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USA: ESPN+ (OTT) had 8.5 million subscribers at the end of June 2020 (+6.1 million in one year)

ESPN+, the OTT sports platform launched on 12/04/2018 in the United States at a monthly rate of $4.99 (€4.50), had 8.5 million subscribers as of 27/06/2020, according to figures published by The Walt Disney Company, parent company of the ESPN sports pay-TV package, on 04/08/2020. ESPN had 2.4…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 190350
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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 # 190386
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Serie A TIMVision (women's D1): Sky Italia and TIMvision broadcasters of the 2020-21 season

The pay-TV operator Sky Italia and the VoD service TIMvision belonging to Telecom Italia will broadcast the 2020-21 season of the Serie A TIMvision (Italian women's first division), announced the FIGC on 06/08/2020. Sky Italia has extended its broadcasting rights for one additional season…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 190315
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Bundesliga: Mola TV acquires broadcasting rights in Indonesia (2020-2025 cycle)

The Indonesian OTT and pay-TV operator Mola TV has acquired the full and exclusive broadcasting rights, in Indonesia, for the Bundesliga, the 2.Bundesliga and the German Super Cup, announced Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of the DFL, on 06/08/2020. Mola TV replaces the American pay-TV…
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• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 190302
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Belgium: bwin, new betting partner of the Pro League, acquires betting streaming rights via Eleven

The audiovisual group Eleven Sports Belgium (subsidiary of Eleven), has concluded two sub-licensing agreements for the broadcasting rights, in Belgium, to the Pro League, on 04/08/2020. The first concerns bwin, a sports betting operator based in Gibraltar and belonging to the British group…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Betting, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 190283
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esports: Bilibili (China) acquires TV rights to League of Legends events for China (2020-2023)

Bilibili has acquired from Riot Games, the exclusive Mandarin language TV rights to the world events on the League of Legends game, including the "Worlds", the equivalent of the World Championships, for China, for the 2020-2023 period, according to the Chinese streaming platform on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, esport - gaming
• Article # 190172
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Sky: turnover of $4.079bn for the second quarter of 2020 (-12.9% at constant currency)

The British pay-TV operator Sky posted a turnover of $4.079bn (€3.63bn) in the second quarter of 2020 (from 01/04 to 30/06/2020), announced its parent company Comcast (a US media conglomerate and cable operator) on 30/07/2020. This figure is down 15.5% compared to the second quarter 2019 (-12.9…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 190201
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Germany: DAZN formalises acquisition of 121 of the 138 Champions League matches (2021-2024)

DAZN has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the Champions League in Germany (excluding Tuesday's best fixture acquired by Amazon on 10/12/2019) from UEFA for the 2021-2024 season, announced the OTT platform on 04/08/2020. This information was announced by the German media on…
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• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities, …
• Article # 190153
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France: Canal+ posts revenue of €2.674bn in the first half of 2020 (-1.6% at constant perimeter)

"In the first half of 2020, the Canal+ group's sales amounted to €2.674bn, up 6.2% compared to the first half of 2019 (but -1.6% at exchange rate and perimeter). The international activity of Canal+ is growing strongly," announced Vivendi, the parent company of the pay and free-TV group Canal+, on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 190149
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Eleven Sports: sports broadcaster renamed "Eleven" to launch global programming

The British audiovisual group Eleven Sports has changed its name and logo, and becomes "Eleven", for its fifth anniversary on 03/08/2020. In addition to these changes, Eleven "will expand its offering with a host of new content streams and plans to grow its digital ecosystem with the aim of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 190098
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