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France: TF1 to broadcast the 2020 Champions League final on free-TV exclusively on Sunday 23/08/2020

TF1 will broadcast, in France, the final of the 2019-20 Champions League (in Lisbon, Portugal) exclusively on free-TV, on Sunday 23/08/2020, announced the private, free-TV channel on 23/07/2020. The TF1 group acquired these rights via sub-license from the telecom operator Altice Europe, holder…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 189375
• Published on 27/07/20 at 09:35
Twitch: creation of a sports channel launched in collaboration with four football clubs

Twitch, a streaming platform specialised in video games, has launched a new channel dedicated to sports named "/twitchsports" on 22/07/2020. For the launch of the channel, Twitch has announced a collaboration with four football clubs from the European Top 5: Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander)…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 189285
• Published on 24/07/20 at 11:20
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2019-20 LaLiga Santander: audiences down 15% for matches played behind closed doors due to Covid-19

The 2019-20 LaLiga Santander matches played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 health crisis (excluding Matchdays 37 and 38 broadcast via a multiplex) posted an average audience that was over 15% lower than for the first 27 matchdays, according to data collected by News Tank Football. The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 189323
• Published on 24/07/20 at 10:10
China: Premier League broadcast canceled by CCTV for diplomatic reasons

The Chinese public broadcaster CCTV cancelled the broadcast of Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC (5-3), Matchday 37 of the 2019-20 Premier League, originally scheduled on CCTV5, on the night of 22-23/07/2020 (kick-off at 20:15 BST, 03:15 in Beijing). This deprogramming is due to diplomatic and trade…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 189249
• Published on 23/07/20 at 15:45
Serie A TV rights: A. De Laurentiis (SSC Napoli) wants to create a Lega Serie A channel (€36/month)

Aurelio De Laurentiis, president of SSC Napoli, has proposed the creation of a Lega Serie A channel, starting from the season 2021-22, during a meeting between Serie A TIM club presidents on 20/07/2020, according to the Italian media on 21/07/2020. The League would be responsible for the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 189101
• Published on 22/07/20 at 12:59
Olympique de Marseille: 300,000 viewers watch the club's friendly on Twitch and OM.fr

300,000 people, including more than 110,000 simultaneously, watched Olympique de Marseille's (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) first preparatory match for the 2020-21 season versus FC Pinzgau (Austrian third division) (5-1) on the club's Twitch channel and official website (OM.fr) on Sunday 19/07/2020 (kick-off…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs
• Article # 188930
• Published on 22/07/20 at 09:40
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Mediapro: 69% of French people unaware of Téléfoot channel (NPA Conseil/Harris Interactive study)

68.7% of French people say they "have not heard of" Mediapro's future French channel "Téléfoot", according to a study carried out by the media consultancy NPA Conseil and the polling and marketing research company Harris Interactive, among a sample of 3,966 people over 15 years of age, between 03…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 189012
• Published on 21/07/20 at 14:54
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Ballon d'Or: no winner in 2020 to protect the "credibility and legitimacy" of the award

"As the organiser of the Ballon d'Or, the Group L'Équipe, to which France Football belongs, decided not to award the most prestigious individual trophy there is in 2020," announced the French sports media (press, internet, television) group on 20/07/2020. "For the first time since 1956, the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 188936
• Published on 21/07/20 at 10:49
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2019-20 LaLiga Santander (Matchday 38): cumulative audience of 1.5 million viewers in Spain

5 of the 10 games of the 38th and final matchday of the 2019-20 LaLiga Santander, played behind closed doors on 19/07/2020, drew a cumulative average TV audience of 1.506 million viewers in Spain (1.055 million on the pay-TV channels of Movistar LaLiga and 451,000 on the private, free-TV channel…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 188969
• Published on 21/07/20 at 10:10
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Eleven Sports: distribution agreement with Proximus in Belgium including the Pro League

The British audiovisual group Eleven Sports has signed a distribution agreement, which includes its three future Pro League channels in Belgium, with the Belgian public telecommunications operator Proximus for a period of five years, on 17/07/2020. This is the second distribution agreement…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 188904
• Published on 20/07/20 at 16:44