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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
©  ESPN
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
©  Lega Serie A
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
TIM Cup: 10.58 million viewers for the final, Juventus - AC Milan, on Rai 1

The Juventus (Serie A TIM) - AC Milan (Serie A TIM) final of the 2017-18 TIM Cup (4-0), drew a total of 10.583 million viewers in Italy on the public TV channel Rai 1 on Wednesday 09/05/2018. This figure represented an audience share of 39.2% and placed the public TV channel first in the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 119799
• Published on 11/05/18 at 13:40
©  D.R.
LaLiga Santander: 2.3 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 36 of the 2017-18 season

FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF, Matchday 36 of the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander season, drew 2.357 million viewers in Spain, on the pay-TV channel Movistar Partidazo, on Sunday 06/05/2018 (kick-off at 20:15 CET). This figure represents the best TV audience of the 2017-18 season in Spain (see below)…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 119725
• Published on 11/05/18 at 12:00
©  D.R.
Bundesliga: 1.64 million Sky Deutschland subscribers watch Matchday 33 of the 2017-18 season

The nine games on Matchday 33 of the 2017-18 Bundesliga drew a total of 1.64 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 television group Eurosport…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 119727
• Published on 11/05/18 at 11:30
©  D.R.
Premier League: TV audiences for Matchday 37 of the 2017-18 season on Sky Sports and BT Sport

The 81 games broadcast on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports Main Event, whose audiences have been disclosed during the first 37 matchdays, drew an average audience of 711,691 subscribers per game. These matches were also broadcast on Sky Sports Premier League, whose figures are sometimes communicated…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 119724
• Published on 11/05/18 at 11:00
Ligue 1 Conforama: Canal+ draws 1.1 million viewers for Marseille - Nice (audience share: 5.5%)

Olympique de Marseille - OGC Nice (2-1, Matchday 36 of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 Conforama season) drew 1.1 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Sunday 06/05/2018 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This score represented an audience share of 5.5% and ranked Canal+ fifth in the French television…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 119588
• Published on 11/05/18 at 10:30
Coppa Italia: RAI extends TV rights in Italy until 2021 (€35.5 million per year, +61%)

RAI has extended its domestic TV rights to the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italia for the 2018-2021 period, announced the Italian public broadcasting group at the end of the General Assembly of the Lega Serie A at the CONI headquarters in Rome (ITA), on 07/05/2018. The value of this…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 119713
• Published on 09/05/18 at 16:55