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United Kingdom: Ofcom refuses BT request for detailed study of competition in the pay-TV market

Ofcom has completed the first phase of its "Strategic Review of Digital Communications" and published its preliminary results on 16/07/2015. The UK independent telecom competition authority has also announced that it would look into the ease with which UK pay-TV customers can switch providers and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 47600
• Published on 21/07/15 at 17:09
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Infront: two Chinese companies want to acquire a 5% stake from Dalian Wanda for €18.1m

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media Co. Ltd., a Chinese company specialising in audiovisual technical services and content, and China Media Capital want to jointly acquire 5% stake in the Swiss marketing rights and media rights agency Infront Sports & Media, for €18,079,700, announced Shanghai Oriental…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 47594
• Published on 21/07/15 at 15:30
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UK: BT Sport Ultra HD, "the first 4K channel in Europe", available for £15 per month

The British telecommunications group BT launched the package "BT Ultra HD TV", which gives access to the new channel BT Sport Ultra HD, on 17/07/2015. "The first 4K channel in Europe", as already announced by BT, on 09/06/2015, is sold in the "Entertainment Ultra HD" offer, accessible to BT…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 47543
• Published on 21/07/15 at 12:39
Netherlands: Sport1 extends its exclusive broadcasting rights for the Liga BBVA 2015-2018

The Dutch group Sport1 extended its exclusive pay-TV broadcasting rights for the Netherlands to the Liga BBVA, on 15/07/2015. The rights apply to all broadcast platforms for the 2015-2018 period. Sport1 will broadcast live six games of the Spanish first division during each day of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 47528
• Published on 21/07/15 at 09:30
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Belgium: Proximus TV to distribute two premium Eleven Sports Network channels

The pay-TV group Proximus TV (formerly Belgacom TV) added the channels Eleven and Eleven Sports to its "11+" offer without increasing its price on 16/07/2015. The new pay-TV group Eleven Sports Network, which belongs to the British company "The Channels Co Ltd", announced its upcoming launch in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 47508
• Published on 20/07/15 at 17:29
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Italy: Fox Sports acquires the 2015-2018 TV rights to the Liga BBVA for €15m per season

Fox Sports Italia has extended its broadcasting rights, in Italy, to the Liga BBVA for the 2015-2018 cycle, announced the Italian pay-TV group on 17/07/2015. The rights, acquired from the Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro, cover all distribution platforms.Fox Sports Italia, which was in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 47450
• Published on 20/07/15 at 11:14
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Twitter launches a service that allows advertisers to manage and analyse their advertising campaigns

The social network Twitter launched a service that allows advertisers to manage their advertising campaign directly on the mobile application on 06/07/2015. This service is an indicator of performance for advertisers who can access the data related to their campaign such as the engagement rate and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 47391
• Published on 20/07/15 at 10:09
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Russia: NTV-Plus extends its domestic broadcast rights of the national championship until 2018

NTV-Plus, a satellite package of the Russian broadcaster NTV (owned by Gazprom-Media), acquired the domestic broadcast rights to the 2015 to 2018 period of the SOGAZ Russian Football Championship, the Russian first division, on 16/07/2015. The 2015-16 Russian league season starts on 17/07/2015…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 47403
• Published on 17/07/15 at 15:29
Barça TV: IMG acquires international distribution rights on sublicense from Telefónica

The marketing and media rights agency IMG has acquired the marketing rights and international distribution (excluding Spain and United States) to Barça TV, the channel of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA), on sublicense from the Spanish telecom and media group Telefónica, on 15/07/2015.The agreement covers…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 47347
• Published on 17/07/15 at 13:45
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WME / IMG: "We’re ahead of the plan by at least 12 to 18 months" (Ari Emanuel, CEO)

"We’re in great shape right now. We’re ahead of the plan by at least 12 to 18 months,” Ari Emanuel said. “We will hit every number, we will exceed every number that was planned," stated Ari Emanuel, CEO of the WME / IMG agency, the American career management, marketing and audiovisual rights…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 47350
• Published on 17/07/15 at 13:00