cup and Roland Garros negotiations
Spanish market proving difficult for sellers of the rights to the Fifa World Cup and French Open tennis