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Spanish League and Mediapro extend their sports statistics partnership with ChyronHego

The LFP (Spanish Professional Football League) and the audiovisual group Mediapro renewed their partnership with ChyronHego, a company specialising in the production of business statistics and real time data-visualisation, until the 2017-18 season, the league announced on 06/02/2014. The agreement…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 14846
• Published on 17/02/14 at 15:15

Portugal: Benfica TV surpasses 300,000 subscribers seven months after launch

The Portuguese pay-TV sport channel Benfica TV has surpassed 300,000 subscribers in the space of seven months, the Lisbon-based club announced on 10/02/2014. The Benfica TV channel was created on 10/12/2008, but is now only available to premium members as of 01/07/2013. Benfica TV has broadcast…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 14811
• Published on 14/02/14 at 18:10

Sky Deutschland: approval from Market Competition board for the acquisition of 25.1% of Sport1

The German Office of Market Competition has approved, without any restrictions, the German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland's acquisition of 25.1% of the German free and pay-TV channels Sport1 and 100% of the company's film and television production company PLAZAMEDIA, on 12/02/2014. "Sky occupies…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 14813
• Published on 14/02/14 at 14:55

Spain: government to limit the ratio to 1 to 4 for TV rights monies received by clubs

A new sport law being prepared by the Spanish government, in collaboration with the LFP (Spanish Professional Football League), would limit the income gap for television rights between the Liga club who receives the most revenue and the one that receives the least. The new ratio would be 1 to 4…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 14696
• Published on 13/02/14 at 12:00

Rene Valencia appointed commercial director of development and sponsorship at MP & Silva

Rene Valencia was appointed commercial director of development and sponsorship at the media rights agency MP & Silva for the Asia-Pacific region on 04/02/2014. He will be responsible for the expansion of the Asian Olympic Council marketing program and the growth of MP & Silva's Asian market. Based…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 14695
• Published on 12/02/14 at 18:30

Italy: Mediaset wins TV rights for Champions League 2015-2018 worth €700m

Italian Silvio Berlusconi's free and pay-TV company, Mediaset, won the exclusive broadcasting rights in Italy for the Champions League from 2015-2018, on 10/02/2014. The amount of the acquisition is estimated by Italian media to be worth €700m, or just over €230m per season.The rights acquired by…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 14699
• Published on 12/02/14 at 16:59

Premier League: Tottenham close four agreements for distribution of Spurs TV in 35 countries

Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League) concluded four agreements for the international distribution of the TV channel of the club, Spurs TV, on 07/02/2014. These transactions were carried out through the media agency Pitch International. Neither the amount nor the duration of the contracts were…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs
• Article # 14644
• Published on 11/02/14 at 17:30

Serie A: League closed 28,900 illegal streaming sites in 2011-12 and 2012-13

Nearly 30,000 websites were closed by the Lega Serie A during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons for illegally streaming Serie A matches, said the National Professional League, which manages the Italian first division, at a meeting on 03/02/2014.To fight against information piracy and preserve the…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 14578
• Published on 11/02/14 at 11:59

Sky Deutschland: operating profit of €34.8 million in 2013, the first since its acquisition in 2009

Sky Deutschland generated sales of €1.546 billion in 2013, up 16% compared to 2012 (€1.333 billion), announced the German pay-TV group on 05/02/2014. For the first time since its acquisition by News Corp (now 21^st Century Fox) in 2008 and its launch under the brand Sky Deutschland in February…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance
• Article # 14536
• Published on 07/02/14 at 16:59

beIN Sports available in Thailand since 05/02/2014 on the pay-TV platform TrueVisions

Qatari pay-TV channel beIN Sports has teamed up with the Thai pay-TV operator TrueVisions, and is now broadcast in Thailand since 05/02/2014. The Qatari group, in partnership with the media and marketing rights agency MP & Silva, had announced on 01/07/2013 they would launch beIN Sport 1 HD in…

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• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 14473
• Published on 06/02/14 at 15:32