Audiovisual Sport
Audiovisual Sport is a Spanish company dedicated to "buy, manage, exploit and administer Spanish football Liga and Copa del Rey rights.''
The company was created in 1997 as a joint venture of the three main soccer TV rights owners in Spain, namely Sogecable, Telefónica de Contenidos , and the Catalan government TV network . AVS enjoyed a monopoly on Spanish soccer rights, which caused an investigation by the European Commission, cleared in 2003.
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, namely Mediapro.
