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2019-20 Ligue 1 Conforama: 1.26 million TV viewers for Marseille - Bordeaux (Matchday 17) on Canal+

Olympique de Marseille - FC Girondins de Bordeaux (3-1), on Matchday 17 of the 2019-20 Ligue 1 Conforama season, drew an average of 1.26 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+ on Sunday 08/12/2019 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 170020
• Published on 12/12/19 at 10:45
©  D.R.
Women's Euro 2021: EBU (public TV) acquires TV rights in 53 European countries

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has acquired the broadcasting rights to the UEFA Euro 2021 women's championship, announced the alliance of public service media organizations of 56 European countries on 05/12/2019. This agreement does not apply for France and Germany (except for radio…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 170245
• Published on 12/12/19 at 10:20
©  Julien Guichard
TV rights: "3 subscriptions to watch the Bundesliga would be excessive" (Christian Seifert, DFL)

"If you need three subscriptions to watch the entire Bundesliga, that would force the threshold of the bear-ability from our point of view," stated Christian Seifert,CEO of the DFL, to the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag on 08/12/2019, while the German Football League will launch its call for…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 170203
• Published on 11/12/19 at 17:29
Italy: Telecom Italia signs a distribution agreement with DAZN following an agreement with Sky

The Italian telecommunications operator Telecom Italia has signed a distribution agreement in Italy with the OTT platform DAZN on 10/12/2019. The parent company of TIM (mobile telephony), and Serie A naming rights holder (see below), also signed an agreement with Sky Italia to distribute the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 170178
• Published on 11/12/19 at 15:20
Germany: Amazon acquires TV rights to the Champions League (Tuesday night game)

Amazon has acquired some broadcasting rights, in Germany, to the UEFA Champions League, namely the best Tuesday night game over the 2021-2024 cycle, the US e-commerce group announced on 10/12/2019. The attribution of the other rights (best Wednesday night game, all other games, final on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 170093
• Published on 10/12/19 at 16:59
©  D.R.
France: Canal+ €330m to sub-license Ligue 1 rights from beIN Sports, €310m for the Champions League

The free and pay-TV group Canal+ will sub-licensed the Ligue 1 broadcasting rights acquired by the pay-TV group beIN Sports France over the 2020-2024 cycle, "at cost price, or €330m per year," said Maxime Saada, chairman of the board of Canal+, to the French media Le Figaro on 09/12/2019…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 170062
• Published on 10/12/19 at 13:14
©  FIFA
Think Football (FRA): Yuri Djorkaeff (FIFA Foundation) ambassador for fourth edition on 05/02/2020

Yuri Djorkaeff (FRA) was crowned a world champion on 12/07/1998, then a European champion on 02/07/2000 with the French national team (82 caps from 1993 to 2002, 28 goals). His career as a professional player led him to play in four of the five major European football countries, from France (FC…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 169925
• Published on 10/12/19 at 11:14
2019-2022 Copa del Rey: DAZN acquires rights to at least 65 matches from Mediaset España

DAZN has acquired the broadcasting rights, in Spain, under sub-license from the free and private television group Mediaset España, for at least 65 matches per season, including "a minimum of 50 matches from the competition exclusively, alongside 15 co-exclusive matches, each season with Mediaset…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 169845
• Published on 09/12/19 at 12:35
©  DFL
DFL: German league broadcasts the first football match in a 9:16 format specially for smartphones

The DFL tested the broadcasting of a football match in a 9:16 format (vertically adapted for viewing on social networks on smartphones), for VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen SV (2-3), Matchday 13 of the 2019-20 Bundesliga season, on 01/12/2019, "a world first," according to the German football league…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 169853
• Published on 09/12/19 at 10:20
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, Authorities
• Article # 169854
• Published on 06/12/19 at 15:39