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Twitter communities of European clubs

The social network Twitter remains a fast and direct method for football clubs to reach and interact with their fans.News Tank tracks and compiles the number of followers of every European Top 5 league club (Liga BBVA, Barclays Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A TIM, and Ligue1), plus some of the…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Article # 79784
• Published on 13/11/14 at 11:06
United Kingdom: court forces BSkyB to distribute Sky Sports 1 and 2 on BT's YouView platform

CAT (Competition Appeal Tribunal), the UK tribunal court, issued a temporary measure designed to force the British pay-TV group BSkyB to distribute its Sky Sports 1 and 2 on the Youview platform on its rival BT, the court stated on 05/11/2014.Ofcom, the UK independent regulator of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 28125
• Published on 13/11/14 at 09:49
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MLS: average TV audience increased by 9.1% for ESPN and ESPN2, and 27% for NBCSN in 2014

The American pay-TV channels ESPN and ESPN2 attracted an average of 240,000 viewers per televised match of MLS (Major League Soccer) in 2014, 9.1% more than in 2013 (220,000 viewers), indicated several American media outlets on 05/11/2014. ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language channel of ESPN…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 28081
• Published on 12/11/14 at 15:13
BT: €11.2 billion of revenue in first half of 2014 (-2%), Premier League audiences up 45%

The British audiovisual and telecom group BT achieved a turnover of almost £8.8bn (€11.2bn) at the end of the first half of fiscal year 2014 (from 01/04 to 30/09/2014), down 2% compared to the same period in 2013 (£8.94bn, or, at that time, €10.73bn), according to the group on 30/10/2014. BT…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 28050
• Published on 12/11/14 at 10:33
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Sky Europe: BSkyB acquires 87.45% stake in Sky Deutschland for nearly €5.5 billion

The British pay-TV group BSkyB is about to acquire 87.45% of the capital and voting rights of its German counterpart, Sky Deutschland, the company announced on 06/11/2014. BSkyB will acquire the 57.45% stake in Sky Deutschland owned by the American 21st Century Fox group, as well as a 30% stake…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 27991
• Published on 10/11/14 at 12:30
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Sky Deutschland: turnover up 9.8% in Q1 2014-15 (€431.3m)

Sky Deutschland achieved a turnover of €431.3m in the first quarter of the 2014-15 financial year (from 01/07 to 30/09/2014), up 9.8% year on year (€393m during the same period in 2013-14), announced the German pay-TV group on 03/11/2014. The company recorded an EBITDA (earnings before interest…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 27972
• Published on 10/11/14 at 10:30
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Samsung adds video analysis to Kick, its sports application for enriched content

Kick, an application dedicated to sports and launched by Samsung (electronics) in June 2014, will add video analyses from journalists to its daily enriched content, effective 06/11/2014. Five videos of journalistic will be uploaded every week.The Kick application is the first to be compatible with…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 27896
• Published on 07/11/14 at 10:08
The Vine application is used by 45% of clubs in the Top 5 leagues as of 6/11/2014

45% of clubs in the five major European leagues (Barclays Premier League, Bundesliga, Liga BBVA, Serie A TIM and Ligue 1), use Vine, a Twitter application that hosts "gifs," or six-second looped mini-videos, according to figures released by News Tank on 06/11/2014. The Premier League, with 85% of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 27874
• Published on 06/11/14 at 17:59
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France: French Federation launches a Web TV channel on Dailymotion to broadcast amateur matches live

The FFF (French Football Federation) launched "FFF Amateur Football TV," a WebTV channel dedicated to amateur football on the Internet platform Dailymotion, on 05/11/2014. Amateur football matches will be broadcast "live and in full," said the Federation, which is working with the LFA (French…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 27812
• Published on 05/11/14 at 19:45