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TV rights: Amazon acquires Wednesday's top Champions League fixture in Italy (€80m/year, press)

The American e-commerce group Amazon has acquired the rights to broadcast the Wednesday night Champions League top fixture in Italy for an estimated €80m per season over the 2021-2024 cycle, according to Italian media on 14/10/2020. A new round of bidding is planned for the other lots (Tuesday…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 196139
• Published on 14/10/20 at 17:40
©  IBM
esports: IBM (IT) "presenting partner" of Activision-Blizzard's Overwatch League Grand Finals

IBM, an American company specialised in computer software, hardware and IT services, has become a partner of the video game publisher Activision-Blizzard for the Overwatch League from the 2020 Grand Finals, for two seasons (2021 and 2022), announced the group on 09/10/2020. This is the first…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital
• Article # 196082
• Published on 14/10/20 at 16:59
©  LaLiga
Spain: El Corte Inglés (department stores) extends as an official partner of LaLiga for 2020-21

El Corte Inglés, a Spanish department store and distribution group, has extended its partnership with LaLiga for the 2020-21 season, announced the Spanish league on 13/10/2020. El Corte Inglés will continue to benefit from the status of national partner, the third level in the Spanish league's…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 196071
• Published on 14/10/20 at 16:19
©  D.R.
Serie A TV rights: League begins exclusive negotiations with the CVC-Advent-FSI consortium

The Lega Serie A is entering exclusive negotiations with the consortium composed of CVC Capital Partners, a Luxembourg fund with a particular presence in rugby (see related news), the American fund Advent and the Italian public fund FSI (Fondo Strategico Italiano), for the creation of a media…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 196083
• Published on 14/10/20 at 15:34
Nations League: 8.19 million viewers in Germany for Germany - Switzerland on ARD

Germany - Switzerland (3-3) a 2020-21 Nations League match (League A, Group 4) drew an average of 8.191 million viewers on the German public TV channel ARD, on Tuesday 13/10/2020 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 28.6%, which ranked the German channel first in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 196087
• Published on 14/10/20 at 15:00
Nations League: 3.28 million viewers in Spain for Ukraine - Spain on La1 (TVE)

Ukraine - Spain (1-0) a 2020-21 Nations League match (League A, Group 4) drew an average of 3.28 million viewers on the public TV channel La1 (RTVE), on Tuesday 13/10/2020 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 20.9%, which ranked the Spanish channel first in the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 196086
• Published on 14/10/20 at 14:17
©  LaLiga
"The crisis has forced us to innovate and exploit our creativity" (R. Thiam Diaw, LaLiga Africa)

"Despite the end of the competitions (in March 2020), we have continued to work on our objectives. The crisis has also forced us to innovate and exploit our creativity," said Ramata Thiam Diaw, LaLiga's representative for Senegal, Ivory Coast and Mauritania, on 25/09/2020. Ramata Thiam Diaw…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 195987
• Published on 14/10/20 at 13:20
©  NBA
NBA Finals: lowest TV audiences of the century in the USA (6.4 million viewers, -58% vs 2019)

6.4 million viewers on average followed the six games of the 2020 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers - Miami Heat (4-2) played behind closed doors in the "bubble" of Disney World in Orlando (Florida, United States), on the American national, free-TV channel ABC, from 30/09 to 11/10/2020. The six…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 196025
• Published on 14/10/20 at 12:39
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TikTok: number of followers of the 55 European Top 5 clubs with an official account (October 2020)

With 5.8 million followers, FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) is the most popular European club on the Chinese social network TikTok, ahead of Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander, 3.8 million) and FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga, 3.3 million), according to data recorded by News Tank Football as of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 195962
• Published on 14/10/20 at 11:45
©  ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina: presentation of the future training centre, financed 100% by Rocco Commisso (€70m)

ACF Fiorentina (Serie A TIM) has presented plans for its future training facility, temporarily named "Viola Park" and which will be located in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli (Tuscany, ITA), 7 km southwest of Florence, according to the club on 07/10/2020. The project, which is expected to cost…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums
• Article # 195997
• Published on 14/10/20 at 11:15