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Facebook: new responsibilities for Dan Reed, Peter Hutton and Brandon Gayle

The social network Facebook has announced the restructuring of its sports department on 04/01/2019. Dan Reed, previously director of sport partnerships, is promoted to vice-president of global sports and media partnerships. Peter Hutton, director of global live sports partnerships and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 136981
• Published on 07/01/19 at 14:50
NFL (2018 regular season): average TV audience of 15.8 million viewers per game in the USA (+5%)

The 2018 NFL regular season games drew an average audience of 15.8 million TV viewers per game in the US, the NFL announced on 02/01/2019. This figure is up 5% after two consecutive years of decline: • 2017: 14.9 million (+5% between 2018 and 2017) • 2016: 16.5 million (-9.7% between 2017…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 136939
• Published on 07/01/19 at 10:50
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LaLiga Santander: cumulative audience of 3.7 million TV viewers in Spain for Matchday 17 of 2018-19

The 10 games on Matchday 17 of the 2018-19 LaLiga Santander season, played on 21 and 22/12/2018 and on 03/01/2019, posted a cumulative average audience of 3.758 million viewers (2.487 million on the beIN Sports pay-TV channels, 812,000 on the pay-TV channel Movistar Partidazo and 459,000 on the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 136866
• Published on 04/01/19 at 14:40
Hong Kong: Now TV (pay-TV) extends its broadcasting rights to the Premier League (2019-2022)

Now TV, the pay-TV subsidiary of the Hong Kong telecommunications group PCCW, has extended its rights to broadcast the Premier League in Hong Kong, for the 2019-2022 cycle, on 04/01/2019. Now TV will broadcast all 380 games per season of the English league exclusively. China's Internet and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 136848
• Published on 04/01/19 at 13:09
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France: the 2018 World Cup on TF1 posts the nine best TV audiences of the top 100 in France

The 2018 World Cup posted the nine best TV audiences in France (eight matches, including six France games, and the awarding of the Cup ceremony), all programmes combined, in 2018. The free and private-TV channel TF1 broadcast 28 of the 64 matches of the competition (beIN Sports broadcast all…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 136806
• Published on 04/01/19 at 12:39
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Deal Tracker: all the latest media rights agreements for football competitions since 01/01/2018

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 # 136821
• Published on 04/01/19 at 09:29
DAZN: Ben King (Apple Services) named "SVP global distribution and business development"

Ben King, the international sales manager (non-US) of Apple Services (Apple Store, Apple Music, iTunes), has been appointed senior vice-president of global distribution and business development for British-founded OTT platform DAZN, on 03/01/2019. He will take office in February 2019. Ben…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 136799
• Published on 03/01/19 at 17:44
Spain: football posts 48 of the 50 best TV audiences in 2018, including the top 12

In 2018 football programmes posted 48 of the 50 best TV audiences, including the top 12, in Spain, according to data from the audience measurement institute Kantar Media. In 2017, football posted the 18 best audiences in Spain, and 43 of the 50 highest. The Spain - Russia penalty shoot-out…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 136770
• Published on 03/01/19 at 15:40
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All the News Tank Football articles from the past week, plus Think Football in Paris on 07/02/2019

The entire team at News Tank Football & Sport wishes everyone a Happy New Year and much success in 2019. The daily newsletters with all the latest information about sponsorship, clubs, leagues, media, and more in football and the sport business have resumed today, Wednesday 02/01/2019. However…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 136674
• Published on 02/01/19 at 17:49
FA Cup: Twitter to offer highlights to fans in ten countries via private messages

The social network Twitter has partnered with The FA on 18/12/2018 to offer highlights of the Emirates FA Cup directly to fans, via a private message on Twitter, in ten countries (including the United States, India, Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria), starting with the third round of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 136701
• Published on 02/01/19 at 17:00