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European cups: Twitter and YouTube partner with Optus (telecom) to broadcast matches in Australia

Optus, an Australian telecommunications operator (a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Singtel telecommunications group) and holder of the broadcasting rights for the 2018-2021 Champions League and the Europa League in Australia, has formed partnerships with Twitter and YouTube to broadcast 10…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 140011
• Published on 15/02/19 at 17:40
©  Panoramic
Piracy: "beoutQ impacts the entire ecosystem of international sport" (Sophie Jordan, beIN)

"If it's not stopped quickly, beoutQ (Saudi pirate entity) will get out of control and will wipe billions of Euros off the value of global sports and entertainment. The damaging consequence of reduced funding will not be felt solely by the rights holders such as the sports leagues and federations…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 140155
• Published on 15/02/19 at 15:04
©  D.R.
Champions League: "We must have one live match on free-TV in Germany" (K-H Rummenigge, Bayern)

"We must do everything we can to convince UEFA that during the next rights period (2021 to 2024) at least one live match (per round), ideally a top match, can be seen on free-TV in Germany again," said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, executive board chairman of FC Bayern Munich, to the German magazine…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 140152
• Published on 15/02/19 at 12:44
©  Paris SG
Champions League: "More than 2 million TV viewers for Man United - PSG" in France (RMC Sport)

Manchester United (Premier League) - Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama), 0-2, the first leg of the 2018-19 Champions League Round of 16 tie, drew "more than two million cumulative viewers" on the pay-TV channel RMC Sport 1 and the RMC Sport, SFR TV and Molotov TV apps, on Tuesday 12/02/2019…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Digital, …
• Article # 140169
• Published on 15/02/19 at 11:50
Deal Tracker: all the latest TV and media rights agreements for football competitions

This infographic 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 the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 140142
• Published on 15/02/19 at 10:00
©  OGC Nice
Ligue 1 Conforama: Nice - Lyon draws 819,000 TV viewers on Canal+ (audience share 3.5%)

OGC Nice - Olympique Lyonnais (1-0), Matchday 24 of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 Conforama season, drew an average of 819,000 viewers, on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Sunday 10/02/2019 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This figure…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs
• Article # 139813
• Published on 14/02/19 at 12:10
Bundesliga: best cumulative audience of the season on Sky (4.9 M viewers) for Matchday 21 of 2018-19

Eight of the nine games on Matchday 21 of the 2018-19 Bundesliga, played from 08 to 10/02/2019, posted a cumulative average audience of 4.92 million viewers on the channels of pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, according to data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. This is the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 139889
• Published on 14/02/19 at 10:15
Champions League: Man Utd - PSG broadcast on the French team's Facebook page without authorization

Manchester United FC - Paris Saint-Germain (0-2), the Round of 16 first leg of the 2018-19 Champions League, was broadcast in part, on the Facebook page of the Parisian club around the world, on Tuesday 12/02/2019. The match was authorized to be broadcast via Facebook Watch (a social network…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 139975
• Published on 13/02/19 at 16:10
©  Julien Guichard
Think Football 2019: "There is real momentum in the fight against piracy" (Julien Taieb, LFP)

"We've been saying for a long time that we shouldn't talk about piracy to avoid advertising it, but that's over. All sectors combined, it represents a loss of €1.2bn because of it enriches people who do not share their profits. The coming audiovisual law (in France) in 2019 makes us think that…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 139660
• Published on 13/02/19 at 14:34
Piracy: "We will pay less for TV rights in the future, some in particular" (T. Keaveny, beIN MENA)

"A rights holder’s stance on beoutQ’s piracy - in other words whether they’re taking legal action, making a public stand, and doing everything within their power to combat the industrial-scale theft of their rights - is a critical factor that we’re now considering when bidding. We pay enormous…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 139893
• Published on 13/02/19 at 11:20