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Lagardère Unlimited: 14.8% drop in revenues for first half of 2014 in spite of World Cup

Lagardère Unlimited, a media and marketing rights agency of the French group Lagardère, had a turnover of €174m in the first half of 2014, or 14.8% less than the previous year (€204m), the company announced on 31/07/2014. Lagardère Unlimited explained this decline in sales by pointing to "an…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 23416
• Published on 06/08/14 at 15:10
©  TVE
Spain: Yolanda García Cuevas named sports director of public broadcaster TVE

Yolanda Garcia Cuevas (ESP) was named the new sports director of TVE, the Spanish public TV channel confirmed to News Tank on 05/08/2014. She had been the deputy director of TV sports rights acquisitions at TVE since 2010. She is replacing Jesus Alvarez, who had the role since 2012, and who will…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 23412
• Published on 06/08/14 at 14:28
©  TF1
TF1 takes in €1.0257bn in first half of 2014 (+0.6%), in "economic environment that remains tough"

French TV group TF1 had a turnover of €1.0257bn in the first half of 2014 (from 01/01 to 30/06/2014), a 0.6% growth "in an economic environment that remains tough and unstable," the company said on 25/07/2014.The group's advertising turnover was at €769.9m on 30/06/2014, down €12.6m (or 1.6%…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23335
• Published on 05/08/14 at 16:37
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Social networks: Neymar first athlete to surpass 10m followers on Instagram

Neymar Jr (Brazilian international; FC Barcelona, Liga BBVA) became the first athlete to surpass 10m followers on the social network and photo- and video-sharing site Instagram on 30/07/2014.Neymar Jr is the most followed athlete on Instagram, ahead of the Portuguese international Cristiano…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23324
• Published on 05/08/14 at 12:39
©  D.R.
Premier League: BT Sport extends with Arsenal FC for two additional years, through 2015-16

The pay-TV British sports channel BT Sport extended its media partnership with Arsenal FC (Premier League, ENG) for two additional seasons on 28/07/2014. Arsenal and the sports channel of the British telecommunications group BT had signed their first partnership on 09/10/2013; the length and cost…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 23259
• Published on 01/08/14 at 15:38
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Twitter: Turnover, losses and users have all risen as of 30/06/2014

The social network Twitter made a turnover of $312m (€232.8m) in the second quarter of 2014, a 124% increase in one year (versus $139.3m, €104m), the company reported on 29/07/2014. Twitter, headquartered in San Francisco (California, United States), had a net loss of $145m (€108.2m) on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 23265
• Published on 01/08/14 at 13:49
©  D.R.
Serie A: Sky Italia interested in TV rights package C for the Italian first division for 2015-18

The Italian pay-TV group Sky Italia has submitted a bid for the acquisition of TV rights package C for Serie A for 2015-2018, announced Lega Serie A (the professional league that manages the Italian first division) on 28/07/2014. Package C is for additional, exclusive content (it gives access to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 23191
• Published on 30/07/14 at 18:30
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Brazil 2014: BBC gets record internet audience of 78.9m unique visitors

The website of BBC Sport had a record audience of 78.9m unique visitors (50.8m from the UK and 28.1m from abroad) during the month of June 2014, the BBC, a British public broadcaster, announced on 24/08/07. The previous monthly record was set in August 2012 during the Olympic Games in London…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23184
• Published on 30/07/14 at 16:05
©  Eurosport
Eurosport International: Yitz Shmulewitz named executive VP and COO

Yitz Shmulewitz (USA) was named executive vice-president and COO of Eurosport International, the sports pay-TV group confirmed to News Tank on 28/07/2014. "This is a new position for the organisation. Yitz Shmulewitz will not replace anybody," said Eurosport.Yitz Shmulewitz had held the role of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23162
• Published on 29/07/14 at 18:12
Sky Europe: "Unlikely to gain an additional advantage" in buying premium rights (G. Bisson, IHS)

Sky Europe "is unlikely to gain an additional advantage in the acquisition of premium sports rights. These rights are typically awarded on a territory-by-territory basis and Sky faces strong competition from companies like BT (United Kingdom), Mediaset (Italy) and Deutsche Telekom (Germany)," said…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 23128
• Published on 29/07/14 at 10:38