Spain
Real Madrid revenues down 9 per cent, club implements cost savings
Real Madrid returned a small profit of €874,000 ($1m) for the 2020-21 financial year, in spite of a nearly 9-per-cent decline in revenues to €653m.
DAZN renews Premier League rights in Spain to 2025
Sports streaming service DAZN has renewed its exclusive media rights to broadcast the English Premier League in Spain from 2022-23 to 2024-25
UK audience peaks at 31m for Euro 2020 final, Rai audience over 18m
Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV pulled in the largest television audience in the UK since the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997 as England lost the Uefa Euro 2020 final…
Absorbing Euro 2020 semi-final draws heavyweight audiences in Italy and Spain
The Italian television audience for last night’s dramatic Uefa European Championship semi-final between Italy and Spain reached close to 19.5 million viewers across free-to-air and pay-television.
Capital Energy takes position on Atlético Madrid training kit
Spanish wind and solar developer Capital Energy has signed with Spanish LaLiga club Atlético de Madrid as the ‘Official Renewable Energy’ sponsor for the next three seasons, from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Nike replaces Umbro at RCD Mallorca in five-year deal
Newly-promoted Spanish LaLiga club RCD Mallorca has agreed a five-year kit sponsorship with Nike, from 2021-22 to 2025-26
Italian TV audience tops 17m as Azzurri reach semi-final
Italy’s win over Belgium in the Uefa European Championship attracted a combined audience of over 17 million viewers on Italian free-to-air and pay-television.
Barcelona appoints Reverter as new CEO
Spanish LaLiga team FC Barcelona has named Ferran Reverter as its new chief executive
Spanish court annuls Uefa’s European Super League sanctions
A Spanish court has issued a preliminary ruling that annuls sanctions placed by Uefa, football’s European governing body, on nine clubs involved in the breakaway European Super League project.
Centralised rights sales targeted for Spanish sports federations
The Spanish Sports Association (ADESP) president, José Hidalgo, has said the organisation’s priorities during his second term in office will include the centralised sale of its members’ broadcast righ…
Sportfive seeks further growth in Spain as Vieta handed key role
The Sportfive agency has detailed plans to enhance its presence and activity in the Spanish market
TF1 nets highest audience of the year for France’s shock Euro 2020 exit
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1 pulled in an average audience of 16
Mapfre extends with Spanish tennis for Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup
Insurance company Mapfre has renewed its national team title rights sponsorship with the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET)
Ares Management acquires Atlético stake through capital increase
US alternative investment manager Ares Management has acquired a 33.96-per-cent stake in a new company created for a €181.9m ($217.2m) capital increase at Spanish LaLiga football club Atlético de Madrid.
Elche retains support of long-standing shirt sponsor TM
Spanish LaLiga club Elche has renewed its long-running shirt sponsorship deal with TM Real Estate Group
Spanish government gives green light for return of fans to venues
Spain’s Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has announced that fans will be able to return to LaLiga football stadiums and Liga ACB basketball arenas when their 2021-22 seasons get underway.
Spanish insurance firm added to 2023 Solheim Cup sponsors
Reale Seguros, the Spanish insurance firm, has become a sponsor of women’s golf’s 2023 Solheim Cup, following on from its recent sponsorship deal with Spanish football’s RCD Espanyol.
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Highest Euro 2020 audiences so far in France and Germany on dramatic night
Wednesday evening’s dramatic Group F encounters attracted the highest Uefa European Championship audiences so far in France, Germany and Portugal.