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South America: ESPN extends its broadcasting rights to the Liga BBVA and Liga Adelante until 2020

The American group of pay-TV ESPN International extended its exclusive broadcasting rights, for the nine Spanish-speaking countries in South America, to the Liga BBVA and Liga Adelante until the end of the 2019-20 season, announced on 27/07/2015. The rights, acquired from the Spanish audiovisual…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48418
• Published on 03/08/15 at 15:59
©  Proximus
Belgium: Eleven Sports Network, distributed by Proximus TV acquires Liga BBVA 2015-2018 rights

The new group of pay-TV Eleven Sports Network, owned by the British company The Channels Co Ltd, acquired the 2015-2018 broadcasting rights, in Belgium, for the Liga BBVA, on 31/07/2015. The rights, acquired from the Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro, are valid for all distribution…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48386
• Published on 03/08/15 at 11:49
©  Ledman
Infront Sports & Media: Ledman, Chinese manufacturer of LED devices, will invest €25m in capital

Li Mantie, the principal shareholder of Ledman Optoelectronic Co. Ltd, a Chinese manufacturer of LED devices, plans to invest €25m into the capital of the Swiss marketing and media rights agency Infront Sports & Media, stated the the Chinese company, which is listed on the Shenzhen (CHN) stock…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 48377
• Published on 03/08/15 at 10:31
©  Telefonica Vodafone Orange
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
©  D.R.
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
©  D.R.
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
©  D.R.
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
©  Swisscom
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
©  LaLiga
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