Media: archives May, 2020

Filter by domain

Filter by year

Filter by month

2019-20 Premier League: BBC (4), Sky (64), BT (20) and Amazon (4) to broadcast remaining 92 games

The 92 matches remaining to be played for the end of the 2019-20 Premier League season (to resume on Wednesday 17/06/2020 behind closed doors) will be broadcast live in the United Kingdom by the holders of the broadcasting rights for the English championship for the 2019-2022 cycle: • The BBC…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 184389
• Published on 29/05/20 at 13:39

2019-20 Bundesliga: best TV audience of the season for Dortmund - Bayern on Sky (1.98 million)

1.987 million viewers watched the Borussia Dortmund - FC Bayern Munich match, counting for the Matchday 28 of the 2019-20 Bundesliga, on Tuesday 26/05/2020 (kick-off at 18:30 CET) on Sky Deutschland pay-TV channels. This is the best TV audience of the season in the Bundesliga (pay-TV). The…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 184365
• Published on 29/05/20 at 10:42

LaLiga restart: free broadcasting in retirement homes in Spain (Mediapro / LaLiga agreement)

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro and LaLiga have signed an agreement to offer, for free, LaLiga Santander and LaLiga Smartbank matches for the end of the 2019-20 season (11 matchdays) in all retirement homes in Spain that wish to have this, announced the Spanish League, on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 184369
• Published on 29/05/20 at 10:21

TV rights (Germany): Amazon extends agreement with the Bundesliga until end of the 2019-20 season

The American e-commerce group Amazon is extending its non-exclusive broadcasting agreement for Bundesliga matches until the end of 2019-20, on 27/05/2020. Amazon has already co-broadcast three games alongside the OTT platform DAZN since the resumption of the 2019-20 Bundesliga. DAZN signed a…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 184213
• Published on 28/05/20 at 10:54

Serie A TV rights: debate on a free-to-air multiplex and payment order from the League to Sky

Vicenzo Spadafora, the Italian Minister for Sports, has repeatedly declared that Serie A TIM matches will be broadcast free-to-air if the Italian championship is resumed behind closed doors. The Minister notably proposed that the programme "Diretta Gol" (multiplex) broadcast on the channels of the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 184171
• Published on 27/05/20 at 15:50

DAZN: owner Len Blavatnik (USA-UK) seeks to sell off shares (press)

The American-British businessmen Len Blavatnik, owner of the OTT sports platform DAZN, is seeking to sell part of his shares (preferred option), or even all of them, according to the Financial Times on 23/05/2020. The value of DAZN was estimated at £3bn (€3.36bn) in March 2018 when the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Essentials Media
• Article # 184046
• Published on 26/05/20 at 14:44

2019-20 Bundesliga (Matchday 27): 5.4 million viewers on Sky Deutschland (free and pay-TV)

5.4 million viewers is the cumulative TV audience for seven of the nine games of Matchday 27 day of the 2019-20 Bundesliga (played behind closed doors from 22 to 24/05/2020) on the channels of Sky Deutschland. The multiplex on Saturday at 15:30 CET on the sports news channel Sky Sport News…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 183961
• Published on 26/05/20 at 09:30

NBA: launch of a NBA Europe YouTube channel (interviews, original content, archives...)

"The National Basketball Association is launching an official YouTube channel to offer unique and suitable content for its fans in Europe," announced the NBA on 20/05/2020. "The new NBA Europe channel offers original content, with interviews of European players of the current generation…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities
• Article # 183836
• Published on 25/05/20 at 14:05

France: "I intend to recover money (for TV rights to European cups) very quickly" (P. Drahi, Altice)

"We have already paid (for the TV rights to the 2019-20 Champions League and the Europa League) €175m in July (2019) for the first part of the season, and we have paid in January an additional €175m for the second half of the season. The problem is, I haven't seen anyone play since mid-March…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 183797
• Published on 25/05/20 at 10:39

Germany: DAZN and Amazon sign new agreements for the broadcasting of the 2019-20 Bundesliga

The British OTT platform DAZN and the American e-commerce group Amazon have concluded non-exclusive broadcasting agreements for games until the end of the 2019-20 Bundesliga season, on 21/05/2020. The rights to these games were initially acquired by Eurosport over the 2017-2021 period, then…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 183820
• Published on 22/05/20 at 16:55