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Premier League: Amazon entrusts the production of its 20 matches per season to BT Sport (2019-2022)

Amazon will entrust the production of its 20 Premier League matches per season (2019-2022 cycle) to the pay-TV operator BT Sport and its audiovisual technical provider Sunset+Vine, according to the American e-commerce group Amazon, on 20/03/2019. Amazon acquired, for its VoD platform Amazon…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 143114
• Published on 22/03/19 at 13:00

Media: Disney completes acquisition of 21^st Century Fox, which sells Fox Sports to a new company

The Walt Disney Company, a US media and entertainment group, has completed the acquisition of a majority share in the US media and film production conglomerate 21^st Century Fox for $71bn (€62.5bn) on 19/03/2019. Just before this acquisition, 21^st Century Fox sold its news and sports…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 143095
• Published on 22/03/19 at 12:30

Euro 2020 qualification: list of international broadcasters

The Euro 2020 qualifiers began on Thursday 21/03/2019 and will end on Tuesday 19/11/2019. In the United Kingdom, England's qualifying matches for Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup are broadcast on the free and private TV channel ITV. The pay-TV operator Sky broadcasts the other matches, as well…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 143093
• Published on 22/03/19 at 11:55

Deal Tracker: all the latest sponsorship / partnership agreements in football

This table allows you to find all the major sponsorship/partnership contracts concluded by clubs, federations, leagues, and football players/managers around Europe and throughout the world, since 01/05/2017. By default, all deals have been sorted in a reverse chronological order (newest…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, Authorities, …
• Article # 143102
• Published on 22/03/19 at 11:30

Deal Tracker: all the latest TV and media rights agreements for football competitions

This infographic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual and broadcasting rights to football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 01/01/2018. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 143100
• Published on 22/03/19 at 10:55

RC Strasbourg: a "Racing van" meets fans ahead of the Coupe de la Ligue BKT final on 30/03/2019

"For one week, RC Strasbourg Alsace (Ligue 1 Conforama) will visit various Alsatian clubs to offer fans the opportunity to register their messages of encouragement for the final of the Coupe de la Ligue BKT (versus EA Guingamp) on a huge tarpaulin that will finish its journey on Saturday…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 143020
• Published on 22/03/19 at 10:32

FA Cup: the BBC extends its free-to-air broadcasting rights for the 2021-2025 cycle

The British public television broadcaster BBC has extended its UK broadcasting rights for the Emirates FA Cup over the 2021-2025 period on 19/03/2019. The BBC will broadcast 18 matches per season compared to the current 16 (2018-2021 cycle). The rights to broadcast match highlights are also…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 142968
• Published on 22/03/19 at 09:40

UEFA-ECA: UEFA Executive Committee and ECA Executive Board discuss the future of club competitions

An "informal brainstorming session to exchange views and ideas around UEFA club competitions post-2024" took place between UEFA Executive Committee and the ECA Executive Board at "The House of European Football" UEFA's headquarters in Nyon (SUI), announced UEFA on 19/03/2019. "The purpose of…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 143051
• Published on 21/03/19 at 17:48

Lega Serie A: Yabo Sports named as the "International Presenting Sponsor" of the Serie A TIM in Asia

Yabo Sports, a Chinese platform specialised in online entertainment and sports betting, has been named as the "International Presenting Sponsor" of the Serie A TIM in Asia, in an agreement announced by the London-based Interregional Sports Group (ISG), on 26/02/2019. ISG has held the Italian…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication, Betting, …
• Article # 143035
• Published on 21/03/19 at 16:43

Women's World Cup 2023: 9 interested countries, including South Korea (joint bid with North Korea)

South Africa, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and South Korea (a joint application with North Korea), are the nine countries of the national federations that have expressed "their interest in submitting a bid to host the final competition of the FIFA Women’s…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 142829
• Published on 21/03/19 at 14:59