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Asia: Fox Sports reaches an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur to broadcast Spurs TV (2017-2019)

The pay-TV group Fox Networks Group Asia has signed a broadcast agreement with Tottenham Hotspur FC (Premier League), valid for 14 Asian territories (see list below), for the exclusive rights to Spurs TV, the club's TV channel, for the 2017-2019 period, on 12/07/2017. Under this agreement, Fox…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital
• Article # 97916
• Published on 13/07/17 at 14:40
©  UPC
Switzerland: UPC (MySports) and Swisscom (Teleclub) acquire Bundesliga TV rights from 2017-18

UPC has signed, valid in Switzerland, a partnership with the pay-TV group Sky Deutschland to broadcast the Bundesliga and the 2.Bundesliga matches from the 2017-18 season, said the Swiss telecommunications group on 07/07/2017. UPC will broadcast the 572 matches of which Sky holds the broadcast…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 97704
• Published on 12/07/17 at 17:29
©  CIO
Sub-Saharan Africa: Econet, SuperSport, and SABC acquire Olympic broadcast rights for 2018-2024

The South African audiovisual groups Econet Media, SuperSport, and SABC have acquired, for 43 territories in Sub-Saharan Africa (see below), the exclusive broadcast rights to the Olympic Games for the 2018-2024 period, said the IOC on 10/07/2017. These rights will cover the 2018 Winter Olympics in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 97811
• Published on 12/07/17 at 17:21
©  EPCR
Rugby: BT Sport extends its broadcast rights to the European cups in the UK for 2018-2022

The pay-TV group BT Sport will be extending its broadcast rights, valid for the UK and Ireland, to the European rugby cups for the 2018-2022 period, announced the European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) on 04/07/2017. The deal would be worth more than €50m, according to British media. BT Sport and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 97373
• Published on 11/07/17 at 18:02
©  Chelsea FC
United Kingdom: 36% of fans watch at least one Premier League match per month via illegal streaming

36% of fans said they watched Premier League matches online via an unofficial broadcaster at least once a month, and 22% at least once a week, according to a survey carried out by Radio 5, the radio service of the British audiovisual group BBC, on 04/07/2017. The survey, carried out between 07 and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 97701
• Published on 11/07/17 at 11:50
©  sky
Sky Italia: redesign of "NowTV Sport" offers in Italy, "Now TV Calcio" stops its offers

Sky Italia has redesinged its "NowTV Sport" offer with a less expensive one-day subscription (€6.99) and a one week subscription (€10.99), on 03/07/2017. The monthly offer remains at the same price of €29.99. The "Now TV Calcio" offer will no longer exist, as the broadcast of Serie A TIM and Serie…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 97476
• Published on 10/07/17 at 18:19
©  beIN Sports
Turkey: beIN Sports France acquires broadcast rights to the Süper Lig from 2017-18

beIN Sports France has acquired the broadcast rights, valid in France, to the Süper Lig, from the 2017-18 season, announced the pay-TV group on 05/07/2017. The agreement, in which the duration has not been specified, will broadcast up to "four games per matchday" of the Turkish first division…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 97479
• Published on 10/07/17 at 15:14
©  Sky
Germany: Sky Deutschland launches free sports website "skysport.de" on occasion of Wimbledon 2017

Sky Deutschland has launched the sports website skysport.de, "free and mostly funded by advertising," the pay-TV group announced on 03/07/2017. This launch took place on the occasion of the beginning of the Wimbledon 2017 Grand Slam tennis tournament (from 03 to 16/07/2017), broadcast on the pay…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 97574
• Published on 10/07/17 at 09:29
©  DFB
2017 Confederations Cup final: record audience in Germany, the only Top 5 European country involved

The final of the 2017 Confederations Cup, Chile - Germany (0-1, on Sunday, 02/07/2017, kick-off at 20:00 CET), drew a total of 19.54 million viewers on average in four of the Top 5 European countries (Germany, France, Spain, and England), for which the audience figures were…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 97480
• Published on 07/07/17 at 16:40
©  D.R.
2016-17 Serie A TIM: a cumulative audience of 306 million Sky and Premium subscribers in Italy

At least 306.5 million TV viewers in Italy watched the 2016-17 Serie A TIM (167.32 million subscribers on Sky Italia, 104.84 million subscribers on Mediaset Premium, and an additional 34.41 million subscribers on the multiplexes of the two groups), according to the statistics of the audience…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 97226
• Published on 07/07/17 at 15:20