- Audiovisual Sport
Audiovisual Sport (AVS) is a Spanish company dedicated to "buy, manage, exploit and administer Spanish soccer's Liga and
Copa del Rey rights." [ [http://www.sogecable.es/noticias.html?id=532303&formato=12&item=I137&lang=EN Sogecable S.A ] ]The company was created in
1997 as a joint venture of the three main soccer TV rights owners in Spain, namelySogecable (40%), Telefónica de Contenidos (a subsidiary ofTelefónica ) (40%), and the Catalan government TV network (Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió , or CCRTV) (20%). AVS enjoyed a monopoly on Spanish soccer rights, which caused an investigation by theEuropean Commission , cleared in2003 [ [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/03/655&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en Rapid - Press Releases - EUROPA ] ] .In 2003 Sogecable bought Telefónica's stake, therefore increasing its share to 80%.
In
2007 a row erupted between AVS and the other main owner of Spanish soccer rights, namelyMediapro [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970602.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 Audiovisual Sport sues Mediapro - Entertainment News, Business News, Media - Variety ] ] .References
External links
*http://www.audiovisualsport.esDead link|date=August 2008|date=August 2008
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