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Serie A TIM: TV audiences for Matchday 36 and 37 of 2017-18 on Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium

The 10 games on Matchday 37 of the 2017-18 Serie A TIM season drew a total of 5.84 million subscribers on the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, from 12 to 13/05/2018, according to data from AGB (Nielsen group) and Auditel audience measurement institutes, and…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 120080
• Published on 17/05/18 at 11:30

LaLiga Santander: 4.2 million TV viewers in Spain for Matchday 34 and 3.02 million for Matchday 37

3.022 million viewers (2.182 million on the beIN Sports pay-TV channels, 464,000 on the pay-TV channel Movistar Partidazo and 376,000 on the free-TV channel Gol) watched seven of the ten games on Matchday 37 of the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander season, played on 12 and 13/05/2018, according to data…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 120084
• Published on 17/05/18 at 10:50

Bundesliga: 1.94 million Sky Deutschland subscribers watch Matchday 34 of the 2017-18 season

The nine games on Matchday 34 the final matchday of the 2017-18 Bundesliga season drew a total of 1.94 million subscribers on the German pay-TV channel Sky Bundesliga, according to data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. The audiences of the games broadcast by the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 120035
• Published on 17/05/18 at 10:10

Deal Tracker: all the latest media rights agreements for football competitions

This info-graphic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual and broadcasting rights to football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 01/01/2018. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, …
• Article # 119411
• Published on 17/05/18 at 09:29

Europa League: final on free-TV in France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, but not in Spain

The 2017-18 Europa League final, Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Conforama) - Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) at the Groupama Stadium (57,084 capacity) in Lyon (FRA) on Wednesday 16/05/2018 (kick-off at 20:45 CET), will not be broadcast on free-TV in Spain, unlike the other four Top 5…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 120187
• Published on 16/05/18 at 16:50

Ligue 1 Conforama TV rights: "Canal+ will be very attentive to invest proportionately" (M. Saada)

"I will be very careful to invest proportionally, because we consider the rights exclusively according to the value they have for us. Losing these rights for three (or four) years is surmountable, endangering the company by overpaying for them, no," said Maxime Saada, CEO of the Canal+ Group, to…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 119964
• Published on 15/05/18 at 16:00

DAZN: Perform to launch its OTT platform in the US, with 32 boxing matches per year for $1bn

Perform, a UK-based group specialised in the production and distribution of sports content on digital platforms, has acquired the broadcast rights, in the United States, for 32 boxing matches per year, on 10/05/2018. The eight-year broadcasting contract (of which six are optional according to US…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 119966
• Published on 15/05/18 at 15:30

2018 World Cup: Sport1 (GER) acquires the digital broadcast rights for highlights of the 64 matches

The privately-owned free and pay TV group Sport1 has acquired the digital broadcast rights for highlights of the 64 matches of the 2018 World Cup, for Germany, via a sub-license from the public audiovisual groups ARD and ZDF, on 09/05/2018. Sport1 will broadcast match highlights 45 minutes…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 119832
• Published on 14/05/18 at 16:54

United Kingdom: John Skipper appointed executive chairman of Perform Group on 08/05/2018

The American John Skipper (62 years old), former president of ESPN and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks, has been appointed executive chairman of the UK-headquartered sports media company Perform Group, on 08/05/2018. "Skipper, based in New York, will oversee all of Perform Group's…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 119899
• Published on 14/05/18 at 12:56

2018-2021 Serie A TV rights: Mediapro appeals the decision of the Court of Milan on their tender

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro is appealing, on 10/05/2018, the decision of the Court of Milan of 07/05/2018 which asked Mediapro, following the appeal of the pay-TV group Sky Italia on 16/04/2018, to reformulate the tender for the domestic audiovisual rights to the Serie A over…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 119806
• Published on 11/05/18 at 14:10