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©  Eleven Sports Network
Belgium: Club RTL channel will broadcast 36 Serie A games on free-TV on Sundays in 2016-17

The Luxembourg media conglomerate RTL Group will broadcast, in partnership with the British broadcaster Eleven Sports Network, 36 games of the Serie A TIM during the 2016-17 season, in Belgium and Luxembourg, the two groups announced on 23/08/2016. The agreement, which provides the games are…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 75129
• Published on 25/08/16 at 17:20
©  Baloncesto Sevilla
Spain: CB Sevilla (basketball) have changed their name and are now called Real Betis Energía Plus

Club Baloncesto Sevilla (basketball, Liga ACB) have changed their name and are now called Real Betis Energía Plus, announced the Andalusian club on 17/08/2016. The basketball club have adopted the name, the colours, and the crest of Real Betis Balompié (LaLiga Santander). Energía Plus, a Spanish…
Domain(s): Clubs, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Stadiums, …
• Article # 75114
• Published on 25/08/16 at 15:30
©  FA
England: Greg Clarke to be the new chairman of the FA as of 02/09/2016

Greg Clarke has been formally ratified as chairman of the Football Association, at a meeting of the full FA Council on 24/08/2016. The appointment of Greg Clarke had already been approved by the FA supervisory board on 22/07/2016. He officially takes office on Friday, 02/09/2016, and succeeds…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 75113
• Published on 25/08/16 at 14:34
©  Fox Sports
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich-Werder Bremen to be broadcast in virtual reality (NextVR) on Fox Sports

Fox Sports will broadcast FC Bayern Munich - SV Werder Bremen, the opening game of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season, in virtual reality, on Friday, 26/08/2016 (kick-off at 20:30 CET), announced the US pay-TV group, on 22/08/2016. This broadcast will be done in partnership with NextVR, a virtual…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 75088
• Published on 25/08/16 at 13:20
©  Everton FC
Premier League: Everton launch "My first Cup match", an operation for young fans

Everton FC (Premier League) launched an operation called "My first Cup match" for their younger fans for the match against Yeovil Town (League Two, English fourth division, Everton won 4-0), in the second round of the EFL Cup, played at Goodison Park (39,572 seats), on 23/08/2016. Children were…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 75079
• Published on 25/08/16 at 12:20
©  Lega Serie A
Serie A: 4.9 million Sky and Mediaset Premium subscribers tune into Matchday 1 of 2016-17

The 10 games of Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 Serie A TIM season, played on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21/08/2016, collected a cumulative total of 4,953,920 subscribers on the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, according to data from the audience measurement institutes…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 75066
• Published on 25/08/16 at 11:24
Spain: Iberdrola (wind power) becomes the title sponsor of the women's first division until 2019

Iberdrola, a Spanish company and world leader in wind power, has become the title sponsor of the Spanish women's first division until 2019, announced the RFEF on 22/08/2016. The value of the deal, which has not been formalised, is estimated at €1.5m according to the media. A partner of the Spanish…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Social Responsibility, Authorities, …
• Article # 75072
• Published on 25/08/16 at 10:39
©  D.R.
Premier League: Chelsea-Liverpool to be broadcast on free-TV in France, on 16/09/2016

Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC, during Matchday 5 of the 2016-17 Premier League season, will be broadcast on the free-TV channel Numero 23 in France, on Friday, 16/09/2016 (kick-off at 21:00 CET) announced SFR Sport, a subsidiary of Altice, a Dutch holding of telecommunications groups and cable…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 75059
• Published on 25/08/16 at 10:05
Bundesliga: Schalke 04 draw 100,000 fans to the 2016-17 season launch event

FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga) drew 100,000 fans to their launch event for the 2016-17 season, organised on the day of the last friendly match of the club's pre-season, against Athletic Club Bilbao (LaLiga Santander) at the Veltins Arena (61,973 seats), on 14/08/2016. "Schalke Day" is a free event…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 75054
• Published on 25/08/16 at 09:30
©  LaLiga
LaLiga Santander: over 2 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 season

At least 2.052 million viewers on average watched of nine of the 10 games from of Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 LaLiga Santander, held from 19 to 22/08/2016 (the TV audience for Real Sociedad - Real Madrid CF, 0-3, on 21/08/2016, on Movistar Partidazo pay-TV channel, has not been disclosed). The best…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 74989
• Published on 25/08/16 at 09:20