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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
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Scandinavia: Swedish Modern Times Group acquires TV rights to the FA Cup and Championship

MTG (Modern Times Group) has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the Emirates FA Cup, the Community Shield, the EFL Cup, and the Sky Bet Championship division, valid in Sweden, Finland, and Norway from this year, and in Denmark from the following year, announced the Swedish audiovisual…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 93756
• Published on 18/05/17 at 13:30
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BT Consumer: £4.934bn in turnover in 2017 (+7.3%), 20.5% of the BT Group total (£24.062bn)

BT Consumer, the division of the British telecommunications group BT, which includes BT Sport, posted £4.934bn (€5.81bn) in turnover for the 2017 fiscal year (01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017), the group announced on 11/05/2017. This amount is up by 7.3% compared to 2016 (£4.598bn, €5.84bn at the time)…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 93650
• Published on 18/05/17 at 12:50
Eredivisie: IMG extends its international media rights for four more seasons, 2018-2022

IMG has extended its international media rights to the Eredivisie for the next four seasons, starting from 2018-19, announced the media rights and marketing agency on 11/05/2017. The new agreement also includes the right to broadcast on digital platforms outside the Netherlands. The agreement…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 93752
• Published on 18/05/17 at 11:40
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Bundesliga: nine games of Matchday 33 draw a total of 1.36 million Sky Deutschland subscribers

The nine games of Matchday 33 of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season, played on Saturday 13/05/2017, drew a total of 1.36 million subscribers on average on the German Sky Bundesliga pay-TV channels, according to data from the German institutes of audience measurement AGF and GfK. This is the lowest…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 93740
• Published on 17/05/17 at 17:40