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Spain: Telefónica sells sublicense to Vodafone and Orange for 2015-16 Liga BBVA and Copa del Rey

The Vodafone and Orange groups acquired a telecommunications sublicense from their counterpart Telefónica for the full, non-exclusive broadcast rights for their pay-TV platforms, in Spain, for matches of the 2015-16 Liga BBVA and the Copa del Rey, on 29/07/2015. The two groups made the acquisition…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48349
• Published on 31/07/15 at 15:59
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Spain: 2015-16 Liga BBVA and Copa del Rey match summaries awarded to the public group RTVE

The Spanish Professional Football League awarded the domestic broadcasting rights for match summaries to the 2015-16 Liga BBVA and Copa del Rey to the public broadcaster RTVE, on 29/07/2015. The floor price (undisclosed) for Lot 3 of the call for tenders launched by the LaLiga on 17/07/2015 has…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48354
• Published on 31/07/15 at 15:40
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Twitter: €454.5m in turnover and €124m in net loss in second quarter of 2015

The social network Twitter achieved a turnover of $502m (€454.5m at the conversion rate on 29/07/2015) in the second quarter of 2015, up 13.3% compared to the first quarter of 2015 (€401m) announced the company on 28/07/2015. Twitter posted a net loss of $137m (€124m), down 17.9% from the first…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 48339
• Published on 31/07/15 at 15:20
Facebook: €3.68bn turnover (net profit: €656m) in the second quarter of 2015

The social network Facebook achieved a turnover of $4.04bn (or €3.68bn on the conversion rate of 30/07/2015) during the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 11.8% compared to the first quarter 2015 (€3.29bn), announced the company on 29/07/2015. Facebook posted net profit of $719m (€655.6m) in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance
• Article # 48319
• Published on 31/07/15 at 12:30
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David Beckham becomes a shareholder of the live video streaming application MyEye

David Beckham, 40 years and a former England international, became an investor in MyEye, a live video streaming application, on 22/07/2015. This application, a competitor of Periscope (Twitter) and Meerkat, allows users to stream live video content that expires after 72 hours. David Beckham will…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 48293
• Published on 30/07/15 at 18:35
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Swiss Championship TV rights: the competition authority suggests a fine of €134m for Swisscom

The secretariat of Comco, the Swiss competition authority, has requested a fine of 143m Swiss francs (€134.3m on 29/07/2015) against the telecommunications group Swisscom, "due to alleged illegal conduct in marketing sports content via pay TV," on 23/07/2015. The Swiss broadcaster CT Cinetrade AG…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48238
• Published on 30/07/15 at 16:52
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LaLiga and the Spanish union of content creators unite to fight against digital piracy

LaLiga and the CCEC ("Coalición de creadores e industrias de contenidos", the Union of Content Creators and Content Industries) formed a partnership to "work together on all fronts against digital piracy", on 21/07/2015. The objectives of the joint action range "from greater social awareness and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48231
• Published on 30/07/15 at 11:54
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Sky: profit of £1.4m (+18%) and nearly one million new net subscribers (2015 fiscal year)

Sky recorded 973,000 new subscribers (net), including 455,000 in the UK and Ireland between 01/07/2014 and 30/06/2015, a number of new subscribers up 45% from the previous evolution, the pay-TV conglomerate announced during the presentation of its 2015 annual results on 29/07/2015. The adjusted…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Media Audiences
• Article # 74116
• Published on 30/07/15 at 02:02
Australia: SBS acquires free-to-air rights to the Champions League (2015-2018) from beIN Sports

The Australian public broadcaster SBS acquired the free-to-air broadcast rights, in Australia, to the Champions League for the 2015-2018 cycle, on 25/07/2015. The rights were acquired under sublicense from the pay-TV group beIN Sports Australia, the holder of the rights of the 2015-2018 Champions…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48205
• Published on 29/07/15 at 18:30
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LaLiga: 2015-16 free-to-air rights to Liga BBVA, Copa del Rey and summaries awarded on 31/07/2015

LaLiga launched a tender for the 2015-16 free-to-air broadcasting rights, in Spain, to 38 Liga BBVA games, 10 Copa del Rey games, and summaries of all the matches of the two competitions, on 17/07/2015. The rights apply to all distribution platforms. The submission of tenders was to be made before…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48172
• Published on 29/07/15 at 15:39