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©  ASR
Serie A TIM: Rome City Council classifies AS Roma stadium project as "work of public interest"

The Rome City Council has approved (28 votes for, 9 against, 1 abstention) the construction of the "Stadio della Roma" (52,250 capacity), the future stadium of AS Roma (Serie A TIM), on 14/06/2017. The council classified the construction of the new stadium, in the district of Tor di Valle…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Legal, …
• Article # 96380
• Published on 23/06/17 at 17:17
©  D.R.
Africa: SuperSport International acquires broadcast rights to UEFA competitions from 2018-2022

SuperSport International Ltd acquired the broadcast rights to the UEFA Euro 2020, Euro 2020 qualifying matches, UEFA-zone qualifying matches to the 2022 World Cup, and the UEFA Nations League on all platforms (television, internet, and mobile), reported the South African pay-TV group on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 96420
• Published on 23/06/17 at 17:15
©  FuboTV
United States: FuboTV (OTT service) raises $55m, Sky and 21st Century Fox among investors

The OTT streaming service FuboTV has raised $55m (€49.1m) from the US media conglomerate 21st Century Fox, British pay-TV group Sky, and the US media group Scripps Networks Interactive on 19/06/2017. 21st Century Fox and Sky were already part of FuboTV's second fundraiser ($15M) on 09/03/2016…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 96449
• Published on 23/06/17 at 17:00
©  Minnesota Timberwolves
NBA: Fitbit (activity trackers) becomes jersey sponsor of Minnesota Timberwolves from 2017-2020

Fitbit, a US company specialising in portable activity trackers, has become the jersey sponsor of the Minnesota Timberwolves from the 2017-18 season, announced the NBA franchise on 20/06/2017. Fitbit also enjoys the status of official "portable technology" and "sleep tracer" partner. The contract…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing, …
• Article # 96451
• Published on 23/06/17 at 16:00
©  Ville de Paris
Paris 2024: city celebrates Olympic Day with a host of sporting events on 23 and 24/06/2017

The Olympic Day, celebrated on the 23rd of June every year, the anniversary of the creation of the IOC (on 23/06/1894 in the great amphitheater of La Sorbonne in Paris, France), has become, for the 2017 edition in Paris, "a two-day celebration," said the City of Paris on 20/06/2017. Organised on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 96454
• Published on 23/06/17 at 15:30
©  Jupiler
Belgium: non-alcoholic beer to be available in stadiums and a new logo for the Jupiler Pro League

From the start of 2017-18 season, all Jupiler Pro League club stadiums will offer non-alcoholic Jupiler beer, announced the Pro League on 12/06/2017. The Belgian beer company has been the title sponsor to the Belgian first division since 1993. To mark the launch of "Jupiler 0,0%", the Jupiler Pro…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing, …
• Article # 96452
• Published on 23/06/17 at 15:10
©  Città di Pescara
Italy: the mayor of Pescara (Abruzzo) presents a new stadium project to be built by 2027

A project to build a new football stadium for Pescara Calcio (Serie B ConTe.it), who were relegated to the Italian second division for the 2017-2018 season, has been launched, announced Marco Alessandrini, the mayor of Pescara, on 12/06/2017. This stadium has to be built in the south of the city…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Stadiums
• Article # 96361
• Published on 23/06/17 at 14:40
©  NTF
SIS 2017: "We need the broadcasters to understand the added value" (J. Newman, Facebook)

"To attract more rights holders and broadcasters to our platform (Facebook), we need these organisations to work on it to understand the added value," said Jerry Newman, EMEA sports partnership lead at Facebook, during the 2017 Sport Innovation Summit organised by the Mexican digital marketing and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 95664
• Published on 23/06/17 at 12:45
©  OL
Naming of Parc OL: OL Group confirms that discussions are underway with Groupama

"Following press rumours, OL Group can confirm that discussions are underway with Groupama, as with other companies, about the possibility of a naming right contract to Parc OL," said the holding company of Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Conforama) on 20/06/2017. Several press articles published on…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 96358
• Published on 23/06/17 at 09:30
©  LaLiga
LaLiga: Spanish government joins the league in the fight against online piracy

LaLiga and the Spanish ministry of education, culture, and sport have signed an agreement to set up a programme to intensify the protection of intellectual property and fight against online piracy, on 13/06/2017. As part of the agreement, LaLiga "is giving the Ministry free access to a specially…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Legal, …
• Article # 96262
• Published on 22/06/17 at 17:57