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Italy: AGCOM approves the regulations for the centralised sale of the Serie A TV rights (2018-2021)

The Italian telecommunications regulatory authority has approved the regulations "for the centralised sale of the TV rights to the Serie A TIM for the 2018-2021 period," announced the authority on 18/05/2017.The Lega Serie A had established the regulations for the sale of the TV rights of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 94065
• Published on 23/05/17 at 15:10
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Serie A TIM: 6.9 million Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium subscribers watch Matchday 36 of 2016-17

The 10 games of Matchday 36 of 2016-17 Serie A TIM drew a total of 6,959,392 subscribers on the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, on 13 and 14/05/2017, according to data from institutes of audience measurement AGB (Nielsen group) and Auditel, and published by…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 94063
• Published on 22/05/17 at 17:49
MLB: Facebook acquires broadcasting rights to 20 games on Friday nights for the 2017 season

Facebook has acquired the broadcasting rights, in the United States, for 20 games of the 2017 MLB season, on 18/05/2017. These broadcast rights will allow the American social media network to broadcast one live baseball game per week, every Friday, via the live video streaming platform Facebook…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 94066
• Published on 22/05/17 at 17:10
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Champions League: progression of the audiovisual rights in the European Top 5 countries

The French telecommunications conglomerate SFR Group will pay around €350m per season for all the TV rights, valid in France, to the Champions League and the Europa League for the 2018-2021 cycle, according to multiple sources on 11/05/2017. The price of the TV rights of the European Cups in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 93937
• Published on 22/05/17 at 16:30
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Belgium: French-language group Proximus extends its TV rights to the Jupiler Pro League (2017-2020)

The Belgian private-sector audiovisual group Proximus TV (French language) has extended its non-exclusive broadcasting rights to the Jupiler Pro League for the 2017-2020 period, the broadcaster announced on 15/05/2017. The Belgian private audiovisual groups Telenet (Dutch language) and VOO (French…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 93940
• Published on 22/05/17 at 15:30
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Coppa Italia: 10.26 million viewers in Italy for the 2016-17 final, Juventus - Lazio, on Rai1

Juventus (Serie A TIM) - SS Lazio (Serie A TIM), 2-0, the 2016-17 TIM Cup (Coppa Italia) final, broadcast live in Italy on Rai1, allowed the Italian public channel to draw 10,260,000 viewers on average during the game (kick-off at 21:00 CET), on Wednesday, 17/05/2017.This figure represented an…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 93850
• Published on 19/05/17 at 16:31
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European cups: UEFA launches the bidding in Italy for the 2018-2021 audiovisual rights

UEFA has launched the bidding for the 2018-2021 audiovisual rights to the Champions League and Europa League, valid in Italy, announced the European body on 15/05/2017. Candidates must submit their bid no later than 12/06/2017. • Mediaset, the Italian free-TV and pay-TV group, is the exclusive…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 93912
• Published on 19/05/17 at 14:30
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European cups: UEFA launches the bidding in Spain for the 2018-2021 audiovisual rights

UEFA has launched the bidding for the 2018-2021 audiovisual rights to the Champions League and the Europa League, valid in Spain, announced the European body on 16/05/2017. Candidates must submit their bid by 20/06/2017. • The Spanish television groups Atresmedia, Mediapro, and TV3 acquired the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 93909
• Published on 19/05/17 at 14:00
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Pay-TV: a global market in excess of $202bn in 2016, then expected to decrease to $200bn by 2022

Pay-TV revenue, which totalled $202.146bn in 2016, is expected to drop to $199.731bn by 2022, which is a slight decline of 1.2% ($2.415bn), according to an estimation based on a pay-TV study published by Digital TV Research on 08/05/2017.However, the pay-TV market has not yet matured worldwide…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 93533
• Published on 19/05/17 at 10:14
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European cups: Altice, BT Sport, and MTG are first groups to acquire the 2018-2021 TV rights

"The amount of the acquisition corresponds to a market, that of the best of football, with the largest audiences and nearly 350 matches, so this is a major asset that justifies this spending," said Michel Combes, CEO of Altice, the Dutch holding company of telecom and pay-TV operators, who…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 93608
• Published on 19/05/17 at 08:32