Sky: 20,840,000 subscribers on 31/03/2015 (+4.75% YoY), +13.2% for Sky Deutschland

Sky plc has 20.84 million direct subscribers at the end of the third quarter of the 2015 fiscal year (from 01/07/2014 to 30/06/2015), or 947,000 more (+4.75%) than on 31/03/2014 (19.9 million) and 242,000 more (+1.17%) than on 31/12/2014 (20.6 million), stated the British broadcasting group…

Finland: Modern Times Group acquires the pay-TV rights of the 2015-2018 Champions League

The Swedish broadcasting group MTG (Modern Times Group) has acquired the entire 2015-2018 audiovisual rights, for pay-TV in Finland, to the Champions League on 15/04/2015. MTG replaces the pay-TV group MTV3, the rightsholder during the 2012-2015 cycle. MTG will offer all the matches of the…

La Liga: number of socios by club (as of 23/04/2015)

In Spain, a "socio" is a member of a club's association. Below is the number of socios per club in the 2014-15 Liga BBVA as of 23/04/2015. It is important to note that four Spanish clubs -- FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, Athletic Club Bilbao, and CA Osasuna (in the Liga Adelante in 2014-15, the…

Bundesliga: number of association members by club (as of 27/04/2015)

FC Bayern Munich is the club with the most association members (251,315) in the Bundesliga as of 27/04/2015, ahead of FC Schalke 04 (132,000) and Borussia Dortmund (120,000). On average, a Bundesliga club has 52,000 association members. The total number of association members in the Bundesliga is…

Eredivisie: Philips will end shirt sponsorship of PSV Eindhoven at the end of the 2015-16 season

Philips, a Dutch technology company active in public lighting and healthcare products, announced that it will cease to be the shirt sponsor of PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie) at the end of the 2015-16 season on 22/04/2015. PSV (Philips Sport Vereniging) was established by the Philips group in August…

Bundesliga: the German automaker Audi will extend partnership with Hertha Berlin

The German automobile manufacturer Audi will extend its partnership with Hertha BSC Berlin (Bundesliga), according to several German media outlets on 21/04/2015. The brand, which belongs to the Volkswagen group, has been a partner of the Berlin club since the 2006-07 season. The extension will…

Canada 2015: FIFA TV and the Japanese channel NHK will produce 10 games, including the final, in 8K

10 of the 52 matches of the 2015 Women's World Cup will be filmed in 8K by FIFA TV production teams in collaboration with the Japanese TV broadcaster NHK, said the international federation on 17/04/2015. 8K technology provides an image quality 16 times great than HD (high definition), that is to…

Bundesliga: Bayern Munich announce excludive media partnership in the USA with MSN

MSN, the media branch of the American computer software company Microsoft, has partnered with FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) for the distribution of premium and exclusive content of the club in the United States, the German club announced on 17/04/2015.The content partnership includes written and…

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Premier League: attendance for Matchday 33 of 2014-15

Matchday 33 of the Barclays Premier League drew an average crowd of 36,181 on 17, 18 and 19/04/2015. The average attendance of the Barclays Premier League is now 36,119 per match for the 2014-15 season thus far.The Newcastle United FC - Tottenham Hotspur FC (1-3) match had the largest crowd of the…