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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 # 141376
• Published on 01/03/19 at 15:00
TV rights: "We do not like these these three-year type soccer deals" (D. Zaslav, Discovery)

"We don't like doing business with these three-year type soccer deals, which we're getting out of, and so I think we’re going to be opportunistic (regarding the rights acquisition strategy). We're in the sports business. We may even be the leader in sports around the world when you aggregate all…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 141224
• Published on 01/03/19 at 12:10
Discovery: a turnover of $10.55bn (€9.19bn) and net profit of $594m (€517m) in 2018

The American audiovisual group Discovery posted a turnover of $10.55bn (€9.19bn) for the financial year 2018 (closing of accounts on 31/12/2018), announced the group which published its accounts on 26/02/2019. This turnover is up 54% compared to 2017. Excluding acquisitions of American media…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 141223
• Published on 01/03/19 at 09:45
©  ACF Fiorentina
2018-19 Coppa Italia: 10 million viewers in Italy for the semi-final first leg matches on Rai 1

The semi-finals of the 2018-19 Coppa Italia, featuring only Serie A TIM clubs, posted a cumulative average audience of 10 million viewers, on the Italian public-TV channel Rai 1, on 26/02 and 27/02/2019. • ACF Fiorentina - Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio (3-3) drew an average of 4.595 million…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 141321
• Published on 28/02/19 at 17:45
DAZN: platform launches in Spain with Neymar Jr and José Mourinho named as global ambassadors

The UK OTT platform DAZN has officially launched in Spain on Wednesday 27/02/2019. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, a Brazilian footballer playing for Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama) and Portuguese coach José Mourinho (currently without a club) were appointed as global ambassadors for…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 141226
• Published on 28/02/19 at 16:50
©  FC Barcelona
2018-19 Copa del Rey: 8.38 TV viewers in Spain watch Real Madrid - Barcelona (0-3) on TVE and Gol

The Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) - FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) semi-final second leg of the 2018-19 Copa del Rey (0-3, 1-4) drew 7.168 million viewers (audience share: 35.9%) on RTVE group's public channel La 1, and 1.218 million (audience share: 6.1%) on Mediapro's free-TV channel Gol…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 141254
• Published on 28/02/19 at 13:40
©  Paris Saint-Germain
2018-19 Coupe de France: 2.35 million viewers in France watch PSG - Dijon FCO on France 2

The Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama) - Dijon FCO (Ligue 1 Conforama) quarter-final of the 2018-19 Coupe de France (3-0) drew an average of 2.35 million viewers in France on the public TV channel France 2, on Tuesday 26/02/2019 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure represented an…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 141255
• Published on 28/02/19 at 13:10
©  D.R.
LaLiga Santander: cumulative audience of 5.4 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 25 of 2018-19

The 10 games on Matchday 25 of the 2018-19 LaLiga Santander season, played from 22 to 25/02/2019, posted a cumulative average audience of 5.447 million viewers (3.43 million on the beIN Sports pay-TV channels, 1.17 million on the pay-TV channel Movistar Partidazo and 835,000 on the free-TV channel…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 141063
• Published on 28/02/19 at 11:00
©  D.R.
Bundesliga: 4.3 million Sky Deutschland viewers watch 7 of the 9 games on Matchday 23 of 2018-19

Seven of the nine games on Matchday 23 of the 2018-19 Bundesliga season, played from 22 to 25/02/2019, posted a cumulative average audience of 4.339 million viewers on the channels of pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, according to data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 141058
• Published on 28/02/19 at 10:30
©  MLS
eSports: Twitch (streaming platform) partners with MLS for the eMLS Cup (eSports league)

Twitch, a streaming platform specialised in video games, has partnered with Major League Soccer (MLS) to broadcast the eMLS Cup, an eSports competition on the FIFA 19 video game, on 22/02/2019. All highlights and interviews of players participating in the eMLS Cup will be featured on Twitch…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 141151
• Published on 27/02/19 at 15:20