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Spain: Jose Antonio Sanchez, president of RTVE, announces the continuation of the sports channel Teledeporte

Jose Antonio Sanchez, president of the Spanish public broadcasting group RTVE since 16/10/2014, announced the continuation of the Teledeporte sports channel on 26/11/2014. His predecessor, Leopoldo González-Echenique, had announced the closure of the free sports TV channel on 31/12/2014, due to…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 29116
• Published on 28/11/14 at 13:51

Euro 2016: TV rights assigned to DR and TV2 in Denmark and Skjarinn in Iceland

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) has assigned the rights to broadcast Euro 2016 (finals in France, from 10/06 to 10/07/2016) to the DR and TV2 television groups in Denmark and Skjarinn in Iceland on 25/11/2014. DR, the Danish public broadcaster, and the semi-public TV2 group will…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 29100
• Published on 28/11/14 at 12:02

Spanish League, broadcasters and advertisers united against piracy in football content

MAA (Spanish Media Agencies Association), the Spanish media groups Mediapro and Prisa and the LFP (Spanish Professional Football League), signed a collaboration agreement against the illegal distribution of sports content on 11/11/2014. The aim is to prevent advertising investments into illegal…

Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 29086
• Published on 28/11/14 at 10:31

Champions League: Leverkusen - Monaco fixture garners 5.05 million viewers on German ZDF channel

The Bayer Leverkusen - AS Monaco fixture (0-1), Matchday 5 of Group C of the 2014-15 Champions League, garnered 5.05 million viewers on average on the German public-TV channel ZDF on 26/11/2014, according to data from the German Institute of Audience Measurement AGF. This represents an average…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Media Audiences
• Article # 29084
• Published on 28/11/14 at 09:30

Champions League: Paris SG - Ajax watched by 3.42 million viewers in France and the Netherlands

The Paris Saint-Germain - Ajax Amsterdam fixture (3-1), Matchday 5 of the group stage of the 2014-15 Champions League, collected 1.34m viewers on average on the French pay-TV channel Canal+, which broadcast the match in France, for an average audience share of 4.9% on 25/11/2014.In the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Media Audiences
• Article # 29075
• Published on 27/11/14 at 18:04

2015 Women's World Cup: BBC acquires TV, radio and Internet rights for the United Kingdom

The British public TV broadcaster BBC acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, in the United Kingdom, to the 2015 Women's World Cup (Canada, 06/06 to 05/07/2015), announced the group on 23/11/2014. The fixtures of the tournament, which includes the England national team, will be broadcast on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 28851
• Published on 25/11/14 at 12:15

Sky Deutschland: Jeremy Darroch, director of Sky, named chairman of the supervisory board

The Briton Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the British pay-TV group Sky (formerly BSkyB), has been appointed chairman of the board, in addition to monitoring, the German subsidiary Sky Deutschland, on 19/11/2014. Andrew Griffith, Chief Financial Officer of Sky, has also been incorporated into the Sky…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 28811
• Published on 24/11/14 at 17:29

Greece: the public broadcasting group NERIT acquires TV rights of the 2015-2018 Champions League

NERIT ("New Hellenic Radio, Internet and Television"), the new Greek public broadcasting group, acquired the broadcasting rights, in Greece, for the Champions League for the 2015-2018 period on 19/11/2014. NERIT will broadcast live and and for free one match per week of the competition (Wednesday…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 28769
• Published on 24/11/14 at 11:30

Sony: launch of PlayStation Vue, Internet TV service, in the first quarter of 2015

Sony will launch the PlayStation Vue, an IPTV service -- digital television broadcast via the Internet -- in the first quarter of 2015, announced the Japanese electronics group on 13/11/2014. PlayStation Vue users will be able to "access live TV and on-demand content without a cable or satellite…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 28722
• Published on 21/11/14 at 16:50

Electronic Arts: €792.7m in revenue (+42%) in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014-15

Electronic Arts, the American video game company, announced revenues of $990m (€792.7m) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2014-15 (from 01/07 to 30/09/2014) in up 42% compared to the same period in 2013-14, on 10/28/2014. Net profit for the publisher is $3m (€2.4m), against a net loss of $273m…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance
• Article # 28622
• Published on 20/11/14 at 16:15