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Deal Tracker: all the latest media rights agreements for football competitions since 01/01/2018

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): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 129730
• Published on 28/09/18 at 09:35

2018 Ryder Cup: to be broadcast in more than 180 countries, with 6 hours on free-TV in host France

The 2018 Ryder Cup, which showcases the best American golfers against their European counterparts at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Golf Course, southwest of Paris (FRA), will be broadcast in more than 180 countries from 28 to 30/09/2018. The Canal+ group, the broadcaster in the host…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 129728
• Published on 27/09/18 at 14:39

Sky buyout: Comcast holds 30% of shares one day after its offer of €19.38 per share

Comcast, a US media conglomerate and cable operator, has announced that it owns 30% of the UK television group Sky, one day after its takeover offer of £17.28 (£19.38) per share, or £30.6bn (€34.3m) in total, on 25/09/2018. Comcast, in competition with another US conglomerate, 21^st Century…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 129608
• Published on 27/09/18 at 12:15

English Football League: beIN Sports extends broadcasting rights in 24 countries

The pay-TV group beIN Media Group has extended its rights to broadcast the matches of the English Football League, organiser of the Carabao Cup, Sky Bet Championship (second division), Sky Bet League One (third division) and Sky Bet League Two (fourth Division), "in 24 countries across the Middle…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 129616
• Published on 26/09/18 at 16:15

Ligue 1 Conforama: 457 million viewers in 215 territories via 61 broadcasters in 2017-18 (LFP)

"Internationally, French football drew a total of 457 million TV spectators in 2017-18, from the 215 territories covered via 61 broadcasters," stated the LFP on 24/09/2018. 73,000 hours of LFP competitions (Ligue 1 Conforama, Domino's Ligue 2, League Cup, Super Cup) were broadcast…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 129550
• Published on 26/09/18 at 12:59

LaLiga Santander: 4.7 million viewers in Spain watch Matchday 5 of the 2018-19 season

4.731 million viewers (3.172 million on the beIN Sports pay-TV channels, 856,000 on the pay-TV channel Movistar Partidazo and 703,000 on the free-TV channel Gol) watched the ten games on Matchday 5 of the 2018-19 LaLiga Santander season, played from 21/09 to 23/09/2018, according to data from the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 129546
• Published on 26/09/18 at 12:25

Bundesliga: 4.07 million Sky Deutschland subscribers watch 8 of the 9 games on Matchday 4 of 2018-19

Eight of the nine games on Matchday 4 of the 2018-19 Bundesliga season, played from 21 to 23/09/2018, drew an average of 4.07 million subscribers on the channels of pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, according to data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. The TV audiences of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences
• Article # 129545
• Published on 26/09/18 at 11:50

Ligue 1 Conforama: Lyon - Marseille draws 1.55 million viewers on Canal+ (audience share: 7.1%)

Olympique Lyonnais - Olympique de Marseille (4-2), Matchday 6 of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 Conforama, drew an average of 1.55 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Sunday 23/09/2018 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the French audience measurement institute Médiamétrie…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs
• Article # 129431
• Published on 26/09/18 at 10:34

Sky takeover: Comcast outbids 21^st Century Fox with a £30.6bn (€34.3bn) bid for the company

Comcast, a US media conglomerate and cable operator has bid £30.6bn (€34.3bn) or £17.28 (€19.38) per share, and thus winning the bidding process involving another US conglomerate, 21^st Century Fox, for the acquisition of the British broadcasting group Sky, on 22/09/2018. 21^st Century Fox made…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 129432
• Published on 24/09/18 at 18:09

ESPN: more than one million US subscribers to OTT offer ESPN+, five months after launch

ESPN+, the sports OTT platform launched on Thursday 12/04/2018 in the USA at a monthly rate of $4.99 dollars (about €4), has more than one million subscribers, announced ESPN, the sports pay-TV package and subsidiary of the US media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 129415
• Published on 24/09/18 at 16:04