Spanish Super Cup: Barça-Athletic Club draws 9.3 million viewers over the two matches on Telecinco

FC Barcelona - Athletic Club Bilbao (1-1), the final of the Supercopa de España (5-1 to Bilbao on aggregate), drew 5.76 million viewers on average during the broadcast on the private free-TV channel Telecinco (Mediaset España group), on 17/08/2015, kick-off at 22:00 CET. This figure represents a…

Bundesliga: the first 9 matches of the season draw 4.01 million subscribers for Sky Deutschland

The nine games of Matchday 1 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga, played from the 14 to 16/08/2015, drew a total of 4.01 million subscribers on average on the German pay-TV network Sky Bundesliga, according to data from two German institutes of audience measurement, AGF and GfK. The best audience of the…

Bundesliga: ARD draws almost 12 million viewers with two games of the Matchday 1

FC Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV (5-0), the opening match of the 2015-16 Bundesliga season and broadcast live in Germany on ARD, saw the German public broadcaster draw 7.45 million viewers on average during the match, which kicked off on Friday 14/08/2015 at 20:30 CET. This is a record audience for…

Australia: beIN Sports acquires the exclusive rights to broadcast the Liga BBVA

The pay-TV group beIN Sports Australia acquired, via the Spanish broadcaster Mediapro, the exclusive broadcasting rights to the Liga BBVA in Australia, on 11/08/2015. No financial details were disclosed, nor the duration of the contract, which is expected to cover the period from 2015-2020…

USA and Canada: beIN Sports extends its broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM and Liga BBVA

The pay-TV group beIN Sports Americas has extended its broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM and the Liga BBVA for 2015-2018, in the USA and Canada, according to information gathered by News Tank Football on 14/08/2015. beIN Sports already owned the broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM and the…

YouTube broadcasts the Bundesliga free in the US and New Zealand in an agreement with Fox Sports

YouTube, the Internet and mobile video sharing platform, concluded an agreement with the US pay-TV group Fox Sports on 13/08/2015. The agreement concerned the free, live broadcast on YouTube, via the official channel of Fox Sports, of the FC Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV match (5-0), the inaugural…

Spain: beIN Sports acquires the exclusive rights to the 2015-16 Liga NOS (Portuguese first division)

The pay-TV channel beIN Sports España, a joint venture between the Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro and the Qatari beIN Media Group, acquired the exclusive distribution rights in Spain for the Liga NOS for the 2015-16 season, on 12/08/2015. The rights are valid for all distribution platforms.The…

Spain: no distribution agreement to date between Telefónica and Mediapro to distribute beIN Sports

The Spanish group telecommunications Telefónica and the Spanish broadcaster Mediapro have failed to agree, so far, on the conditions for the distribution of the pay channel beIN Sports España (a joint venture between Mediapro and the beIN Media Group) on the Movistar TV bouquet of Telefónica…

Periscope: 53 clubs in the European Top 5 leagues use the application

Among the five major European leagues (98 clubs in total), 53 clubs have accounts on Periscope, the live video streaming app acquired by Twitter on 10/03/2015 for $100m (€91.9m), according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 13/08/2015. The most followed club among the five major…

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