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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
• Published on 08/08/16 at 11:51
©  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
• Published on 05/08/16 at 14:29
©  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
• Published on 05/08/16 at 12:04
©  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
• Published on 04/08/16 at 12:20
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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
• Published on 04/08/16 at 11:24
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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
• Published on 03/08/16 at 18:16
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
• Published on 03/08/16 at 11:08
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Ligue 1: Canal+ wants to switch 2 games onto Canal+ Sport, and change Sunday kick-off to 21:00

Canal+ has asked the LFP to move the kick-off of its Ligue 1 "match of the week" on Sunday nights from 20:45 to 21:00 CET, and also to transfer two games per matchday from the Canal+ generalist channel to the Canal+ Sport channel, according to the French newspaper L'Équipe on 29/07/2016. The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 74220
• Published on 02/08/16 at 10:49
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IOC: the "Olympic Channel" to be launched at the end of the 2016 Games in Rio, on 21/08/2016

The IOC will launch its "Olympic Channel" after the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, on Sunday, 21/08/2016, announced the International Olympic Committee on 27/07/2016. The "Olympic Channel" will be a digital platform available worldwide on all media, including via the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 74215
• Published on 01/08/16 at 16:10
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Spain: Telecable and Orange acquire 10 of the 11 games per 2nd division matchday via LaLiga 1|2|3 TV

Telecable, a regional pay-TV operator in Asturias (north-western Spain, around Gijon) and Orange, a telecommunications company, signed a non-exclusive agreement to broadcast the channel LaLiga 1|2|3 TV over the 2016-2019 period, stated LaLiga on 29/07/2016. This agreement allows the carriers to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 74205
• Published on 01/08/16 at 14:40