Media: archives October, 2014 (page 2/5)

International TV rights of the Serie A: "We have bet once more on Italy" (MP & Silva)

"We have bet once more on Italy, with an increase in the amount of our investment which does not correspond to an increase in the value of Italian football, but is made possible by the commercial value of our complete offer," said Riccardo Silva, founder and partner of the media rights agency MP …

Greece: pay-TV group Nova Media acquires TV rights for Ligue 1 in Greece until 2016

The Greek pay-TV Nova Media Group acquired the broadcasting rights for Ligue 1 in Greece, on 20/10/2014. The rights cover the remainder of the 2014-15 season, and the 2015-16 season.The matches of the French first division will be broadcast live and exclusively on the TV channel Novasports 1, and…

United States: 75% of American fans use Facebook to follow and comment on sports (Catalyst)

75% of Americans sports fans use Facebook to follow and comment on sports, according to a study published by the American PR agency Catalyst, a subsidiary of the media and marketing rights agency IMG, on 14/10/2014. Facebook is the most mentioned social network by the 2,100 Americans surveyed…

Serie A: MP & Silva acquires international TV rights for the 2015-2018 period for €185m (up 58%)

The distribution of the international (excluding Italy) media rights to the Serie A TIM for the 2015 to 2018 period has been awarded to the media rights agency MP & Silva, announced the Lega Serie A (professional league that manages the Italian first division), following the its meeting on…

Spain: Mediapro and Canal+ are losing €150 million per year due to illegal streaming of La Liga

The Spanish media groups Mediapro and DTS (Canal+ Spain), the major domestic broadcasters in the Liga BBVA, lose €150m in revenue each year because of illegal streaming of matches in the Spanish first division, indicated their leaders at a conference held in Barcelona on 09/10/2014. Mediapro and…

La Liga: Javier Tebas in favour of collective marketing of the league's broadcasting rights

Javier Tebas, president of the LFP (Spanish Professional Football League), is in favour of the establishment of a system of collective marketing of the domestic TV rights for the top two Spanish professional leagues (Liga BBVA and Liga Adelante, the second division), he stated on 09/10/2014.Javier…

La Liga: Mediapro to distribute its pay-TV channel Gol T on the streaming platform Wuaki.tv

Wuaki.tv, a Spanish platform for streaming video on the Internet, mobile media and connected TVs, has partnered with the Spanish broadcaster Mediapro for the distribution, in Spain, of its pay-TV channel Gol T, on 13/10/2014. Gol T broadcasts eight Liga BBVA fixtures per matchday of the Spanish…

USA: new NBA media rights deal includes jersey sponsorship revenue for TV partners

The NBA's (National Basketball Association, USA-CAN) new media rights deal with the pay-TV channels ESPN, part of the Disney group, and Turner, part of the Time Warner group, includes the possibility of the league's TV partners receiving a portion of the revenues from any future jersey sponsorship…

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