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The US fund Fidelity Management & Research invests $55m (€48.7m) into the WME-IMG agency

Fidelity Management & Research Co., a US investment fund, has invested $55m (€48.7m) into WME-IMG LLC, the US agency specialised in career management as well as media rights and marketing, on 20/04/2016. This new investment follows the stake of the Japanese group Softbank, which invested $250m…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal
• Article # 67488
• Published on 21/04/16 at 15:03

Turkey: Digiturk acquires rights to broadcast Euro 2016 via sublicense from TRT

Digiturk, a Turkish pay-TV group, has acquired the audiovisual rights for Euro 2016 via sublicense from the public broadcaster TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation), reported local media on 15/04/2016. Digiturk will broadcast all 51 matches of Euro 2016 on its channel Lig TV. TRT acquired…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 67439
• Published on 21/04/16 at 11:30

DFB-Pokal: Bayern Munich - Werder Bremen draws 9 million viewers on ARD (audience share: 28.7%)

FC Bayern Munich - SV Werder Bremen (2-0), the semi-final of the 2015-16 DFB-Pokal, drew 8.94 million viewers on average in Germany on public TV channel ARD on Tuesday 19/04/2016 (kick-off 20:30 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 28.7%, and was the best performance of the day in…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences
• Article # 67414
• Published on 20/04/16 at 17:45

Coupe de France: 3.3 million viewers for Lorient - PSG on France 2 (audience share: 14.4%)

FC Lorient - Paris Saint-Germain (0-1) the semi-final of the 2015-16 Coupe de France, broadcast live and exclusively in France by the public channel France 2, drew in an average of 3.295 million viewers during the match on Tuesday 19/04/2016 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). This figure represented a 14.4…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 67407
• Published on 20/04/16 at 17:14

Brazil: TV rights agreement between Ponte Preta and Esporte Interativo from 2019

The Brazilian club Associação Atlética Ponte Preta has concluded an agreement with Esporte Interativo, the Brazilian pay-TV channel of the Turner Group (Time Warner), for the redistribution of the club's TV rights to other pay-TV channels for Ponte Preta matches in the Brazilian first division -…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 67398
• Published on 20/04/16 at 15:25

Spain: Mediapro entrusts distribution of beIN Sports to regional operator Telecable for three years

The Spanish broadcaster Mediapro has assigned the distribution of its future pay channel beIN Sports La Liga to Telecable, the regional pay-TV operator of Asturias (northwestern region of Spain, around Gijon), on 11/04/2016. The agreement covers the 2016-2019 cycle, during which beIN Sports La…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 67193
• Published on 18/04/16 at 15:25

Brazil: CR Flamengo extend its TV rights agreement with TV Globo until 2024

The Brazilian television channel TV Globo has signed an agreement with CR Flamengo for the club's TV rights for the 2019-2024 period, announced Brazilian media, on 06/04/2016. The agreement, which would be 120 million reais (about €30m), does not include, at this time, rights on digital platforms…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 67143
• Published on 18/04/16 at 14:40

Europa League: 6.26 million Germans watched Liverpool - Dortmund on Sport1, record for the channel

Sport1, the German free-TV channel, drew 6.26 million viewers on average during the second leg quarter-final match of the Europa League between Liverpool FC - Borussia Dortmund (4-3, Liverpool advanced 5-4 on aggregate) on 14/04/2016 (kick-off at 21:05 CET), which is a new record in the history of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences
• Article # 67108
• Published on 15/04/16 at 12:49

Bundesliga: DFL hopes to double its TV rights during the 2017-2021 cycle (between €1.1bn and €1.5bn)

The DFL "hopes to receive between €1.1bn and €1.5bn" per year for the Bundesliga TV rights during the 2017-2021 period, says Christian Seifert, the CEO of the league, on the sidelines of the presentation of lots and new initiatives in the tender for the domestic audiovisual rights to the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 67059
• Published on 15/04/16 at 11:44

NFL: the three games in London for the 2016 season will not be streamed on the internet

The NFL will not broadcast, in live streaming, the three regular season games counting which will take place at Wembley Stadium (90,000 seats) and at Twickenham stadium (82,000 seats) in London (ENG) in the fall of 2016, according to Reuters on 13/04/13/2016. The decision comes a week after the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 66945
• Published on 15/04/16 at 11:14