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2017-18 Bundesliga: 3.55 million Sky Deutschland subscribers for 8 of the 9 games of Matchday 6

Eight of the nine games on Matchday 6 of the 2017-18 Bundesliga, played on 22 to 24/09/2017, drew a total of 3.55 million subscribers on average on the German pay-TV channel Sky Bundesliga, according to the data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. The largest TV audience…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 102528
• Published on 28/09/17 at 11:49

Ligue 1: Canal+ draws 1.2 million viewers for Marseille - Toulouse (Audience share: 5.5%)

Olympique de Marseille - Toulouse FC (2-0), the closing game of Matchday 7 of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 Conforama, drew 1.2 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+ on Sunday 24/09/2017 (kick-off 21:00 CET). The game had an audience share of 5.5%.Canal+ achieved the fifth best performance in the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs
• Article # 102396
• Published on 28/09/17 at 10:59

Premier League: 492,000 viewers for Arsenal FC - West Bromwich Albion FC on Sky Sports

Arsenal FC - West Bromwich Albion FC (2-0), during Matchday 6 of the 2017-18 Premier League season, drew an average of 492,000 subscribers on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports Main Event, on Monday 25/09/2017 (kick-off at 20:00 local time). This figure allowed Sky Sports Main Event to record an…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 102629
• Published on 28/09/17 at 10:34

Serie A: Eleven Sports Network acquires digital rights to three games per matchday for 2017-18

Eleven Sports Network has acquired the rights to broadcast, on digital platforms, three games per week of the Serie A TIM, via the Swiss media rights and marketing agency Infront Sports & Media, for the 2017-18 season, on 25/09/2017. These rights correspond to Lot E of the tenders for the domestic…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 102523
• Published on 27/09/17 at 17:49

Brazil: Globo acquires the digital rights to the Brazilian national team for the 2017-2022 period

Globo has acquired, from the CBF, the broadcast rights, valid in Brazil for digital platforms, to the games of the Brazilian national team for the 2017-2022 period, on 21/09/2017. The Brazilian audiovisual group acquired Lot B of the tender, the floor price of which was set at $500,000 (€420,000…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 102515
• Published on 27/09/17 at 17:37

China: Super Sports acquires the digital TV rights to the UEFA Nations League (2018-2022)

Super Sports Media, a Chinese media group, has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast, on digital platforms in China, the UEFA Nations League for the 2018-2022period, on 21/09/2017. ""UEFA today confirmed the final competition rules and regulations for the UEFA Nations League, less than a year…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Authorities
• Article # 102632
• Published on 27/09/17 at 17:24

IBC 2017: "Facebook Watch is ideal for live sports" (Daniel Danker, Facebook)

"Video is changing the way people use the internet. Video consumption is changing, and the way people engage with video on Facebook is changing drastically. Video now represents 50% of mobile traffic, and we think this will become 75% in five years," said Daniel Danker, product director at…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 101922
• Published on 27/09/17 at 10:49

France: "The SFR Sport channels will take the name of the Altice brand in 2018" (Alain Weill)

"We have become an important actor in sports, the same as Canal+ or beIN Sports, and we are also a player in telecommunications and cinema, certainly in all of France, but also in Portugal (where Altice is currently acquiring Media Capital)," said Alain Weill, general manager of the media…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Digital, …
• Article # 102452
• Published on 26/09/17 at 11:59

Saudi Arabia: 12 rights holders, including beIN, call for the closing of the pirate "beoutQ" channel

"Eight more sports organizations and broadcasters have joined the condemnation of 'beoutQ', a Saudi Arabian pirate channel," said the Qatari beIN Media Group, the leader of the alliance, on 14/09/2017. This is now 12 rightsholder entities that are calling once again for "the Saudi government to…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 102066
• Published on 25/09/17 at 17:35

Portugal: Portuguese telecom regulatory authority opposes Altice's acquisition of Media Capital

Anacom, the Portuguese telecommunications regulatory authority, is opposed to the proposed acquisition of Media Capital, a Portuguese media group, by Altice, a Dutch holding company of telecom and audiovisual operators, on 19/09/2017. The telecom authority believes that the transaction is "likely…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 102370
• Published on 25/09/17 at 15:10