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Barclays Women's Super League: Sky & BBC extend UK TV rights for 2025-2030 (£65m)

The British pay-TV operator Sky and public broadcaster BBC have extended their UK broadcasting rights to the Barclays Women's Super League for a further five seasons over the 2025-2030 cycle, announced Women's Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) on 30/10/2024. The deal is worth a total of £65m…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, International authorities, …
• Article # 342958
• Published on 31/10/24 at 08:40

Sportel 2024: "Big technology companies contribute to the development of piracy" (J. Tebas, LALIGA)

"The big technology companies are essential partners in preventing fraud. But they also contribute to the development of piracy. I've been talking to these people about how to stop it, because it's a criminal act. There are so many ways of obtaining content illegally. Many broadcasters are…

LFP: J-P. Caillot & P. Longoria vice presidents, D. Terrier general secretary & P-O. Murat treasurer

The Bureau of the LFP (see composition below) appointed Jean-Pierre Caillot, president of Stade de Reims (Ligue 1 McDonald's) and of the Collège de Ligue 1 (Ligue 1 Board), and Pablo Longoria, president of Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 McDonald's), as vice presidents of the League during its…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Finance, Governance, …
• Article # 342877
• Published on 30/10/24 at 15:20

Mediapro: launch of a €1bn fund "dedicated to the acquisition of sports intellectual property"

The Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro has launched a €1bn fund "dedicated to the acquisition of sports intellectual property (IP) around the world," it announced on 29/10/2024. "The fund will focus its activity on acquiring intellectual property rights of both established and emerging sports…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Digital
• Article # 342876
• Published on 30/10/24 at 14:30

FIFA: Hisense (electronics, CHN) first partner of the 2025 Club World Cup

The Chinese electronics group Hisense has become the first brand to commit to FIFA as an official partner of the 2025 Club World Cup (scheduled to take place in the United States from 15/06 to 13/07), announced the international federation on 30/10/2024. As part of the agreement, the brand will…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): International authorities, Sponsors - Partners, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 342873
• Published on 30/10/24 at 14:00

Sportel 2024: "Engagement is the biggest challenge in our industry" (S. Young, WBD Sports Europe)

"Engagement is the biggest challenge in our industry. Keeping people engaged and making sure that incredible events like the Olympics remain relevant is a challenge. It's very easy now for people to become distracted, to watch two or three minutes of videos they're scrolling past and think 'that's…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Essentials Sponsors & Partners, Media, …
• Article # 342863
• Published on 30/10/24 at 13:25

European Top 5: Barça ahead of PSG & Real Madrid in number of active players trained (CIES)

FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) is the club that has trained the most active players at the start of the 2024-25 season in the European Top 5 leagues (Germany, England, Spain, France and Italy), with 46 players having passed through its training centre, according to the CIES Football Observatory's…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Clubs, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 342852
• Published on 30/10/24 at 11:40

2030 World Cup: "An opportunity to break down barriers and inspire young people" (Andrés Iniesta)

"I love the ambition of this Spain - Morocco - Portugal bid to deliver the best World Cup ever in 2030 and to use this opportunity to break down barriers and inspire young people, both in the host countries and around the world," said Andrés Iniesta (131 caps for Spain), who has been appointed…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Federations, International authorities, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 342848
• Published on 30/10/24 at 11:10

2024-25 Serie A Enilive: attendance on Matchday 9 (31,358 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 9 of the 2024-25 Serie A Enilive season drew an average of 31,358 spectators per game from Friday 25 to Sunday 27/10/2024. The average stadium fill rate was 81.7%. FC Inter Milan - Juventus FC (4-4) on 27/10 (kick-off at 18:00 CET) was the match that posted the best attendance, with…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Ticketing, Stadiums, …
• Article # 342822
• Published on 30/10/24 at 10:00

Social media: Real Madrid "first sports organisation" to accumulate 600 million followers

Real Madrid CF (LALIGA EA Sports) has become "the first sports organisation" to accumulate more than 600 million followers on social media, according to specialist data measurement company Blinkfire, announced the club on 28/10/2024. • The Spanish club has "the highest number of followers…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 342808
• Published on 30/10/24 at 09:20