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BT Sport launches BT Sport Extra, an additional TV channel, to broadcast more content

The British pay-TV group BT Sport launched a new channel, "BT Sport Extra," on 19/09/2014. Its first broadcast was the Ligue 1 fixture between Girondins de Bordeaux and Evian TG (2-1) on 19/09/2014."BT Sport Extra" works as an additional channel -- on air "at selected times" -- used by BT Sport…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 25371
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Ukraine: Media Group Ukraine acquires exclusive TV rights of the European Cups for 2015-18 period

The pay-TV entity Media Group Ukraine won the tender organised by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) and will retain the broadcasting rights of the Champions League and the Europa League in Ukraine for the 2015-18 period, the company announced on 18/09/2014.All of the fixtures will be…
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• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 25325
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Germany: DFL announces tender process for Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga TV rights in 18 countries

DFL Sports Enterprises, the commercial arm of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga, German Professional Football League), has launched the tender process for all audiovisual media rights in 18 countries for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga (German second division) seasons, the agency…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 25216
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Media: Sky Deutschland advises minority shareholders not to sell their shares to BSkyB

The executive board of the German pay-TV group Sky Deutschland told minority investors not to sell their shares as part of BSkyB’s multibillion-dollar takeover approach for the German channel, the group revealed on 17/09/2014. BSkyB announced, on 25/07/2014, that it had reached an agreement with…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 25183
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USA: Fox Sports launches simulcast program “Multimatch 90” for 2014-15 Champions League group phase

The American pay-TV channel Fox Sports will launch the first permanent simulcast programme dedicated to soccer in the United States for its coverage of the 2014-15 Champions League group phase, the media group announced on 10/09/2014. Fox Sports is introducing "Multimatch 90," which will cover all…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 25106
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European Commission authorises BSkyB's acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia

The acquisition project by the British pay-TV group BSkyB of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia was authorised by the European Commission "under the EU Merger Regulation," announced the commission on 11/09/2014."The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns, since…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 25097
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Facebook: FC Barcelona remain the most followed club with 74.78 million fans (+4%)

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) are the world's most followed football club on Facebook with 74,780,000 fans as of 15/09/2014. The club has recorded 3.35 million additional "like" mentions, up 4% from the beginning of August 2014. Only Real Madrid (Liga BBVA) have also surpassed 70 million fans on…
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• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 25067
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Euro 2016: UEFA launches tender in 35 European countries for media rights to the final tourney

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) announced the launch of a tender for media rights to Euro 2016 (France, from 10/06 to 10/07/2016) in 35 countries in the European area on 12/09/2014. The rights cover all broadcasting platforms (TV, Internet and mobile).The procedure will begin on…
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