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YouTube: Liga BBVA is the most active major European league on Youtube with 3.5 million subscribers

The Liga BBVA is by far the most active league of the 5 major European leagues (Barclays Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A TIM, Liga BBVA and Ligue 1) on YouTube, the video hosting website, with 589,400,000 video views and 3.5 million subscribers, an average of 184,000 fans per club, according…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Digital
• Article # 33643
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TV rights: "the Premier League, the BBC [and] the Queen" give a good image of the UK (R. Scudamore)

"To my core, I believe this is a success story. And I believe it’s a great UK export, it attracts a whole lot of positive feelings about the UK.If you go and do any international survey, things like the Premier League, the BBC, the Queen: they are things that people feel are good about the UK,…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 33895
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2016-2019 TV rights to the Premier League: Sky shares fall (-4.6%) and BT's are up (+1.8%)

Sky plc.'s stock, listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), closed down 4.6% (at £9.10 or €12.26) on 10/02/2015, hours after the British pay-TV group announced it had acquired the domestic audiovisual rights, 126 Premier League games per season over the 2016-2019 period to £1.392bn / €1.88bn per…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 33889
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Premier League: details of the 2016-2019 domestic audiovisual rights lots acquired by Sky and BT

The British pay-TV group Sky plc. and BT Sport shared the seven lots (detailed below) of the main tender for domestic audiovisual rights to the 2016-2019 cycle of the Premier League, launched by the league on 12/12/2014 and 10/02/2015.Sky plc., owner of Sky Sports in the UK, acquired five of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 33871
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©  D.R.

Manchester City launches the "City Matchday Wear" application for Android watches

Manchester City FC (Barclays Premier League), have launched a new application, "City Matchday Wear", which is specially designed for Android watches, that allows fans to receive various real-time alerts related to the day's match (team sheet announcements, goal alerts, bookings, etc.), announced…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 33745
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Twitter: the top 5 European leagues have a combined total of 78.3 million followers (on 04/02/2015)

The clubs of the five major European leagues (Barclays Premier League, Bundesliga, Liga BBVA, Serie A TIM, Ligue 1) have a combined total of 78.3 million followers on the social network Twitter, according to figures released by News Tank on 04/02/2015. The Spanish league comes out top with 33.3…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 33272
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TPO: The Spanish and Portuguese Leagues denounce FIFA’s ban to the European Commission

"The Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP, the Spanish league) and the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP, the Portuguese league) have contacted the European Commission of the Directorate General for Competition to denounce the resolution adopted by FIFA in December to prohibit third party…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 33649
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©  Premierleague.com

Premier League: Sky and BT will pay €2.3bn per season for the TV rights to the 2016-2019 cycle

The Premier League has awarded lots A, C, D, E, and G (a total of 126 matches per season) to the British pay-tv group Sky plc. (Sky Sports) and lots B and F (42 matches per season) to the communications group BT (BT Sport channels), on 10/02/2015. The amount of the auction for the seven lots…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 33747
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China's Dalian Wanda Group acquires Infront Sports & Media for €1.05bn

Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate which specialises in entertainment, hotel development and management and commercial real estate, acquired the Swiss sports marketing & media rights agency Infront Sports & Media, for $1.2bn (€1.05bn) announced the group on 10/02/2015. "By acquiring…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 33642
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Rugby: Toshiba (electronics) is to be a partner of the 2015 World Cup

The Japanese electronics company Toshiba has extended its partnership with World Rugby (International Federation) on the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England (from 18/09 to 31/10/2015), announced the body on 09/02/2015. The Japanese group was previously a partner of the competition in 2007 and 2011…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 33644
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