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Twitter: a turnover of €1.24bn in 2014, but a net loss of €510.8m

The social network Twitter achieved a 2014 turnover of €1.24bn, an increase of 111% compared to 2013, according to a report released by the company on 05/02/2015. This strong increase in revenues is mainly due to higher advertising revenues, which reached €1.1bn in 2014, an increase of 109.6…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance
• Article # 33918
• Published on 13/02/15 at 16:30
YouTube: Liga BBVA is the most active major European league on Youtube with 3.5 million subscribers

The Liga BBVA is by far the most active league of the 5 major European leagues (Barclays Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A TIM, Liga BBVA and Ligue 1) on YouTube, the video hosting website, with 589,400,000 video views and 3.5 million subscribers, an average of 184,000 fans per club, according…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Digital
• Article # 33643
• Published on 12/02/15 at 15:10
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2016-2019 TV rights to the Premier League: Sky shares fall (-4.6%) and BT's are up (+1.8%)

Sky plc.'s stock, listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), closed down 4.6% (at £9.10 or €12.26) on 10/02/2015, hours after the British pay-TV group announced it had acquired the domestic audiovisual rights, 126 Premier League games per season over the 2016-2019 period to £1.392bn / €1.88bn per…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 33889
• Published on 12/02/15 at 13:30
Premier League: details of the 2016-2019 domestic audiovisual rights lots acquired by Sky and BT

The British pay-TV group Sky plc. and BT Sport shared the seven lots (detailed below) of the main tender for domestic audiovisual rights to the 2016-2019 cycle of the Premier League, launched by the league on 12/12/2014 and 10/02/2015.Sky plc., owner of Sky Sports in the UK, acquired five of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 33871
• Published on 12/02/15 at 12:46
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Premier League: Sky and BT will pay €2.3bn per season for the TV rights to the 2016-2019 cycle

The Premier League has awarded lots A, C, D, E, and G (a total of 126 matches per season) to the British pay-tv group Sky plc. (Sky Sports) and lots B and F (42 matches per season) to the communications group BT (BT Sport channels), on 10/02/2015. The amount of the auction for the seven lots…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 33747
• Published on 11/02/15 at 11:50
Denmark: IMG will be the international distributor of TV rights to the Alka Superliga until 2021

The media rights and marketing agency IMG extended its existing global media rights distribution contract for the Alka Superliga, the Danish first division, for six years on 06/02/2015. IMG began being the distributor for the Danish league's audiovisual rights in 2009-10 and had renewed its…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 33468
• Published on 09/02/15 at 18:35
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Premier League: submission of bids until 06/02/2015 for the 2016-2019 domestic TV rights

Broadcasters interested in obtaining UK audiovisual rights to the Barclays Premier League matches for the 2016-2019 cycle, had to submit their bids to the Premier League before Friday, 06/02/2015. The Premier League issued the first two ITTs (Invitations to Tender) for the domestic broadcasting…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33442
• Published on 06/02/15 at 19:41
©  D.R.
Germany: Sport1 acquires the 2015-2018 free-TV rights to the Europa League (15 fixtures per season)

The German TV group Sport1, which offers both paying and free-TV content, acquired the audiovisual rights to the Europa League in Germany for the 2015-2018 cycle on 02/02/2015. Sport1 holds the live broadcasting rights, exclusively on free-to-air television, to 15 Europa League games per season…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33434
• Published on 06/02/15 at 19:28
Liga BBVA: the Spanish group Mediapro acquires 2015-16 audiovisual rights to Athletic Bilbao

The Spanish multimedia group Mediapro has acquired the domestic audiovisual rights to the 2015-16 league games (at home) of Athletic Bilbao (Liga BBVA), announced Josu Urrutia, the president of the Basque club, on 04/02/2015. This agreement "fully meets the expectations of the current Board of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33423
• Published on 06/02/15 at 19:19
©  D.R.
Premier League: Ofcom rejects Virgin Media request to delay the 2016-2019 UK TV rights auction

Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, rejected the British pay-TV platform Virgin Media's application to delay the auction for the 2016-2019 live UK audiovisual media rights to the Barclays Premier League on 04/02/2015.Ofcom "does not…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 33271
• Published on 05/02/15 at 18:15