OLE: Bullfights return to Spanish state TV, six years after they were banned from the public channel. It’s part of the conservative government’s effort to promote bullfighting as cultural heritage.
THE BIG STAGE: Renowned bullfighters are waiving payments demanded in better economic times to broadcast their battles, although Spaniards were still able to see bullfights on TV on pay channels and on regional public TV stations.
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BUDGET WOES: Bullfighting aficionados hope the revived national broadcasts will spur renewed interest in the tradition, which has suffered deep cutbacks over the last several years by Spanish towns that traditionally fund fights.
