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Premier League: ESPN exclusive broadcaster in Brazil for all 380 games of the 2016-17 season

ESPN has not concluded a sub-license agreement in Brazil for the 2016-17 Premier League season, announced the US sports pay-TV group on 01/08/2016. Sky Sports had obtained these rights, via sub-license, to the Premier League in the previous cycle (2013-2016). ESPN acquired exclusive rights to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 74466
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©  Olympic

Rio 2016 Olympic Games: YouTube acquires the rights to broadcast highlights in 60 countries

YouTube, the streaming and video sharing platform on the internet and mobile platforms, and owned by Google, is partnering with over 60 broadcasters to broadcast highlights of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games in more than 60 countries, on 04/08/2016. "To help make that viewership experience…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Digital, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 74456
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©  NFL

NFL: extension of the partnership with Snapchat to create and distribute exclusive content

The NFL and Snapchat, an application for sharing photos and videos, have extended their partnership which began in 2015, announced the NFL on 02/08/2016. This partnership will cover the 2016 and 2017 seasons, according to several US media outlets. As part of this partnership, the NFL will become…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 74446
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©  LaLiga

Spain: Vodafone acquires 10 of 11 second division games per week for three years, via LaLiga 1|2|3

Vodafone has signed a non-exclusive agreement to broadcast the channel LaLiga 1|2|3 TV over the 2016-2019 period, said LaLiga on 04/08/2016. This agreement allows the telecommunications group to broadcast 10 of the 11 games per matchday live, as well as the remaining game on-delay, on the LaLiga…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 74431
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©  D.R.

Spain: Canal+ branded channels disappear, replaced by Movistar and #0 channels, on 01/08/2016

Telefonica, the Spanish telecommunications operator, replaced the channels of the brand Canal+ in favour of Movistar and #0, with regards to their Spanish offers, on 01/08/2016. #0 is the new name of the main Canal+ channel on 01/02/2016, and Canal+ Partidazo became Movistar Partidazo.The seven…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 74406
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©  DFL

2.Bundesliga: Sky Deutschland and Sport1 are the broadcasters in Germany for the 2016-17 season

The first game of the 2016-17 2. Bundesliga season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern - Hannover 96, will be broadcast in Germany on the pay-TV channel Sky Bundesliga (Sky Deutschland group) on Friday, 05/08/2016 (kick-off at 20:00 CET). Seven more games, on Saturday 06 and Sunday, 07/08/2016, will also be…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 74388
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©  D.R.

Rio 2016 Summer Olympics: 5 billion potential viewers in over 200 countries and territories

The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games will have a "potential audience reach of more than 5 billion, (which) is the largest ever for the Olympic Games," said the IOC. The London Olympics in 2012 reached 3.6 billion unique viewers (who watched at least one minute of content and who accounted for 76…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 74302
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©  Facebook

Facebook: $4.4m (€3.9m) distributed to athletes (players and teams) for them to use Facebook Live

Facebook has spent $4.4m (€3.9m) on contracts with players, athletes, sports teams, and sports media for them to use Facebook Live, according to the American newspaper the Wall Street Journal on 28/07/2016. Facebook spent a total of $50m (€44.5m) on 150 companies and celebrities."Facebook Live", a…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 74325
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©  Meo

Portugal: agreement between MEO, NOS, Vodafone, and Cabovisão for the sharing of sports TV rights

The telecommunications operator MEO (Portugal Telecom Group, brand owned by the Dutch holding group Altice) signed an agreement to share sports TV rights in Portugal with the telecommunications groups Vodafone Portugal and NOS, according to the Portuguese media, on 26/07/2016. The agreement…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 74317
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eSports: the final stages of the 2016 Eleague tournament (Counter Strike) broadcast live on Twitter

Twitter broadcast the semi-finals and the final of the 2016 Eleague, a tournament of the game "Counter Strike: Global Offensive" (a first-person shooter game), live from Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta (2,750 seats), Georgia (United States) on 29 and 30/07/2016. This is the first…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 74280
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