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Removal of rights-cycle cap poses difficult questions for LaLiga
Lack of competitive bids benefits Movistar in Uefa club rights sale in Spain
Basketball market report, 2020
DAZN pays high price to break into Spanish football with Copa del Rey sublicense
FREE | Spain market report, 2019
Orange and Telefónica agree new deal for LaLiga and Champions League content
Eurosport lands Portuguese Primeira Liga rights in Spain
Tebas: Any LaLiga rights fee compensation talks to wait to end of season
LaLiga readies broadcast innovations, Sky and BT unveil Premier League plans
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RFEF falls far short of Supercopa de España fee target after broadcaster pull-out
Spain market report, 2019
Mediaset wins battle for domestic Copa del Rey rights as legal battle looms
RFEF could face legal action over Copa del Rey final award
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
LaLiga becomes Spain’s de facto public-service sports broadcaster with OTT launch
Spanish football federation women’s top-tier rights takeover ‘would breach anti-trust laws’
DAZN completes English football offering with FA Cup, League Cup deals
Mediapro faces delicate balancing act to make a World Cup profit in 2022
Manel Arroyo, managing director, Dorna Sports; Pilar Gancedo, director of media sales, Dorna Sports
Small increase for MotoGP in Spain, but Dorna banks on bigger audience
Premier League first to benefit from DAZN’s entry in Spain
Euroleague extends in Spain, deal in Germany to follow
Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency – has agreed a one-season extension to its deal with telco Telefónica in Spain and is close to a new deal in Germany.
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.
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.
Mediaset beats free-to-air rivals as World Cup value falls in Spain
Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired all rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth at least 15 per cent less than Fifa earned for 2014.
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.