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©  Autorité de la concurrence

LFP TV rights: Competition Authority rejects Canal+'s complaint; imminent agreement possible

The French Competition Authority has rejected Canal+'s complaint against the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) concerning the reallocation of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT broadcasting rights initially awarded to Mediapro. The Canal+ group criticised the LFP for not having put Lot 3…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 220463
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Premier League: Sky Deutschland extends TV rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (2022-2025)

The pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland has extended its Premier League broadcasting rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (German language rights), for the 2022-2025 cycle, on 09/06/2021. Sky Deutschland holds these rights for the current cycle (2019-2022) whereas the OTT platform DAZN held…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 220385
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©  Altice

Telecoms/Media: Altice UK becomes the largest shareholder (12.1%) of the British operator BT

Altice UK, a new entity created by the businessman Patrick Drahi (Altice Europe including SFR and RMC Sport, Altice USA), has acquired 12.1% of the British telecommunications operator BT on 10/06/2021. The deal is reported to be worth £2.2bn (€2.56bn), according to specialised media…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Finance, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 220405
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©  RMC

TV rights: "I'm not sure that Ligue 1 will be on Canal+ next year" (M. Saada, Canal+)

"I don't think we're holding onto football. I don't think we are alone. I've been at Canal+ for 17 years and every time we thought we were alone, a new operator came along. Amazon had positioned itself during the call for tenders (in February 2021), Discovery (Eurosport's parent company) too. I…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 220340
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©  bEIN Sports

UEFA: beIN extends MENA TV rights to European Cups (2021-24) and acquires Women's Champions League

The Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group has extended its MENA zone broadcasting rights (24 countries including Saudi Arabia) to the men's European football cups (Champions League, Europa League and the future Europa Conference League) for the 2021-2024 cycle and has acquired those of the Women's…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 220339
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©  FFF

France - Bulgaria (friendly): 7.06 million viewers in France on M6 (audience share: 31.7%)

France - Bulgaria (3-0), the French national team's second and last preparatory match for Euro 2020, played in front of 5,000 spectators at the Stade France, drew an average of 7.06 million viewers, with a peak audience of 8.2 million, on the free and private-TV channel M6, on Tuesday 08/06/2021…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 220157
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Spain (U21) - Lithuania (friendly): 722,000 viewers in Spain on Teledeporte (audience share: 5.5%)

Spain - Lithuania (4-0), a friendly match, drew an average pf 722,000 viewers on the Spanish public DTT channel Teledeporte (RTVE), on Tuesday 08/06/2021 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 5.5%. This match was planned as a preparatory match for Euro 2020, but…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Authorities, Media
• Article # 220160
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©  UEFA

Euro 2020: all 51 matches to be broadcast free-to-air in the UK and Spain

100% of the 51 matches of Euro 2020, which begins this Friday 11/06/2021 with Turkey - Italy (kick-off 21:00 CET) will be broadcast free-to-air in the UK and Spain. Among the European Top 5, this will not be the case in Germany (80.4% of matches free-to-air/41 out of 51), Italy (52.9%/27 out of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 220116
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©  L'Equipe

TV rights: L'Équipe to broadcast the Copa America 2021 on its platform (live) and channel (replay)

L'Équipe has acquired the broadcasting rights in France for the Copa America 2021, announced the French media group on 08/06/2021. The 28 matches of the competition will be broadcast live, from 13/06 to 10/07/2021, "on 'L'Équipe live' the new universe of its digital platform, exclusively for…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 220057
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©  DFB

Germany - Latvia (friendly): 6.5 million viewers in Germany on RTL (audience share: 23.4%)

Germany - Latvia (7-1), the German national team's second preparatory match ahead of Euro 2020, drew an average of 6.5 million viewers in Germany on the free and private TV channel RTL, on Monday 07/06/2021 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 23.4% and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 220025
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