Champions League: Leverkusen - Lazio (3-0) draws 6.39 million viewers in Germany (ZDF and Sky)

Bayer or Leverkusen - SS Lazio (3-0), the 2015-16 Champions League second leg play-off round match (Leverkusen advanced 3-1 on aggregate), was broadcast live in Germany by ZDF, which drew 6.13 million viewers on average for the German public channel during the match held at the BayArena (30,000…

Serie A: 6.1 million Sky and Mediaset Premium TV subscribers watch Matchday 1 of 2015-16

The 10 games of Matchday of the 2015-16 Serie A TIM, played on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23/08/2015, drew an average audience of 6,142,237 total subscribers to the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups and Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, according to data from the audience measurement institutes AGB…

Liga BBVA: LaLiga prohibits access to stadiums to Mediaset España to film match highlights

"LaLiga has prevented Telecinco and Cuatro cameras from entering stadiums to film footage for match highlights," was the message broadcast by the private free-TV channels of the Mediaset España group during the opening weekend of the of the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season, from 21 to 24/08/2015.The…

Champions League: Monaco - Valencia (2-1) draws 2.67 million viewers in Spain on Antena 3

AS Monaco - FC Valencia (2-1), the 2015-16 Champions League play-off second leg match (Valencia advanced 4-3 on aggregate) was broadcast live by Antena 3 in Spain, drawing 2.673 million viewers on average to the private free-TV channel of the Atresmedia group during the match on Tuesday 25/08/2015…

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Bundesliga: the nine games of Matchday 2 draw 3.6 million subscribers on Sky channels

The nine games of Matchday 2 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga, played from 21 to 23/08/2015, drew at least 3.625 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 weekend…

Italy: Free-TV channel Gazzetta TV acquires the rights to the Brasileirão Chevrolet Série A (BRA)

The Italian free-TV channel Gazzetta TV (a subsidiary of RCS MediaGroup) acquired the exclusive broadcast rights, in Italy, for the Brasileirão Chevrolet Série A, the Brazilian first division, on 05/08/2015. Neither the duration nor the amount of the contract, negotiated via the Spanish…

Netherlands: SBS 6 acquires the live TV rights for the 2015-2018 national cup (semi-finals + final)

The Dutch free-TV channel SBS 6 acquired the domestic broadcast rights for the semi-finals and the final of the KNVB Beker, the Dutch national cup, from 2015 to 2018, on 20/08/2015. The rights were acquired from EMM (Eredivisie Media & Marketing), the company that owns the Dutch branches of the…

Premier League: two Englishmen sentenced to 42 months in prison for illegal sale of Sky decoders

Leon Passlow (left) and Simon Hopkins (right), two Englishmen aged 58 and 47 years old respectively, were convicted of fraud and sentenced to 42 months in prison by a court in Guildford (ENG) on 20/08/2015. The two men sold hundreds of Sky satellite access cards to individuals and commercial…

Sky Deutschland: Roman Steuer to succeed Carsten Schmidt as head of sports on 01/09/2015

The German Roman Steuer will succeed his counterpart Carsten Schmidt in the role of head of sports at Sky Deutschland, announced the German pay-TV group on 20/08/2015. The change will be effective on 01/09/2015. Roman Steuer, 51 years old, has held, since April 2011, the position of senior…