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Belgium: Steven Martens resigns as general secretary of the Federation

"After long and careful thought, and numerous consultations with my family and my friends, I decided to make my mandate as Secretary General of the Belgian Football Federation available," said Steven Martens on 09/02/2015. Some members of the KBV (Royal Belgian Football Association) "have a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 33917
• Published on 12/02/15 at 17:59
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Liga BBVA: Maurice Lacroix, a partner of FC Barcelona, shows the time at the Camp Nou

The Swiss watchmaker Maurice Lacroix, who have been partners of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) since March 2014, have displayed the time with a clock measuring 4m in diametre on giant screens at the Camp Nou (95,000 seats) since January 2015. The company Maurice Lacroix are committed to pay an estimated…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 33920
• Published on 12/02/15 at 17:26
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Facebook: the 20 Premier League clubs near a combined total of 200 million fans on 04/02/2015

The 20 clubs in the Barclays Premier League have a combined total of nearly 200 million fans (199,955,000) on the social network Facebook, which is the highest total of the five major European leagues, according to figures gathered by News Tank on 04/02/2015. With 64.8 million fans, Manchester…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital
• Article # 33233
• Published on 12/02/15 at 16:59
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Premier League: "Number one priority to keep their stadiums full" (Richard Scudamore)

"Clubs understand that their number one priority will be to keep their stadiums full. Last season we had record attendances with an average of 36,695 fans per match and an occupancy rate of almost 96%," said Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Barclays Premier League on 10/02/2015, following…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 33925
• Published on 12/02/15 at 15:59
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
• Published on 12/02/15 at 15:10
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
• Published on 12/02/15 at 14:30
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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
• Published on 12/02/15 at 13:30
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
• Published on 12/02/15 at 12:46
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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
• Published on 11/02/15 at 17:15
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
• Published on 11/02/15 at 15:35