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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
©  Bayern Munich
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
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
UEFA media rights: Stéphane Lefray leaves TEAM Marketing to join CAA Eleven on 01/06/2020

Stéphane Lefray (FRA), media rights sales manager at TEAM Marketing, will join CAA Eleven, another Swiss agency managing UEFA's rights, as vice president of media rights sales, on 01/06/2020. In this capacity, Lefray will report to the Christian Ludwig (GER), director of the sale of media rights…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 183750
• Published on 22/05/20 at 09:25
Germany: Amazon co-broadcast the Bundesliga match on Monday 18/05/2020 and negotiates for others

Amazon co-broadcast, on its Prime Video platform, the SV Werder Bremen - Bayer 04 Leverkusen game (1-4), counting for Matchday 26 of the 2019-20 Bundesliga, on Monday 18/05/2020 (kick-off at 20:30 CET). The American e-commerce group is in negotiations with the DFL to broadcast other games of this…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 183660
• Published on 20/05/20 at 14:04
©  D.R.
France: Altice (RMC Sport) to reorganize its pay-TV in the face of "unpredictable" TV rights market

"In the pay-TV and sports rights market, NextRadioTV has announced the upcoming cessation of the pay-TV news and debate channel, RMC Sport News, as well as the phasing out of sports competitions, particularly athletics, horse riding, and the unpredictable and inflationary rights and pay-TV market…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 183686
• Published on 20/05/20 at 13:19
©  Bundesliga x Sky Perfect TV
Japan: SkyPerfecTV! extends Bundesliga TV rights for five years (2020-2025)

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, parent company of the Japanese pay-TV group SkyPerfecTV!, has extended its exclusive TV rights to the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga in Japan for five seasons, the 2020-2025 period, announced Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of the DFL in charge of marketing its…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 183658
• Published on 20/05/20 at 11:39
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Bundesliga (Matchday 26): 6.2 million viewers on Sky Deutschland, record due to free broadcasting

6.2 million viewers, this is the cumulative TV audience for eight of the nine games for Matchday 26 of the 2019-20 Bundesliga (played behind closed doors from 16 to 18/05/2020) on Sky Deutschland. This is a record for the pay and free-TV group, as the Bundesliga resumed after two months of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 183562
• Published on 19/05/20 at 15:35