Euro 2016: Italy-Norway (2-1) match draws nearly 7.5 million viewers in Italy on Rai 1

The match between Italy - Norway (2-1, Group H) on Matchday 10, the final round Euro 2016 qualifying, was broadcast live and exclusively in Italy by Rai 1, and allowed the Italian public broadcaster to draw 7.487 million viewers on average on Tuesday 13/10/2015 (kick-off 20:45 CET). This figure…

Serie A: Infront and Mediaset suspected of making an illegal agreement for the 2015-2018 TV rights

The prosecutor of Milan (ITA) and the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs and Financial Police) have conducted several searches in the premises of the Mediaset broadcasting group, the marketing and media rights agencies Infront Italy and MP & Silva, the Lega Serie A, Genoa CFC (Serie A TIM) and…

Premier League: international audiovisual revenues exceed €4bn for 2016 to 2019 cycle (+34.5%)

The sale of international TV rights to the Barclays Premier League for the 2016-2019 cycle will bring £3bn (€4.05bn as of 13/10/2015), or 34.5% more than during the 2013- 2016 cycle (£2.23bn, €3bn), according to estimates by the British newspaper The Daily Mail on 08/10/2015.Before the start of…

Scandinavia: MTG extends its TV rights deals for the Liga BBVA, Serie A TIM and Ligue 1 until 2018

The Swedish broadcasting group MTG (Modern Times Group) has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, for the 2015-2018 cycle, to the Liga BBVA and Serie A TIM in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, on 13/10/2015. MTG has also extended its agreement for the exclusive broadcasting rights to…

"For LaLiga, being global is a challenge, an opportunity and a duty" (Javier Tebas)

"For LaLiga, being global is a challenge, an opportunity and a duty," said Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, as part of the first of four days of the Sportel 2015 convention in Monaco on 12/10/2015. The president of the Spanish Professional Football League hosted a conference entitled "The…

Euro 2016: 5.2 million viewers watch Ukraine-Spain on the Spanish channel La 1

The match between Ukraine - Spain (0-1, Group C), on the 10^th and final Matchday of Euro 2016 qualifying, broadcast live and exclusively in Spain by La 1, allowed the Spanish public channel to attract 5.192 million viewers on average on Monday 12/10/2015 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). The match, played…

Premier League: DirecTV acquires TV rights for the 2016-19 period in S. America (excluding Brazil)

The US pay-TV group DirecTV has extended its TV rights deal to broadcast the Barclays Premier League in South America for the 2016-2019 cycle, on 09/10/2015. Only Brazil, where the TV rights were awarded to the ESPN group on 24/09/2015, is not included in this agreement. The rights acquired by…

Euro 2016: Germany record audience of 12.7 million viewers for Germany-Georgia (2-1)

The Euro 2016 qualifying match between Germany - Georgia (2-1), Matchday 10 in Group D, drew an average of 12.69 million viewers in Germany on the private free-TV channel RTL on Sunday 11/10/2015 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This is the best audience for a Euro 2016 qualifying match involving the…

Premier League: progression of the domestic and international audiovisual revenues

Euro 2016: England - Estonia (2-0) match draws 4 million viewers in the United Kingdom

The Euro 2016 qualifying match between England - Estonia (2-0, Matchday 9 in Group E), was broadcast live and exclusively in the UK by ITV, allowing the private free-TV channel to draw 4.045 million viewers on average on Friday 09/10/2015 (kick-off at 20:45 CET, 19:45 local time). This figure…