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DFL: Amazon Video (video on demand) to broadcast two programmes on the history of the Bundesliga

The DFL reached an agreement with Amazon Video, the VoD platform of the US e-commerce company Amazon, announced the German football league on 06/04/2016. This partnership will run until 2016-17, and provides for the broadcast, on German territory, of two programmes entitled "Great Matches" and…

Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 66692
• Published on 11/04/16 at 16:30

Euro 2016: launch of the "Euro 2016 Fan Guide" application to aid the fans

The "Euro 2016 Fan Guide," available on Android and iOS, has been available from 01/04/2016, UEFA announced on the same day. Presented by Continental, the German tyre manufacturer and one of ten global sponsors of Euro 2016, this application in available in English, French and German, this app…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 66682
• Published on 11/04/16 at 15:30

Vivendi: partnership with Mediaset to create an OTT platform and acquire Mediaset Premium

Vivendi, the French telecommunications and media group, concluded an "important binding strategic and industrial" agreement with the Italian broadcaster Mediaset, on 08/04/2016. "The two companies have agreed to develop an industrial partnership at international level to, on one hand, jointly…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 66669
• Published on 11/04/16 at 14:30

Panama Papers: "The way it was presented was just a shame" (Gianni Infantino)

"The whole (TV contracts) process was fair and well documented. The way it was presented was just a shame," said Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, on 10/04/2016, regarding TV rights contracts signed by UEFA in 2006 and 2007 when he was the director of Legal Affairs division, which earned his…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 66660
• Published on 11/04/16 at 13:34

Premier League: Aston Villa introduce "subtle yet important changes" to its club badge

Aston Villa FC (Premier League) presented the new club badge, which will be used from the 2016-17 season, on 06/04/2016. The club wishes to have a visual identity more "effective", including for communications and digital plan. "Like all football clubs, Aston Villa has updated the way it looks…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 66643
• Published on 11/04/16 at 12:00

Australia: Foxtel will launch three beIN Sports HD channels on its sports bouquet on 15/05/2016

The Qatari beIN Media Group and the Australian pay-TV group Foxtel have announced the launch of three beIN Sports HD channels on the Foxtel sports bouquet, at no additional cost to subscribers, on 31/03/2016. The beIN Sports 1, 2 and 3 channels will be available from 15/05/2016, just days before…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 66580
• Published on 11/04/16 at 11:14

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 40^th 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
• Published on 11/04/16 at 10:39

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
• Published on 11/04/16 at 09:30

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
• Published on 08/04/16 at 17:04

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
• Published on 08/04/16 at 14:59