Premier League: Eleven Sports Network acquires six games per matchday in Taiwan via sublicense

The British broadcaster Eleven Sports Network acquired the TV rights, for Taiwan, for six games (on average) per matchday of the Premier League, sublicensed via the agency MP & Silva, on 04/07/2016. These games will be available on the digital platform of the Eleven Sports network, accessible via…

Manchester City: club launch a new version of their website, the URL becomes "mancity.com"

Manchester City FC (Premier League) launched a new website, which "highlights the club's investment in innovation as well as fans commitment and interaction," on 30/06/2016. "We’re entering a new chapter, embracing the changing habits of a booming social and highly mobile audience, and are excited…

Serie A: EA Sports "official sports video game partner" of Juventus for 2016-2019

The US video game publisher EA Sports became the exclusive "official sports video game" partner of Juventus (Serie A TIM) for three seasons (2016-2019), on 01/07/2016. Juve is the first Italian club to become a global partner of EA Sports and its franchise, the "FIFA" football simulation game…

Digital: investment fund Bruin Sports Capital acquires Italian company deltatre

Bruin Sports Capital, a US investment group specialising in sports, acquired deltatre, the Italian company specialised in digital solutions for broadcasters and organisers of sporting events, announced George Pyne, founder and CEO of Bruin Sports Capital, and Giampiero Rinaudo, CEO and co-founder…

Tour de France: Dimension Data (technical partner) to geolocate riders during the race

A "tracking" system to see the live geo-positioning and speed of the riders has been set up for the 2016 Tour de France (from 02 to 24/07/2016) announced the Amaury Sport Organisation, the organiser of the event, on 30/06/2016. The data flow, processed and brought to life by Dimension Data, the…

France: free-TV channel L'Équipe 21 announces a "new record with 1.1% audience share in June 2016"

L'Équipe 21 improved its audience record with a 1.1% audience share in June 2016, announced this DTT channel on 04/07/2016. The previous record (1%) took place in May 2016. The free-TV channel of the L'Équipe media group also posted its audience share record over one week: 1.4% from 13 to…

Serie A: Comet (B2B distribution) becomes a top partner (3^rd level) of Bologna FC for 2016-17

Comet, an Italian company distributing electrical and lighting equipment for professionals, became a top partner of Bologna FC 1909 (Serie A TIM), on 29/06/2016. This is a third-level partnership in the sponsorship hierarchy of the Italian club. Comet, founded in Bologna in 1967, has 100 outlets…

Nike: +5.8% in turnover in 2016 (€29.2bn), -4.6% in "football" revenues (€1.93bn)

Nike achieved a turnover of $32.4bn (€29.16bn) in the 2016 financial year (from 01/06/2015 to 31/05/2016), up 5.8% (+12 % excluding currency effects) compared to 2015 ($30.6bn / €28.15bn), announced the US sports equipment brand on 28/06/2016. The Nike brand accounts for 94.2% of group's revenues…

Nike: financial breakdown (in $bn)

FC Barcelona: a temporary restaurant overlooking the Camp Nou pitch open until 31/07/2016

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) have opened "The Balcony", a terrace restaurant located within the grounds of the Camp Nou (99,500 seats), overlooking the pitch, on 01/07/2016. "This new space allows people to enjoy a lunch or a dinner with family, friends or couples, in a unique and very close proximity…