Media: archives 2013 (page 7/23)

Filter by domain

All domains
Media

Filter by year

Filter by month

The Premier League abandons action against YouTube for breach of copyright

The Premier League, the company that manages the English top tier division, has abandoned its prosecution against the U.S. broadcast and video-sharing platform YouTube, announced the British newspaper The Guardian, on the 11/11/2013.The Premier League, the FFT (French Tennis Federation) and…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 11631
• Published on 13/11/13 at 14:00

BT Sport acquires UK rights for European cups from 2015 to 2018 for €1.07 billion

The British pay-TV group, BT Sport, have acquired the exclusive broadcast rights, in the UK, for the Champions League and Europa League for the period 2015-2018, the company announced on the 09/11/2013.BT bought the rights for €1,075,981,484, or about €359 million per season. The deal includes…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities
• Article # 11606
• Published on 12/11/13 at 18:55

Spain: Real Madrid have plans to launch free channel on DTT in January 2014

Real Madrid (La Liga, ESP) plan to launch their own free TV channel on Spanish DTT (digital terrestrial television), from January 2014, according to the Spanish newspaper El Economista, on the 02/11/2013.The Spanish DTT market will be reorganised in early 2014, and several broadcast licenses…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 11600
• Published on 12/11/13 at 17:45

Germany: ZDF "very interested" by TV rights to the UEFA Champions League 2015-2018

"ZDF is very interested in the prospect of covering the Champions League in the future. We will make an offer," said Dieter Gruschwitz, sports director of the German public broadcaster on the 04/11/2013.German broadcasters have until the 27/11/2013 to respond to the tender of UEFA (Union of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 11558
• Published on 08/11/13 at 19:20

Yearly Sport Key Facts 2012-13: "Football is the motor of sport" (Yassine Berhoun Médiamétrie)

"Football is still the motor of sport for TV audiences" in the majority of countries surveyed in the "Yearly Sport Key Facts 2012-13" report by Mediamétrie, said Yassine-Guillaume Berhoun, sales manager for Sport for EurodataTV Worldwide, the international department for the institute of audience…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 11518
• Published on 07/11/13 at 18:40

Fox International: Simon Thomas, vice president in charge of global sports and content sales

Simon Thomas has been appointed executive vice president of pay television network FIC (Fox International Channels) announced Hernan Lopez, president and CEO of the company, on the 05/11/2013. Simon Thomas will be based in London (England) and Zurich (Switzerland) and will work directly with…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 11474
• Published on 06/11/13 at 16:59

"Now we offer all the exclusive content of Sky" (Henning Stiegenroth, Deutsche Telekom)

"We have been competitors for four years and now we are friends," said Henning Stiegenroth, vice president of sports marketing for Deutsche Telekom, about the partnership between his company and the pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, at the International Football Arena conference in Zurich…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 11440
• Published on 05/11/13 at 19:45

China's PPTV to stream the Scottish Professional Football League until 2023

China's live online sports streaming provider PPTV have acquired the broadcast rights in China to the SPFL (Scottish Professional Football League) until the end of the 2022-23 season, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond announced the 04/11/2013.The deal with PPTV is part of a £20m (€23.7m…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities
• Article # 11413
• Published on 05/11/13 at 19:35

Malaysia's pay-TV group Astro awarded only $1m in dispute against Indonesia's Lippo conglomerate

A Singapore Appeals Court has lowered to less than $1 million (€741,400) the financial award made to Malaysia’s Astro broadcaster against Indonesia’s Lippo conglomerate over a failed pay-TV venture, on the 01/11/2013. Singapore's High Court upheld a $250 million arbitration award to Astro, on the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 11401
• Published on 05/11/13 at 19:33

"In Spain, the share of TV rights is a disgrace" (Joan Collet, Espanyol)

"In Spain, the share of TV rights is a disgrace. Not only for La Liga, but also throughout Europe. Because clubs who face Real or Barca in the Champions League are also disadvantaged," said Joan Collet President of Espanyol (La Liga) on 01/11/2013."Real, Barca and the president of the LFP (Spanish…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 11398
• Published on 04/11/13 at 19:59