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Coupe de la Ligue: 2.65 million viewers watched the semi-final between PSG - Toulouse FC on France 3

The match between Paris Saint-Germain FC - Toulouse FC (2-0), the second semi-final of the 2015-16 Coupe de la Ligue, broadcast live and exclusively in France by the public channel France 3, drew an average of 2.653 million viewers during the match, on Wednesday 27/01/2016 (coverage began at…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 61119
• Published on 28/01/16 at 14:59

FA: sectional turnover (in £m)

The FA realised a turnover of £318.1m (€451.7m as of 31/07/2015) for the 2015 financial year (from 01/08/2014 to 31/07/2015) down 4.3% from 2014 (£332.3m / €418.7m at 07/31/2014), announced the English Football Association on 20/01/2016.

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Article # 80028
• Published on 28/01/16 at 14:53

Coppa Italia: Alessandria - AC Milan draws 4.32 million viewers on Rai 2 (audience share: 15.64%)

The match between US Alessandria Calcio 1912 - AC Milan (0-1), in the semi-final of the 2015-16 TIM Cup, drew an average of 4.32 million viewers in Italy on the public channel Rai 2, on Tuesday 26/01/2016 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). The match between the Lega Pro club (Italian third division) and the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 61085
• Published on 28/01/16 at 11:30

Coupe de la Ligue: Lille-Bordeaux draws the lowest TV audience for France 2 in prime time in 2016

LOSC Lille - Bordeaux (5-1), the semi-final of the 2015-16 Coupe de la Ligue, broadcast live and exclusively in France by the public channel France 2, drew 1,895,000 viewers on average during game on Tuesday 26/01/2016 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).This figure represents an 8% audience share, and ranked…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 61023
• Published on 27/01/16 at 17:45

Digital: Infront Sports & Media acquires a 51% stake in the American agency Omnigon

Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss marketing and media rights agency, has acquired a 51% stake in Omnigon, the US digital solutions consulting agency, on 20/01/2016. The two agencies had begun a strategic collaboration on 07/10/2015, including the creation of the new official DFB-Pokal app and…

Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 60952
• Published on 27/01/16 at 14:09

Germany: the competition authority to end the Sky monopoly on broadcasting the Bundesliga

The Bundeskartellamt (German federal office of competition, the anti-monopoly authority) supports the introduction, into the bidding for the 2017-2021 domestic TV rights for German professional football, of a rule prohibiting a single broadcaster from acquiring all the broadcasting rights to the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 60920
• Published on 26/01/16 at 16:45

Italy: Sky aquires a part of the rights portfolio of Gazzetta TV for just over €0.5m

The pay-TV group Sky Italia has acquired a part of the TV rights portfolio of the Italian free-TV DTT channel Gazzetta TV, according to the economic newspaper Milano Finanza, on 22/01/2015. Gazzetta TV, which launched on 26/02/2015, will stop broadcasting via DTT in Italy, announced RCS…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 60792
• Published on 25/01/16 at 14:58

Fox Sports: first boxing match broadcast live in virtual reality with the NextVR on 23/01/2016

The pay-TV group Fox Sports announced, on 20/01/2016, the live broadcast of the first North American boxing match in virtual reality, in partnership with NextVR, the audiovisual production company specialising in virtual reality, on FOX channel 23/01/2016 at 20:00 EST (East Coast time of the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Media Audiences
• Article # 60772
• Published on 25/01/16 at 12:59

USA: Facebook launches the second screen application "Sports Stadium"

The social network Facebook has launched the "Sports Stadium" application, a second screen app for group messaging between friends, bloggers and celebrities -- as well as statistics and a live game feeds -- on 21/01/2016. The main feature of the "Sports Stadium" app conveys the live score and the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 60729
• Published on 25/01/16 at 10:34

USA: average of 7.8 football matches on TV per day in the U.S. in 2015, only 15 days of no football

An average of 7.8 football matches per day were broadcast on TV in the United States in 2015 (compared to 7.3 matches per day in 2014), according to a report published by the specialised website www.giltedgesoccer.com on 19/01/2016. At least one football match from around the world -- covering 65…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences
• Article # 60660
• Published on 22/01/16 at 11:29