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2015 Super Bowl: TV channel NBC announces all advertising has been sold, €4m per 30-second spot

All advertising for the 2015 Super Bowl, the final game of the NFL 2014-15 NFL (National Football League, USA, American football) season, has been sold, stated the American private free-TV channel NBC, which will broadcast the event, on 28/01/2015. This average cost for a 30-second advertising…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 32741
• Published on 30/01/15 at 17:20

Premier League: Virgin Media asks Ofcom to suspend the bidding for the 2016-2019 TV rights

Virgin Media, a British pay-TV platform, asked Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulator, to suspend the bidding for audiovisual rights to the Barclays Premier League on 28/01/2015. After Virgin Media initially brought up this matter on 30/09/2014, Ofcom decided to investigate the conditions of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, …
• Article # 32618
• Published on 29/01/15 at 17:36

Super Bowl 2015: NFL launches its YouTube channel, which will broadcast highlights of the game

The NFL (National Football League, USA, American football) will launch its official channel on the video-sharing platform YouTube at the 2015 Super Bowl (championship final scheduled at Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on 01/02/2015 at 18:30 Eastern Standard Time, or 00:30 on 02/02/2015…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 32602
• Published on 29/01/15 at 15:44

Asian Cup: record audience of 27 million Chinese viewers for Australia - China (2-0)

The Australia - China (2-0) match, in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup 2015 (Australia, from 09 to 31/01/2015), which was broadcast on the Chinese state TV channel CCTV-5, achieved an average of 27 million viewers during the match, on 22/01/2015. CCTV-5 registered a peak audience of 32 million…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 32459
• Published on 28/01/15 at 16:00

Italy: Police block 124 illegal streaming sites after a complaint by Sky Italia

Operation "Match off", carried out in Italy on 25/01/2015 by the police officers of the Special Unit for Technological Fraud ("Nucleo Speciale Frodi Tecnologiche"), helped block 124 illegal football streaming websites in Italy in one day, stated the Guardia di Finanza (Italian financial and…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 32431
• Published on 28/01/15 at 15:04

Malaysia: MP & Silva becomes the media and commercial advisor to the federation for 2016-2030

The MP & Silva agency has become the advisor to FAM for the management and sale of media , commercial, domestic and international rights to several competitions organised by the body, announced the two parties on 20/01/2015. The objective of the partnership, which takes effect in 2016 and ends in…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 32367
• Published on 27/01/15 at 18:04

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European Union: €132.7bn of revenue for the audiovisual market in 2013 (-0.4% compared to 2012)

The audiovisual market in the European Union generated €132.7bn in revenue in 2013, according to the 20^th edition of "Yearbook 2014 - Television, cinema, video and on-demand audiovisual services - the pan-European picture" from the European Audiovisual Observatory, and published on 21/01/2015…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 32258
• Published on 26/01/15 at 19:00

Germany: federation continues with Infront for the "complete marketing" of the DFB Cup

The DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, the German Football Association) extended its agreement with the marketing and media rights agency Infront Sports & Media as "partner for the complete marketing of the DFB Pokal (German Cup) rights," announced the Swiss agency, on 23/01/2015."The intention is to…

Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 32203
• Published on 26/01/15 at 14:45

USA: average of 7.3 football matches on TV per day in the U.S. in 2014

An average of 7.3 football matches per day were broadcast on TV in the United States in 2014, according to a report published by the specialised website www.giltedgesoccer.com on 22/01/2014. At least one football match from around the world -- covering 79 different leagues and tournaments -- was…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 32125
• Published on 23/01/15 at 17:38

France: football helps TF1, Canal+ and W9 to achieve their best TV audiences of the year

The French population watched television for 3 hours and 41 minutes on average per day (tracked via individuals aged four years and over) in 2014 (from 30/12/2013 to 28/12/2014), according to the consolidated audience measurement indicator Médiamat, and published by the audience measurement agency…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Media Audiences
• Article # 31841
• Published on 21/01/15 at 12:12