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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, Clubs, …
• Article # 140142
• Published on 15/02/19 at 10:00
©  D.R.
Italy: less accidents in the leagues in the first half of the 2018-19 season compared to in 2017-18

"Fewer accidents, fewer police forces deployed and more spectators in Serie A (from 24,500 to 25,200, or +2.8%)", are the main trends in a study conducted in Italy by the Department of Public Safety of the National Observatory for Sporting Events (a body under the Ministry of the Interior), after…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 140110
• Published on 14/02/19 at 18:44
©  Julien Guichard
Think Football 2019: "Major eSports teams derive 60% of their revenue from sponsorship" (N. Maurer)

"There are four or five major eSports teams today that derive 60% of their revenues from sponsorship and have the ambition to increase these revenues in absolute terms. Media rights are coming in. Merchandising is a source of revenue that is expected to increase. Ticketing revenues are on the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 139811
• Published on 14/02/19 at 18:14
©  Julien Guichard
Think Football 2019: "Moving from story telling to story living" (Aymeric Magne, Disneyland Paris)

"Sport and entertainment inevitably intersect over time. For example, the Super Bowl is not only a sports event, but also pure entertainment. Merchandising allows you to continue the experience at home, beyond just selling shirts for a club or a sports league. At Disney, our ambition is to extend…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 139533
• Published on 14/02/19 at 17:20
©  D.R.
LaLiga Santander: Uber (car hire application) becomes an official partner of Valencia CF from 2019

Uber, a mobile application that connects independent drivers with passengers registered on the platform, has become the official "mobility and innovation partner" of Valencia CF (LaLiga Santander), on 06/02/2019. The duration of the partnership has not yet been communicated. Uber has the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing, …
• Article # 140009
• Published on 14/02/19 at 16:30
©  FC Bayern
FC Bayern Munich: agreement with the Korean Football Association to train players and coaches

"FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) has today agreed a partnership with the Korean Football Association (KFA) in Munich as part of its internationalisation strategy," announced the club on 11/02/2019. "This strategically significant partnership is the record German champions' second with an Asian…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 140008
• Published on 14/02/19 at 15:59
©  DFL
Bundesliga/2.Bundesliga: record of 9.4 million tickets sold in the first half of the 2018-19 season

"In the first half of the current 2018-19 season, the number of 9,418,148 tickets sold by the 36 professional clubs marked a record" and "represented an increase of around 220,000 tickets or 2.4% compared with the first half of the 2017-18 season (9,198,684)," announced the DFL, on 07/02/2019…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 140088
• Published on 14/02/19 at 15:15
©  DC
ECA: 22nd General Assembly to be held in Amsterdam (NED), on Monday 25/03 and Tuesday 26/03/2019

"ECA is hosting its 22nd General Assembly on 25-26/03/2019 at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands," announced the European Club Association on 12/02/2019. "The General Assembly will be followed by a media conference with the ECA chairman Andrea Agnelli (ITA) at approximately 13:30 CET on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 140007
• Published on 14/02/19 at 14:54
©  OGC Nice
Ligue 1 Conforama: Nice - Lyon draws 819,000 TV viewers on Canal+ (audience share 3.5%)

OGC Nice - Olympique Lyonnais (1-0), Matchday 24 of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 Conforama season, drew an average of 819,000 viewers, on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Sunday 10/02/2019 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This figure…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs
• Article # 139813
• Published on 14/02/19 at 12:10
©  UEFA
UEFA: a new Champions League account on the Chinese instant messaging platform WeChat

UEFA has launched a new Champions League account on WeChat (China's instant messaging platform), "building on the recent relaunch of its Weibo account (in November 2018) to bring the competition closer to Chinese fans," said the European body, on 13/02/2019. "The WeChat and Weibo platforms…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital
• Article # 140010
• Published on 14/02/19 at 11:56