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©  VfL Wolfsburg

eSports: effect (energy drinks) and Turtle Beach (headphones) official partners of VfL Wolfsburg

effect, a German energy drinks brand, and Turtle Beach, a US manufacturer of headsets and accessories for to video games, have become official partners of VfL Wolfsburg E-Sport, the German club announced on 04/02/2017. The duration of the partnership was not disclosed. effect (shirt shoulders) and…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 86973
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©  n/a

"We have to bring our Bavarian brand to the world without changing it" (S. Mennerich, Bayern Munich)

"There is just one brand of Bayern Munich, which is our Bavarian brand. What we have to do is bring our brand - our Bavarian presence - to the world without changing it. So we have to reach people through our platforms using our Bavarian identity, and this is the same in both Germany and abroad,…
Domain(s): Clubs, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 83120
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©  D.R.

Discovery: $6.497bn in revenue (+1.61%) and net profit of $1.218bn (+16.2%) in 2016

Discovery Communications recorded a turnover of $6.497bn (€5.98bn at 31/12/2016) for the 2016 fiscal year, an increase of 1.61% compared to the 2015 fiscal year ($6.394bn), announced the US media conglomerate on 14//02/2017. Discovery Communications showed an operating profit of $2.058bn (€1.89bn…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Essentials Media
• Article # 87464
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©  Manchester United

Manchester United: MUTV now accessible in 165 countries via a paid application

MUTV, the TV channel of Manchester United FC (Premier League), is now available in 165 countries worldwide via the MUTV application, announced the club on 16/02/2017. The paid app is available through the Apple Store and Google Play. The price varies according to country: $5.99 (€5.60) per month…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 87461
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©  @DR

Facebook: launch of an application to broadcast video content on a television screen

Facebook has announced the upcoming launch of an application to view the videos posted on the social network on a television screen, on 14/02/2017. This application will be compatible, initially, with the boxes Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV. Facebook users could already watch…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 87458
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©  NT

Ligue 1: AS Monaco makes a offer to acquire Cercle Bruges (Belgian second division)

"AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1) wish to communicate that the club have made an offer to acquire (with suspensive conditions) a majority stake of the club Cercle Brugge KSV (BEL, Proximus League, 2nd division)," announced the Monaco club on 15/02/2017, stating that the general assembly of the Belgian club…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Transfer Market
• Article # 87370
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©  DC

UK: free-TV channels want an update of the list of events which must be broadcast free-to-air

A group of free TV channels in the United Kingdom have asked the government to reduce the threshold of the available population that a channel must reach to have access to events of major importance (the "Crown Jewel events" in the UK), according to the daily the Telegraph, on 14/02/2017. The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities, …
• Article # 87436
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©  D.R.

BBC: Sir David Clementi officially appointed chairman of the board until 2021

Sir David Clementi has been officially appointed chairman of the BBC board of directors for a term of four years (from 16/02/2017 to 15/02/2021), the British government announced on 16/02/2017. Sir David Clementi thus becomes the first chairman of this board which replaces the BBC Trust, the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 87369
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©  W9

Europa League: 2.17 million viewers in France for Man United - Saint-Étienne on W9 (share: 9.7%)

Manchester United FC (Premier League) - AS Saint-Étienne (Ligue 1), 3-0, the first leg Round of 32 match of the 2016-17 Europa League, drew 2.172 million viewers on average in France on private, free-TV channel W9, on Thursday 16/02/2017 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure represented a 9.7…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 87367
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