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UK / Ireland: Amazon acquires ATP World Tour TV rights for the 2019-2023 period

Amazon has acquired, for the United Kingdom and Ireland, from ATP, the exclusive TV rights of 37 tournaments of the ATP World Tour men's tennis circuit (excluding Grand Slam tournaments), for five years, for the 2019-2023 period, indicated the group, on 17/11/2017. The monetary amount of the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital
• Article # 106757
• Published on 20/11/17 at 18:14

Serie A TIM: SportsFix, OTT platform, acquires TV rights in Malaysia for the 2017-18 season

"SportsFix, ASEAN's leading mobile-centric over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform, has announced a significant new partnership with international media company MP & Silva to acquire the Italian Serie A TIM (TV rights) for the 2017-18 season," announced SportsFix on 14/11/2017. "SportsFix will…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 106501
• Published on 17/11/17 at 16:46

GAFA: American internet giants Google, Amazon, Facebook, Yahoo, and Snap move into sports rights

Amazon (e-commerce) was the first of the major American internet new technology groups to show its interest in sports rights -- outside US sports -- when it acquired broadcasting rights on radio and web platforms to the Bundesliga (2017-2021) on 09/06/2016. More recently, the social network…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 106086
• Published on 17/11/17 at 13:44

Italy: La Repubblica launches RepTvSport, OTT platform, which will broadcast 200 events per year

La Repubblica, in partnership with PMG Sport, a subsidiary of the PMG media production group, has launched its OTT sports platform "RepTvSport", said GEDI, the parent company of the Italian daily newspaper on 09/11/2017. "The platform will broadcast 200 sporting events and about 300 hours of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 106599
• Published on 17/11/17 at 13:14

2019 Women's World Cup in France: Canal+ acquires all 52 matches via sublicense from TF1

The pay-TV group Canal+ has acquired, via sub-license with the private free-TV group TF1, the pay-TV rights, in France, to the 2019 Women's World Cup (from 07/06 to 07/07/2019 in France), on 16/11/2017. "The TF1 group will offer exclusive free-to-air coverage of the tournament’s 25 headline…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 106569
• Published on 17/11/17 at 12:39

Instagram: each publication is valued at €1,261 on average for a Ligue 1 Conforama club

A publication on Instagram (application and social network for sharing photos and videos; owned by Facebook) reported a value of €1,261 an average for Ligue 1 Conforama clubs, according to data identified by News Tank Football with the assistance of the Danish marketing tools and resources agency…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 106298
• Published on 16/11/17 at 17:59

Tennis: Eurosport extends broadcasting rights for the US Open in Europe until 2022

The pay-TV group Eurosport has extended its broadcasting rights, in Europe, for the US Open Grand Slam tournament for five years until 2022, on 15/11/2017. This agreement is not valid for the United Kingdom and Ireland. "In addition to the US Open, Eurosport currently holds the rights to broadcast…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 106449
• Published on 16/11/17 at 13:29

Ligue 1 Conforama: PSG - Troyes to be broadcast on free-TV channel C8, on Wednesday 29/11/2017

Paris Saint-Germain - ESTAC Troyes (Matchday 15 of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 Conforama) will be free-to-air on C8, the free-TV channel belonging to the Canal+ group, a subsidiary of Vivendi, on Wednesday 29/11/2017 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), announced the LFP on 14/11/2017. The match will also be…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 106301
• Published on 15/11/17 at 15:49

Italy: Rai to broadcast one Women's Serie A match per week from 02/12/2017

The Italian public TV group Rai, via an agreement with the FIGC, will broadcast one game per week of the Italian women's first division, on Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon, reported the Italian daily La Repubblica on 04/11/2017. The first match, to be broadcast on free-TV channel RAI…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 106038
• Published on 14/11/17 at 18:14

NBA: Turner Sports and Intel form virtual reality partnership ahead of the 2018 NBA All Star Game

Turner Sports, an American company that manages the sports TV rights of the Turner group's channels (TNT, TBS, TruTv, and CNN in Spanish) and Intel Corporation, an American company specialising in computing and electronics, have formed a partnership centered on virtual reality, on 07/11/2017. As…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 106290
• Published on 14/11/17 at 18:09