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FIFA: Opta statistics to be used to monitor the integrity of matches and sports betting

The British company Perform Group, specialising in the production and distribution of sports content on digital platforms, and Early Warning System GmbH, a subsidiary of FIFA in charge of the surveillance of sports betting markets and operation of the EWS, established a partnership on 19/08/2015…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Legal, Betting
• Article # 49418
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©  D.R.

Canal+: Vivendi completes 93.6% acquisition of Société d’Edition de Canal Plus (SECP) for €457.8m

Vivendi now owns 93.6% of the capital of SECP (Société d’Edition de Canal Plus), the company which owns the six thematic channels of the Canal+ group in France, announced Vivendi, the French telecommunications and media group, on 17/08/2015. Vivendi already owned 48.48% of the capital and voting…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49396
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©  LaLiga

Spain: LaLiga launches fantasy league game, a virtual competition over the Internet

The Spanish Professional Football League has launched LaLiga Fantasy, its own virtual sports league on the Internet, for the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season, announced LaLiga on 17/08/2015. "The game, available on iOS and Android, includes live rankings, and is 100% based on official LaLiga statistics…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 49398
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Spain: LaLiga publishes the world map of broadcasters for the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season

The Spanish Professional Football League has offered, via its website, a world map of the official broadcasters of the Liga BBVA for the 2015-16 season, since 18/08/2015. LaLiga awarded the international distribution of audiovisual rights for Spanish professional competitions for the 2015-2020…
Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49388
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UK: BT Sport and the BBC will team up to promote the women's game, say British press

The British media groups BT Sport (pay-TV) and the BBC (free-TV) will join forces to promote women's football in the UK, according to the British press on 19/08/2015. The BBC aired the 2015 Women's World Cup, where the England national team finished in third place, while BT Sport holds the 2015…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 49384
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©  bayer04.de

Champions League: Lazio - Leverkusen draws nearly 9.5 million viewers in Italy and Germany

SS Lazio - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1-0, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome), the first leg of the play-off round tie for the 2015-16 Champions League, drew, in Italy and Germany, 9.45 million cumulative viewers on average during the match, played on Tuesday 18/08/2015 from 20:45 CET. In Italy, the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 49383
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Athletics: Sebastian Coe elected president of the IAAF, defeating the Ukrainian Sergey Bubka

The Briton Sebastian Coe was elected president of the IAAF at the 50th congress of the International Association of Athletics Federations, in Beijing (CHN) on 19/08/2015. He succeeds the Senegalese Lamine Diack (82 years old), who had held the position since 1999.A double Olympic champion in the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 49371
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