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Piracy: €7m in damages for Canal+, beIN, and RMC Sport against a collective of pirates

"Following a joint complaint filed by Canal+, beIN Sports, and RMC Sport, in collaboration with the Association de Lutte contre la Piraterie Audiovisuelle (ALPA), a collective of hackers which managed around twenty illegal streaming sites, including beinsport-streaming.com, was ordered by the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 211858
• Published on 19/03/21 at 09:34
©  Real Madrid CF
Champions League: Real Madrid - Atalanta draws 5.1 million viewers in Italy and 973,000 in Spain

Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) - Atalanta BC (Serie A TIM) the second leg Round of 16 match of the 2020-21 Champions League (3-1, 4-1 over the two matches, Real proceed to the quarterfinals), drew an average of 4.289 million viewers, on the Italian free and private TV channel Canale 5 (Mediaset…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 211856
• Published on 18/03/21 at 14:14
Coupe de France: 2.52 million viewers for Paris Saint-Germain - LOSC Lille on France 2

Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) - LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) Round of 16 of the 2020-21 Coupe de France (3-0), drew an average of 2.52 million viewers on the French public TV channel France 2, on Wednesday 17/03/2021 (kick-off at 17:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 211830
• Published on 18/03/21 at 13:35
©  D.R.
Sale of the M6 group: 4 to 7 candidates for the takeover, including TF1, Vivendi and Xavier Niel

The Luxembourg-based broadcasting group, RTL Group (a subsidiary of the German media group Bertelsmann), has received between four to seven offers for the sale of French TV and radio group M6 on 10/03/2021, according to various French media reports in recent days. The free-TV group TF1, the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 211739
• Published on 18/03/21 at 11:59
©  Damien LG / OL
LFP TV rights: "It would be good if before the July holidays everything was done" (J-M Aulas, OL)

The LFP "will be able to start negotiations normally by mutual agreement (for unassigned 2021-2024 TV rights). The deadline is still the month of June. It would be good if before the July holidays, everything is done. I know that the teams of Vincent Labrune and Mathieu Ficot (respectively…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities, …
• Article # 211740
• Published on 18/03/21 at 09:40
©  MLB
FAANG Deal Tracker: list of acquisitions, partnerships and activities in sports

The term FAANG directly refers to refers to the American groups in new technologies and the internet: Facebook (social network), Amazon (e-commerce and content), Apple (computing technology), Netflix (video on-demand and content), and Google (Alphabet group, internet). By extension, the term…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 211736
• Published on 17/03/21 at 17:19
©  Canal+
Groupe Canal+: Géraldine Gygi Laggiard promoted to director of sports acquisitions

Géraldine Gygi Laggiard has been promoted to director of sports acquisitions for the French free and pay-TV group Canal+, on 16/03/2021. Since March 2020, she was assistant in this department to Pierre Lelong, the latter of whom died on 11/01/2021 at the age of 47. Géraldine Gygi Laggiard…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 211691
• Published on 17/03/21 at 12:04
©  Synamedia
Piracy: $28bn potentially recoverable by the sports industry (Synamedia/Ampere Analysis)

"With targeted interventions to disrupt pirate streams, and incentives for fans to go legit, an additional $28bn (€23.47bn) in annual revenue could be gained" for the sports industry, according to "Pricing piracy: the value of action" a report (available to download) by the British companies…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 211499
• Published on 16/03/21 at 15:45
©  LaLiga
2020-21 LaLiga Santander: a cumulative audience of 4.3 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 27

The 10 games on Matchday 27 of the 2020-21 LaLiga Santander season, played behind closed doors from 12 to 15/03/2021, posted a cumulative audience of 4.397 million viewers in Spain (3.820 million on the Movistar LaLiga pay-TV channels and 577,000 on the free-TV channel Gol) according to data from…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 211560
• Published on 16/03/21 at 15:00
©  D.R.
2020-21 Bundesliga: a cumulative audience of 4.2 million viewers for Matchday 25 on Sky Deutschland

Seven of the nine games on Matchday 25 of the 2020-21 Bundesliga season, played from 12 to 14/03/2021, posted a cumulative audience of 4.225 million viewers on the channels of the pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, according to data from German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 211541
• Published on 16/03/21 at 14:19