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Ligue 1: Chinese and American investors acquire majority of OGC Nice, J-P Rivère to remain president

A group of Chinese and American investors acquired a majority stake in OGC Nice (Ligue 1), announced Jean-Pierre Rivère, the previous majority shareholder and club president, in Nice (FRA), on 10/06/2016. This group consists of the businessmen Chien Lee (CHN), Alex Zheng (CHN), Paul Conway (USA…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 71100
• Published on 13/06/16 at 11:09
©  EA Sports
France: Canal+ and EA Sports partnership makes group the sole media partner of FIFA 17

Canal+ and EA Sports have signed a partnership making Canal+ the sole media partner, In France, to appear in the game FIFA 17, on 09/06/2016. The game will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 29/09/2016.As part of this partnership, more activations will be…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 71110
• Published on 13/06/16 at 10:35
Video games: EA Sports to launch the football simulation game FIFA 17, on sale on 29/09/2016

EA Sports, an American publisher specialising in video games, has presented the football simulation game FIFA 17 on 12/06/2016. The main novelty of this new edition, which goes on sale for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 29/09/2016, is titled "The Journey": "This is a…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 71109
• Published on 13/06/16 at 10:00
©  Southampton FC
Premier League: Virgin Media (telecom) to be the main shirt sponsor of Southampton FC for 2016-2019

The British group Virgin Media Telecommunications has became the main shirt sponsor of Southampton FC (Premier League) for three seasons, 2016-2019, on 08/06/2016. The annual amount is £10m (€12.7m on 10/06/2016), according to several British media outlets, eight times more than Veho (electronics…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 71050
• Published on 13/06/16 at 09:35
©  Swansea City AFC
Premier League: BetEast (betting) becomes the shirt sponsor of Swansea City for 2016-17

The online betting company BetEast has become the shirt sponsor of Swansea City AFC (Premier League) for the 2016-17 season, the club announced on 02/06/2016. BetEast also becomes the club's "official Asian betting and gaming partner".BetEast replaces the online trading company GWFX as the shirt…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 70964
• Published on 13/06/16 at 09:15
©  France Inter
Euro 2016: "The party is already somewhat spoiled... it's very unfortunate" (Jacques Lambert)

"The party is already somewhat spoiled. This is not the image which we want to give, it is not the best way to welcome foreign fans coming to France," said Jacques Lambert, president of EURO 2016 SAS, on the subject of the strikes, which include SNCF (French national railway), on 10/06/2016, the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 71048
• Published on 10/06/16 at 14:26
©  beIN Sports
Euro 2016: beIN Sports launch a provisional channel, beIN Sports Max 10, in English

The pay-TV group, beIN Sports France launched beIN Sports Max 10, a new channel which will be broadcast provisionally from 10/06/2016 to 10/07/2016 during Euro 2016, announced the group on 09/06/2016. The channel, which will be broadcast exclusively in English, will also cover the Copa America…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 71047
• Published on 10/06/16 at 13:50
©  DFL
Germany: Bundesliga TV rights awarded to Sky, Eurosport, ARD, ZDF, Perform, Amazon for 2017-2021

Sky Deutschland, Eurosport, ARD, ZDF, Sport1, Perform and Amazon have all been awarded a share of the domestic audiovisual rights to the Bundesliga, the 2.Bundesliga, the promotion-relegation play-offs and the German Supercup for the 2017-2021 cycle, announced the German Professional League on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 71010
• Published on 10/06/16 at 13:10
©  Radrizzani
China: Andrea Radrizzani, co-founder of MP & Silva, appointed president of Baofeng Sports

Andrea Radrizzani was named president of Baofeng Sports on 08/06/2016. Radrizzani, who is also the founder and CEO of the British broadcaster Eleven Sports Network and one of the founders of the agency MP & Silva, became head of the division whose creation was announced by the CEO of Beijing…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 71015
• Published on 10/06/16 at 12:05
©  The FA
Euro 2016: 41 leagues represented, but more than 25% of the players played in England in 2015-16

102 players who played in the Premier League in 2015-16 will take part in Euro 2016, which makes the English top flight the most represented league (18.4% of the 552 registered players) at the European tournament, hosted in France from 10/06 to 10/07/2016, according to figures from News Tank…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Transfer Market, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 71011
• Published on 10/06/16 at 10:43