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©  beIN Sports
beIN Sports France: a departure plan "with a view to making limited organisational changes"

The pay-TV group beIN Sports France has announced a departure plan to its employees on 02/06/2020, as revealed by the French sports daily L'Équipe the same day. The plan concerns 12 permanent positions within the editorial staff (five commentators, five reporters, an editor and a presenter) as…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 184706
• Published on 03/06/20 at 17:50
NTF Webinar - TV rights: "Crisis favorable to the FAANGs; DAZN and IMG in difficulty" (Pierre Maes)

"The FAANGs have proved to be totally essential during this period. We can even say that the crisis was favorable to them, notably Amazon and Facebook. The OTT sports platforms, on the other hand, have been more touched. We think of the one that proclaimed itself 'Netflix for sports', DAZN, which…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 184195
• Published on 03/06/20 at 10:04
©  Twitch
Exclusive Twitch: "With the lockdown, hours viewed increased by 50% each month" (Melissa Simoni)

"Every second, 1.5 million people are on Twitch (streaming platform). In 2019, we counted a monthly average of 4 million unique viewers with a total of more than 10 billion hours viewed. With the lockdown, the hours viewed have increased by 50% each month," said Melissa Simoni, sales director for…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 183666
• Published on 02/06/20 at 17:15
©  TF1 / Mediapro
France: Mediapro unveils "Telefoot" channel for French football, in partnership with the TF1 group

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro has entered into a partnership with the French free-TV group TF1 for the creation of its pay-TV channel in France, called "Telefoot", "the new home of French football", announced the two groups on 02/06/2020. "This four-year, renewable…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 184483
• Published on 02/06/20 at 11:21
©  LFP
LFP: agreement with beIN Sports for the payment of international rights for the 2019-20 season

The LFP has found an agreement with the pay-TV beIN Media Group for the payment for the international rights to Ligue 1 Conforama for the 2019-20 season, on 29/05/2020. "This decision allows the rights owed by broadcasters to the LFP to be definitively settled for the 2019-20 season," said the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 184487
• Published on 02/06/20 at 10:14
©  MCFC
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
©  Lega Serie A
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