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Covid-19/Sky: a decrease in turnover for the pay-TV operator in the first quarter of 2020

The British pay-TV operator Sky have posted a turnover of $4.517bn (€4.09bn) for the first quarter in 2020, announced its parent company Comcast (a US media conglomerate and cable operator) on 30/04/2020. This figure is down 5.8% compared to the first quarter of 2019 (-3.7% at constant currency…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 182261
• Published on 04/05/20 at 17:05
Piracy: Saudi Arabia remains on the "Priority Watch List" in the United States

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has maintained Saudi Arabia on its "Priority Watch List" (along with nine other countries, see list below) in its "2020 Special 301 Report" on 29/04/2020. This report identifies governments that fail to protect and respect intellectual…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 182229
• Published on 04/05/20 at 13:30
©  Canal+
Ligue 1/Ligue 2 TV rights: Canal+ ends its contract with the LFP for the 2019-20 season

The pay-TV group Canal+ has sent a letter to the LFP to formally end its broadcasting contract for the Ligue 1 Conforama and Domino's Ligue 2 for the 2019-20 season, according to information reported by the French media L'Equipe on 30/04/2020. Canal+, which will broadcast two Ligue 1 games…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 182122
• Published on 04/05/20 at 09:40
©  La 7
Italy: "Road becoming narrower for the resumption of the championship" (V. Spadafora, minister)

"The road is becoming narrower for the resumption of the championship. If I were president of a football club, I would think above all of organizing myself to resume safely next season, which should start at the end of August," stated Vincenzo Spadafora, the Italian Minister for Sports, on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 182139
• Published on 30/04/20 at 17:30
©  LFC
Norway: TV2 acquires broadcasting rights to the Champions League (2021-24)

The Norwegian group of free and pay-TV TV2 has acquired the broadcasting rights, in Norway, to the Champions League for the 2021-24 cycle, on 29/04/2020. All the matches will be broadcast on the TV2 Sumo streaming platform, "some matches" on the pay-TV channel TV2 Sports 1 and the final on the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 182131
• Published on 30/04/20 at 17:00
NFL: Amazon extends and expands its digital broadcasting partnership for three seasons (2020-2022)

The American e-commerce group Amazon has extended, for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 regular seasons of the NFL, its digital rights to broadcast 11 of the 18 "Thursday Night Football" games, on 29/04/2020. These games, produced and broadcast in the United States by the Fox television network, will…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital
• Article # 182076
• Published on 30/04/20 at 13:29
©  NFL
NFL: a record 55 million TV viewers in total for the virtual draft from 23 to 25/04/2020

The 85th edition of the NFL Draft, a major annual event that brings together the 32 franchises of the League to select new players, drew, in the United States, a record 55 million TV viewers on the NFL Network, the ESPN channels (pay-TV), ABC (free-TV), ESPN Deportes (pay-TV) and digital…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Digital
• Article # 181870
• Published on 28/04/20 at 15:29
©  D.R.
Media: Mediaset increases its stake in ProsiebenSat.1 to 24.9% of the voting rights

The Italian audiovisual group Mediaset has acquired a further 4.1% of the capital of ProsiebenSat.1, which brings its Mediaset stake to 24.9% of the voting rights in the German audiovisual group, Mediaset announced on 23/04/2020. Mediaset España had acquired 4.25% of the capital (4.38% of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 181715
• Published on 27/04/20 at 15:34
©  LFP
LFP TV rights: agreements with Canal+ and beIN Sports for payment of matches already broadcast

"The Professional Football League and the Canal+ group are delighted to have reached an agreement on the amount of the rules relating to matches in the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships already broadcast this season, in accordance with the call for tenders for the acquisition of the 2016-20…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 181662
• Published on 27/04/20 at 09:49
©  D.R.
Premier League: Secretary for Sport's concerns for matches behind closed doors not being free-to-air

"I have said to the Premier League it wouldn't send the best signal if they were one of the first major sports to resume behind closed doors and the public at large couldn't have access to it," said Oliver Dowden, British Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to the BBC on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 181539
• Published on 24/04/20 at 15:30