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Switzerland: Martin Blaser appointed managing director of InfrontRingier Sports & Entertainment

Martin Blaser, 49 years old, has been appointed the managing director of InfrontRingier Sports & Entertainment Switzerland, a joint venture between the Swiss media rights and marketing agency Infront Sports & Media and the Swiss media group Ringier, on 08/05/2017. He succeeds the Swiss Gian Gilli…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 93450
• Published on 16/05/17 at 17:54

Germany: Sport1 acquires TV rights to the Confederations Cup and Euro U-21 in 2017

Sport1, a free-TV and pay-TV group in Germany, has acquired, via sublicense from the media rights and marketing agency SportA (owned by the public TV groups ARD and ZDF), the broadcasting rights to the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2017 European U-21 championship (16-30/06/2017 in Poland), on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 93519
• Published on 16/05/17 at 17:53

Italy: Eleven Sports takes a majority stake in Sportube, will be rebranded to Eleven Sports in 2017

Eleven Sports Network have established a presence in Italy by taking a majority stake in the OTT platform Sportube, the British audiovisual group announced on 10/05/2017. Sportube will take the name "Eleven Sports" in Italy in the summer of 2017.Sportube.tv, founded in 2010, was the first Italian…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 93532
• Published on 16/05/17 at 12:50

Western Europe: pay-TV market still growing, 106 million subscribers expected in 2022

"The Western European pay-TV market is mature, but, unlike North America, it will still gain subscribers between 2016 and 2022. Although this only represents a 6.7% increase, it means nearly 7 million more subs to take the total to 106 million. Western Europe will cross the 100 million pay TV subs…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 93183
• Published on 15/05/17 at 18:24

Champions League: Modern Times Group extends TV rights 2018-2021 in Scandinavia

MTG (Modern Times Group) has extended its rights to broadcast the Champions League for the 2018-2021 period in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, said the Swedish audiovisual group on 09/05/2017. MTG has held the TV rights to the Champions League in these three Nordic countries since 1992. "MTG has…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 93172
• Published on 15/05/17 at 14:15

Europa League: 2.3 million viewers in France for Lyon - Ajax on the M6 channel (share: 10%)

Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1) - AFC Ajax (Eredivisie), 3-1,the semi-final return leg of the 2016-17 Europa League (Ajax advanced 5-4 on aggregate), drew 2.3 million viewers on average in France on the private, free-TV channel M6, on Thursday, 11/05/2017 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 93349
• Published on 12/05/17 at 17:35

BT Sport: Delia Bushell to leaves position of managing director of BT TV and BT Sport in June 2017

Delia Bushell will leaves her position as the managing director of BT TV and BT Sport in "early June 2017", announced the British telecom group BT on 08/05/2017. She was appointed to this position on 07/04/2014, and took office in July 2014. She replaced Marc Watson, the managing of BT TV since…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 93177
• Published on 12/05/17 at 16:49

France: SFR acquires TV rights to both European Cups (€350m / season for 2018-2021)

The French telecommunications conglomerate SFR Group will pay around €350m per season for all the TV rights, valid in France, to the Champions League and the Europa League for the 2018-2021 cycle, according to multiple sources on 11/05/2017. The price of the TV rights of the European Cups in…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 93271
• Published on 12/05/17 at 10:10

Champions League: 8.7 million viewers in Spain and Germany for Atlético - Real Madrid

Club Atletico de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) - Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander), 2-1, the semi-final return leg of the 2016-17 Champions League (Real advanced 4-2 on aggregate), drew 2.488 million subscribers on average in Spain on one of the beIN Sports pay-TV channels, on Wednesday, 10/05/2017…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 93272
• Published on 12/05/17 at 09:44

Champions League: Juventus - Monaco draws 9.4 million viewers in Italy on Canale 5

Juventus (Serie A TIM) - AS Monaco (Ligue 1), 2-1, the semi-final return leg of the 2016-17 Champions League (Juventus advanced 4-1 on aggregate), drew 9.449 million viewers on average in Italy on the Italian free-TV channel Canale 5, on Tuesday, 09/05/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 93159
• Published on 12/05/17 at 09:20