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©  NextRadioTV Altice

Altice group (Numericable-SFR, MCS TV) will gradually buy NextRadioTV (RMC, BFM TV) in 2015

Alain Weill, the chairman, founder and main shareholder of French audiovisual group NextRadioTV, and Patrick Drahi, the chairman and founder of the Luxembourg telecommunications group Altice, today announced a strategic partnership and voluntary tender offer for investment and development in the…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48150
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©  D.R.

Canada: Sportsnet acquires the rights to the Bundesliga until 2020, via Fox Sports sublicense

The Canadian anglophone pay-TV channel Sportsnet acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, in Canada, to the Bundesliga and the German Super Cup until the end of the 2019-20 season, on 22/07/2015. The rights were acquired via sublicense from the pay-TV channel Fox Sports, who have hold the…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48126
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©  Globo

Brazil: Globo creates Estádio TV, to be broadcast in stadiums to "increase and retain" audiences

On 13/07/2015, the Brazilian broadcaster Globo launched Estádio TV, a television channel to be shown inside Brazilian football stadiums. "Estádio TV provides a unique entertainment concept, thanks to exclusive content and interactions with fans on the screens of the stadium," said Globo on…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 48080
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©  CNMC

Spain: the competition authority imposes fines of €15.5m on Telefónica and DTS for favouritism

The CNMC imposed a €10m fine on the Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica and a €5.5m fine on the pay-TV group DTS (Canal+ España) for an unlawful agreement, on 24/07/2015. The Spanish competition authority charged both groups for agreeing on the terms of the exclusive distribution for…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48058
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©  olympic.org

2018-2024 Olympics: beIN Media Group acquires TV rights for the Middle East and North Africa

The Qatari group beIN Media Group has acquires the exclusive pay-TV broadcasting rights, for the Middle East and North Africa, to the Olympic Games for the 2018-2024 period, announced the IOC on 27/07/2015. These rights are valid for television (free-to-air and pay-TV), Internet and mobile…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 47994
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Greece: OTE Sport channels extend their broadcasting rights to the Liga BBVA until 2018

The Greek pay-TV group OTE TV extended its exclusive distribution rights, in Greece, to the Liga BBVA for the 2015-2018 cycle, on 22/07/2015. The amount of the acquisition, which was made via the Spanish media group Mediapro, was not disclosed. As with the 2012-2015 cycle, the matches of the…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 47891
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©  LeTV

China: the web platform Letv Sports acquires the 2015-2018 rights to the European Cups (press)

Letv, the Chinese technology company which notably broadcasts the live streaming on-demand service Letv Sports, has acquired the broadcasting rights on Internet and mobile platforms, in China, for the Champions League and Europa League for the 2015 -2018 cycle, according to several Chinese media…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 47826
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©  RCS MediaGroup

Italy: 2015 Trophée des Champions, Capital One Cup and Championship will be broadcast on Gazzetta TV

Gazzetta TV, the free-TV DTT channel launched on 26/02/2015, acquired the broadcasting rights, in Italy, to the 2015 Trophée des Champions and the 2015-16 editions of the SkyBet Championship and Capital One Cup, on 22/07/2015. Neither the amount of these acquisitions, carried out via the British…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 47844
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Eurosport: Discovery Communications complete acquisiton of the sports channel from TF1

The French broadcaster TF1 sold its its minority 49% stake in Eurosport SAS to its US counterpart Discovery Communications on 22/07/2015. The amount of the transaction, effective "in the coming months", amounted to €491m. Discovery Communications now owns a 100% stake in the sports pay-TV group…
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• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 47819
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©  UEFA

UEFA: launch of the tender for TV rights for the Nations League in Singapore and Taiwan

UEFA and its partner, the media rights agency CAA Eleven, launched the tender for the broadcasting rights, in Singapore and Taiwan, to the 2018-19 and 2020-21 Nations League, on 20/07/2015. Bids from interested broadcasters must reach CAA Eleven later than 24/08/2015 at midnight CET. Singapore and…
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• Article # 47783
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