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2016-17 Premier League: a cumulative audience of at least 117.34 million subscribers (Sky and BT)

The British pay-TV group Sky drew a cumulative 94.972 million subscribers for 106 of the 126 Premier League games of the 2016-17 season broadcast on the pay channel Sky Sports 1 of which News Tank Football was able to pick up the audience figures. This represents an average of 895,900 subscribers…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 97224
• Published on 05/07/17 at 15:29
Italy: Mediaset holds 100% of Mediaset Premium after the acquisition of the 11.1% of Telefonica

The Italian audiovisual group Mediaset has acquired the 11.1% stake in Mediaset Premium held by the Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, on 19/06/2017. Mediaset now owns 100% of its pay-TV subsidiary. Mediaset Premium notably includes the Premium Calcio channels, which will broadcast the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 97210
• Published on 05/07/17 at 13:29
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Finland: MTV acquires the broadcast rights of the Champions League for the 2018-2021 period

The Finnish audiovisual group MTV has acquired the broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League, valid in Finland, for the 2018-2021 period from the European governing body's marketing agency Team Marketing, according to UEFA documentation on 30/06/2017. MTV, the TV rights holder for the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 97259
• Published on 05/07/17 at 12:49
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Leaders Sport Business Summit: edition of the conference to be held in Beijing (CHN) on 21/07/2017

Leaders, an Anglo-American event organisation company, will host - for the first time in China - an edition of its conference "Leaders Sport Business Summit" in Beijing (CHN), at the headquarters of the Chinese digital sports media platform Sina Sports, on 21/07/2017. News Tank Football will cover…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, …
• Article # 97267
• Published on 05/07/17 at 11:09
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FIFA: IMG acquires broadcasting rights for ships and aircraft for 2017-2019

The media rights and marketing agency IMG has acquired the broadcasting rights for aircraft and ships from FIFA for the 2017-2019 period, on 29/06/2017. These rights include the recently concluded 2017 Confederations Cup (hosted in Russia), the 2018 World Cup (in Russia), and the 2019 Women's…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 97202
• Published on 05/07/17 at 09:30
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2017 Arab Championship: Twitter and Sela Sport sign partnership to broadcast in MENA

The sports marketing agency Sela Sport and Twitter have signed a partnership to broadcast the 2017 Arab Championship, organised in Egypt from 21/07 to 05/08/2017, via the social network, said the two entities on 22/06/2017. The partnership will be the first live streaming deal for football on the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital
• Article # 97011
• Published on 04/07/17 at 17:40
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Sky Deutschland: cumulative TV audience of 111.89 million subscribers for the 2016-17 Bundesliga

The nine games of each of the 34 matchdays of the 2016-17 Bundesliga together averaged 3.29 million subscribers on the channels of the pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, according to data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. This amounts to a cumulative total of 111.89 million…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 97205
• Published on 04/07/17 at 15:50
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Première Ligue Convention: "Invest in the engagement or you're not driving your product" (J. Tebas)

"We put together our 360 degree plan, particularly in terms of international activities. 360 degrees is a circle, which represents the game itself, the ball. This plan is split into two sections. The first 180 degrees is dedicated to the live games themselves: the broadcasting, the stadiums, the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 96815
• Published on 04/07/17 at 11:51
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USA: NBC Sports launches an OTT offer for 130 Premier League games in exclusivity

NBC Sports has launched "Premier League Pass", an OTT offer giving access to 130 Premier League games in exclusivity, announced the sports subsidiary of the American audiovisual group NBC Universal on 27/06/2017. This offer, part of the NBC Sports Gold streaming offers (see below), is available…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 97143
• Published on 04/07/17 at 11:15
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eSports: Tencent (internet services) launches five-year development plan in China

Tencent, a Chinese internet and mobile services company, will launch a five-year plan to develop eSports in China by introducing new leagues, tournaments, setting up new organisations, and by constructing a theme park, announced its subsidiary Tencent eSports on 16/06/2017. The project budget is…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 97067
• Published on 04/07/17 at 10:35