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©  UK Parliament
United Kingdom: the House of Commons very critical on the governance and funding of the BBC

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British House of Commons said that "when an organisation (the BBC) is in receipt of nearly £4bn of public money, very big questions have to be asked about how that money is provided and spent, and how that organisation is governed and made…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 35342
• Published on 27/02/15 at 19:40
©  NBA Tencent
China: Internet group Tencent becomes exclusive digital partner of the NBA, for €612m for 2015-2020

Tencent Holdings Limited, a Chinese Internet services group, extended its partnership with the NBA, becoming the exclusive digital partner of the North American professional basketball league in China, on 30/01/2015. The agreement takes effect on 01/07/2015 and runs until 30/06/2020. The deal…
Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 33228
• Published on 27/02/15 at 10:00
©  Sportsman Media Group
Bundesliga: Sportsman group to distribute 2015-2017 streaming rights for the sports betting industry

DFL Sports Enterprises attributed the international distribution of live streaming rights to the Bundesliga and the 2.Bundesliga (German second division) for the sports betting industry (physical and online) to the German agency The Sportsman Media Group, DFL Sport Enterprises announced on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 35188
• Published on 26/02/15 at 15:55
UK: BT Sport acquires the exclusive rights to the Serie A TIM for 2015-18 cycle from MP & Silva

The British telecom group BT has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to the Serie A TIM in the United Kingdom for the 2015-2018 period, announced the group, which owns the pay-TV channel BT Sport, on 25/02/2015. The rights were acquired from the media rights agency MP & Silva, which…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 35174
• Published on 26/02/15 at 15:17
©  D.R.
Sky plc: operating profit up 16% for the first half results of the group

Sky plc, the new pay-TV conglomerate that merged the British BSkyB group with its German and Italian counterparts Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, respectively (effective 12/11/2014), had a turnover of £5.604bn (€7.23bn on 31/12/2014), an increase of 5% over 12 months (£5.342bn, €6.41bn on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 33437
• Published on 26/02/15 at 11:10
©  Infront Sports & Media
Infront Sports & Media: Sven Biner will be the director of the Sports Services unit from 04/01/2015

The Swiss media and marketing rights agency Infront Sports & Media appointed the German Sven Biner as director of its Sports Services unit on 24/02/2015. He will assume his new duties on 01/04/2015 and will be in charge of broadcaster servicing (and other holders of media rights), live advertising…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 35049
• Published on 25/02/15 at 18:00
©  MLS
UK: Sky TV acquires the rights of MLS and will broadcast two matches a week from 2015 to 2018

The British pay-TV group Sky acquired, for the first time, the exclusive live broadcast rights in the UK, to MLS (Major League Soccer, USA-CAN) on 25/02/2015. The contract covers the 2015-2018 period, or the next four seasons of the top flight North American soccer league. The contract was…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 35047
• Published on 25/02/15 at 16:35
©  LFP.es
Liga BBVA: "We need to impose a more rational model for the exploitation of TV rights" (J. Tebas)

"It's a very good contract," said Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish LFP, to the American sports channel ESPN, on 14/02/2015, following the sale of the 2016-2019 domestic audiovisual rights to the Premier League to the groups Sky and BT for £1.712bn (€2.3bn) per season -- an increase of 70.2…
Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 34896
• Published on 24/02/15 at 17:45
Japan: MP & Silva acquires the 2015-2018 rights to the Bundesliga from Fox in a sublicense deal

The international media rights agency MP & Silva has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to the 2015-2018 cycle of the Bundesliga (German first division) in Japan, announced the agency on 23/02/2015. The rights were acquired from the US media company FIC (Fox International Channels), a…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 34876
• Published on 24/02/15 at 12:10
©  @DR
TF1: €2.09bn in turnover (+0.8%) and €412.7m net profit (+201.2%) in 2014

The French TV group TF1 had a turnover of €2,091.8m for the 2014 fiscal year (from 01/01 to 31/12/2014), a slight increase of 0.8% compared to 2013 (€2,075.3m), announced the group on 19/02/2015. Non-advertising revenue (€516.3m) increased by 7.3% compared to 2013 (€481m), a €35.3m increase: this…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, …
• Article # 34641
• Published on 20/02/15 at 18:10