Archives December, 2016

Filter by domain

Filter by year

Filter by month

Bundesliga: Eurosport, Sky and Perform extend TV rights (2017-2021) in Switzerland and Austria

Eurosport, Sky and Perform have extended their broadcasting rights for Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga for the period 2017 to 2021 in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and the South Tyrol region (Italy), announced DFL Sports Enterprises, on 21/12/2016. These groups had acquired part of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 83961
• Published on 30/12/16 at 11:30

Vivendi: French Group increases its stake in the Italian Mediaset to 28.8%

Vivendi owns 28.8% of capital and 29.94% of voting rights to Mediaset, announced the French group of media and entertainment, on 22/12/2016. Vivendi, the second industrial shareholder of the Italian company, has held 20% of the Italian Group since 14/12/2016 and 25.75% of the capital and 26.77% of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 83922
• Published on 29/12/16 at 12:30

OL Groupe: 1^st tranche of shares and bonds purchased by the Chinese fund IDG, for €30m

IDG European Sports Investment Limited, a subsidiary of the Chinese investment fund, IDG Capital Partners, endorsed on the 23/12/2016, "The first tranche of the New Reserved Shares and Reserved New Bonds, the total amount of which amounts to €30,000,183.72," said the OL Group, the holding company…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 83920
• Published on 29/12/16 at 11:30

Everton FC: turnover of €158m (- 3.2%) and net loss of €31.6m in 2015-16

Everton FC (Premier League) has seen a turnover of £121.5m (or €158.16m in 31/05/2016) during the 2016 fiscal year (01/06/2015 - 31/05/2016), down 3.2% from 2015 (£125.6m / €174.8m at the time), announced the English club, on 17/12/2016. Everton FC recorded a net loss of £24.3m (€31.6m) on…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 83795
• Published on 28/12/16 at 12:30

eSports: BAMTech acquired streaming rights to the game "League of Legends" with Riot Games

BAMTech, a subsidiary specialising in MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) online video, has acquired exclusive streaming rights to the game game "League of Legends" for six years until 2023 with its American publisher Riot Games on 16/12/2016. The agreement is estimated at a minimum of $300m (€287.8m), or…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 83670
• Published on 28/12/16 at 11:30

LOSC Lille: Michel Seydoux and Gerard Lopez sign a pre-agreement for the takeover of the club

"The proposed acquisition of LOSC Lille by Gerard Lopez has just reached a new milestone. Michel Seydoux and Gerard Lopez have indeed signed, on Thursday, 22/12/2016, an agreement for the acquisition of the club by the Spanish-Luxembourg businessman," indicated Michel Seydoux and Gérard Lopez in a…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 83858
• Published on 27/12/16 at 16:35

2016 Italian Super Cup: AC Milan victory draws 6.2 million viewers on Rai1 (audience share: 36.2%)

The 2016 edition of the Supercoppa TIM, Juventus - AC Milan (1-1, 3-4 on penalties), drew 6.277 million viewers on average in Italy on the Italian public TV channel Rai1, on Friday, 23/12/2016 (kick off at 17:30 CET). This figure represented a 36.2% audience share, and allowed Rai1 to achieve the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 83857
• Published on 27/12/16 at 15:44

Bundesliga: nine games of Matchday 16 draw 2.3 million Sky Deutschland subscribers

The nine games of Matchday 16 of the 2016-17 Bundesliga, played from 20 to 21/12/2016, drew a total of 2.317 million subscribers on average on the channels of the German pay-TV group Sky Bundesliga, according to data from German agencies AGF and GfK. The best audience of the weekend was for FC…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 83732
• Published on 26/12/16 at 10:00

Vivendi: French conglomerate increases its stake in the Italian group Mediaset to 25.75%

Vivendi now holds 25.75% of the capital and 26.77% of voting rights of the Mediaset group, announced the French media and entertainment conglomerate, on 20/12/2016. The supervisory board of Vivendi, meeting on 19/20/2016, decided to increase its stake in the Italian broadcasting group Mediaset to…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 83654
• Published on 23/12/16 at 11:00

2016 Supercoppa TIM: GolTV acquires TV rights in the US for Juventus - AC Milan in Doha (23/12/2016)

The US pay-TV channel GolTV has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, in the USA, to the 2016 edition of the Supercoppa TIM, which pits Juventus FC (Italian champions in 2015-16) against AC Milan (Coppa Italia runners-up, beaten in the final by Juventus 1-0 a.e.t, on 22/05/2016), in Doha…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 83731
• Published on 23/12/16 at 10:20