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UEFA: female member will be elected to the ExCo by the Congress, meeting in Budapest (HUN)

The female member of the UEFA Executive Committee will -- for the first time -- be elected by the UEFA Congress, at is 40th Ordinary Meeting in Budapest (Hungary), on Tuesday 03/05/2016, of which the agenda was published on 08/04/2016. "The female member in the UEFA Executive Committee will be…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 66647
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©  D.R.

PSV Eindhoven: a special shirt to celebrate the departure of Philips as the main sponsor

PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie) are selling, from 05/04/2015, a special shirt of the club to honour Philips, the Dutch technology company specialising in lighting and health products, which has appeared on the PSV Eindhoven kit since 1982, but will no longer be the main shirt sponsor of the club from…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Merchandising - Licensing, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 66581
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Europa League: Dortmund - Liverpool draws 5.68 million viewers in Germany, new record for Sport1

Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool FC (1-1), the first leg quarter-final match of the 2015-16 Europa League, drew 5.68 million viewers on average on the German private, free-TV channel Sport1, on Thursday 07/04/2016 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 19.1%, and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Media Audiences
• Article # 66572
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Premier League: Astra Otoparts becomes a regional partner of Manchester City in Indonesia

Astra Otoparts, an Indonesian manufacturer of spare parts and batteries for automobiles, has become a regional partner of Manchester City FC (Premier League) in Indonesia, on 07/04/2016. Neither the duration nor the financial details of the partnership were disclosed. Astra Otoparts became the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 66565
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Ticketing: StubHub launches an application to for users to vision test seats in virtual reality

StubHub has launched new ticketing application that users can test the vision they will have in the stadium before purchase, through a virtual reality device, announced the ticketing resale platform on 31/03/2016. This application, available on iOS and Android, is already operational for the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 66537
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United Kingdom: High Court rules that Fanatix website (short videos) violates copyright of content

The High Court of England and Wales ruled that publishing, on the internet, a video of eight seconds, of which one does not own the rights, violates the original content copyright, on 18/03/2016. This decision follows a joint complaint lodged by the pay-TV group Sky plc and the EWCB (England and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 66538
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SD Eibar: club, based on three studies, estimates it has a €59m economic impact per year to region

The local economic impact of SD Eibar (Liga BBVA) for its past year in the Spanish first division is valued at a total of €59m to the region, according to the results of three studies and internal data, presented by the Basque club, on 31/03/2016.To measure the impact in its region, SD Eibar, who…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Social Responsibility, Stadiums, …
• Article # 66509
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Football League: all clubs will benefit with mobile applications and Wi-Fi in their stadiums

The Football League has partnered with the English company IntechnologyWiFi, announced league on 31/03/2016. The seven-year contract includes plans to develop a mobile app (iOS and Android) for each of the 72 clubs of the second, third and fourth English divisions, which will provide information…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Digital, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 66536
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MLB: Apple will provide the 30 franchises with iPads with a real-time application game analysis app

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced, on 30/03/2016, a partnership with Apple, in which the US technology company will provide the 30 franchises of the baseball league iPad Pro tablets for managers, coaches and other staff. Apple will also provide the "MLB Dugout" application, which allow users…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Authorities
• Article # 66480
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CIES: Ligue 1 is the Top 5 championship with the fewest players from abroad (31.2%)

31.2% of players who make up the squads of Ligue 1 clubs in 2015-16 are from abroad, representing the lowest percentage of international players of the Top 5 European Championships, according to the "Letter of the Big 5" from the CIES Football Observatory, and published on 04/04/2016. The Premier…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Transfer Market
• Article # 66310
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