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Champions League: Barça-PSG had 5 million viewers in Spain (free-TV), 2.1 million in France (pay-TV)

The FC Barcelona - Paris Saint-Germain (2-0) second leg quarter-final match of the 2014-15 Champions League (Barça advanced 5-1 on aggregate, after winning 1-3 in the first leg in Paris), which was broadcast live in Spain by La 1, allowed the Spanish public broadcaster to attract 5.023 million…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 39918
• Published on 22/04/15 at 12:10

Infront will distribute the international TV rights for Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand national teams

Infront Sports & Media will distribute the media rights to qualification matches and international friendlies played at home by the national teams of Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand, announced the Swiss media and marketing rights agency on 17/04/2015. The agreement, the duration of which was not…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 39854
• Published on 21/04/15 at 17:05

MIPTV: "Customer care is at the heart of everything we do" (Jeremy Darroch, Sky)

"Customer care is at the heart of everything we do (...). A large demand for quality content is central to our industry," said Jeremy Darroch, the CEO of the British broadcasting group Sky plc, in his keynote speech to the MIPTV (International market for television programmes) in Cannes, France…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 39810
• Published on 21/04/15 at 16:31

Spain: Telefónica proposal for the purchase of Canal+ España accepted by the regulator

Telefónica has proposed the creation of a platform which will mainly consist of the premium content of its pay-TV groups Movistar TV and Canal+. This service has been proposed in order to ensure and finalise the Spanish telecom operator's acquisition of 100% of the shares of the pay-TV operator…

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• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 39824
• Published on 21/04/15 at 15:51

Anne Zhao appointed as managing director of Infront China

Anne Zhao is the new managing director of Infront China, announced Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss agency for media and marketing rights, on 20/04/2015. She has held this position on an interim basis since the departure of Winston Zheng on 26/09/2014. Anne Zhao has worked at Infront China since…

Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 39819
• Published on 21/04/15 at 15:08

Portugal: Sport TV extend its rights to the Champions League and Europa League to 2015-2018

Sport TV has retained its broadcasting rights to the Champions League and Europa League for the 2015-2018 cycle in Portugal, announced Bessa Tavares, director of the Portuguese pay-TV group, on 13/04/2015. The sum paid for the acquisition was not disclosed, but it is "significantly" higher than…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 39767
• Published on 21/04/15 at 11:28

Europa League: Wolfsburg - Napoli match draws 7.6 million viewers on average in Italy and Germany

The VfL Wolfsburg - SSC Napoli (1-4) first leg quarter-final of the 2014-15 Europa League drew 7.6 million total viewers on average in Italy and Germany during the match (kick-off at 21:05 CET), on Thursday 16/04/2015.In Italy, the game was broadcast by the Mediaset group on both free and pay-TV…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 39706
• Published on 20/04/15 at 19:15

"Giving clubs and brands new sponsorship entry points around the world" (Charlie Marshall, Supponor)

"There are a variety of different models in using DBRLive for generating income for clubs. Supponor can help clubs and brands create new entry points around the world," stated Charlie Marshall, the chief product, strategy and marketing officer of Supponor, a media and technology company that can…

Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 38851
• Published on 20/04/15 at 10:59

Champions League: France only country in the quarter-finals with no matches broadcast free-to-air

France is the only one of the five countries represented in the quarter-finals of the 2014-15 Champions League where none of the matches of the teams involved is broadcast on a free-TV channel. beIN Sports broadcast the Juventus - AS Monaco match (first leg on 14/04, second on on 22/04/2015)…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 39578
• Published on 17/04/15 at 19:01

Portugal: 2.35 million viewers for Porto-Bayern on TVI, record for the 2014-15 Champions League

The FC Porto - FC Bayern Munich (3-1) first leg quarter-final of the 2014-15 Champions League, broadcast live in Portugal by TVI, allowed the Portuguese free private channel to gather 2.35 million viewers on average during the match (kick-off at 20:45 CET), on Wednesday 15/04/2015.This is the best…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 39513
• Published on 17/04/15 at 10:40