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NFL: Angry Birds (video game) partners with the NFL and adapts its game for the Super Bowl

Angry Birds, a video game on mobile platforms, licensed by Finnish publisher Rovio Entertainment, has become a partner of the NFL for the 52^nd Super Bowl on 22/01/2018. Fans will be able "to play the hugely popular Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds Evolution games with a Super Bowl LII twist. The…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 112096
• Published on 02/02/18 at 11:25

IOC: IMG acquires broadcast rights for airplanes and ships for the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games

The media rights and marketing agency IMG has acquired the broadcasting rights for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics for airplanes and ships, from the IOC on 25/01/2018. These rights are not valid for the United States. IMG will offer these competitions…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 112089
• Published on 02/02/18 at 10:40

Think Football 2018: "Working towards making digital a vector of growth" (Didier Quillot, LFP)

"Football cannot miss the digital transformation. In the League, we are working towards making digital a vector of growth. Our number one credo is that digital should not inspire fear but present opportunities to develop business," said Didier Quillot, CEO of the LFP, as part of Think Football…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 112069
• Published on 02/02/18 at 10:00

Think Football 2018: "Technology can provide an indication but never a decision" (G. Houllier)

"Technology can provide an indication and confirmation, but never a decision! We do not make a team based on statistics," said Gerard Houllier, ambassador of Think Football 2018, in his speech at the University Paris-Dauphine on 01/02/2018. "Everything is now studied, examined, unraveled…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 112030
• Published on 01/02/18 at 15:04

Serie A TIM: 7.3 million Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium subscribers watch Matchday 22 of 2017-18

The 10 games of Matchday 22 of the 2017-18 Serie A TIM season drew a total of 7.3 million subscribers on the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, on 21 and 22/01/2018, according to data from the audience measurement institutes AGB (Nielsen group) and Auditel, and…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 111870
• Published on 01/02/18 at 12:10

Think Football 2018: "We want technology to be used in football" (Fatma Samoura)

"When we talk about innovation and FIFA, we immediately think of video assistant referees (VAR). This test is controversial and opens the debate on the advantages and disadvantages. "We want technology to be used in football, to allow the game to evolve and to make it more fair," said Fatma…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Authorities, …
• Article # 112020
• Published on 01/02/18 at 11:39

LaLiga Santander: 5.86 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 21 of the 2017-18 season

5.866 million viewers (3.62 million on the pay-TV channel beIN LaLiga, 1,185,000 on the Movistar Partidazo pay-TV channel Movistar Partidazo and 1,061,000 on the free-TV channel Gol) watched the 10 games on Matchday 21 of the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander season, played from 26 to 29/01/2018, according…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 111935
• Published on 01/02/18 at 11:09

Bundesliga: TV audiences of Matchday 18, 19 and 20 of 2017-18

Please find below, after each Bundesliga matchday, the TV audience figures recorded by News Tank Football, of the seven, eight or nine Bundesliga matches broadcast on the German Sky Bundesliga pay-TV channels, according to data from the audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. The remaining…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 111938
• Published on 01/02/18 at 10:35

Ligue 1 Conforama: Canal+ draws 1.4 million viewers for OM - AS Monaco (Audience share: 6.1%)

Olympique de Marseille - AS Monaco (2-2, Matchday 23 of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 Conforama 2017-18) drew 1.4 million viewers on average on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Sunday 28/01/2018 (kick-off off at 21:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 6.1%, and ranked Canal+ fifth in the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 111746
• Published on 01/02/18 at 10:04

2017-18 Coupe de la Ligue: 2.6 million viewers for Rennes - PSG on France 2 (free-TV)

Stade Rennais FC (Ligue 1 Conforama) - Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama), 2-3, in the semi-finals of the 2017-18 Coupe de la Ligue, drew 2.615 million viewers on average in France on the public channel France 2, on Tuesday 30/01/2018 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure represented an…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 111936
• Published on 01/02/18 at 09:35