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Tour de France 2021: 30.7 million viewers in France for the first week on France Télévisions

30.7 million people in France watched the first week of the Tour de France 2021 (from 26/06 to 04/07/2021) on the public TV channels France 2 and France 3, according to France Télévisions via Twitter on 05/07/2021. In 2020 the first week (from 29/08 to 06/09/2020) drew 30.2 million viewers, 8…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 222755
• Published on 05/07/21 at 16:50
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Euro 2020: Belgium - Italy draws 17.4 million viewers in Italy, 6 million on M6, 11.2 million on ZDF

Belgium - Italy (1-2), quarter-final of Euro 2020, drew an average of 15.483 million viewers on the Italian public TV channel Rai 1, and 1.956 million on the Italian pay TV channel Sky Sport, on Friday 02/07/2021 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). These figures represented audience shares of 65.2% and 8.2…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 222716
• Published on 05/07/21 at 15:00
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Deal Tracker: all the latest TV and media rights agreements for football competitions

This infographic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual and broadcasting rights to football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 01/01/2018. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 222605
• Published on 02/07/21 at 17:10
Italy: Mediaset acquires TV rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana 2021-2024 (€48m/year)

The private Italian TV group Mediaset has acquired the free and pay TV broadcasting rights to the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in Italy over the 2021-2024 cycle for €48.2m per year, according to Italian media reports on 01/07/2021. This is an increase of 37% compared to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media
• Article # 222574
• Published on 02/07/21 at 15:00
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Ligue 1 TV rights: "This €250m agreement with Amazon is a failure for the LFP" (Arnaud Simon)

"I was flabbergasted by Vincent Labrune's interview in L'Équipe (18/06/2021), who said something very French: 'The whole world envies us' for having Amazon as a partner. But not at that price, not in a million years! This agreement with Amazon, at €250m, is a failure. French football will suffer…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, …
• Article # 222557
• Published on 02/07/21 at 14:20
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LFP/TV rights: "As long as football brings in sales, Amazon will stay" (P. Bailly)

"Amazon are retailers, and like all retailers, as long as football brings in sales, they will stay. Like the beers in the supermarket during Euro 2020. Otherwise, the LFP will leave the shelves of the Amazon business so to speak," said Philippe Bailly, president of the French media consultancy NPA…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, …
• Article # 222457
• Published on 01/07/21 at 16:20
Italy: DAZN acquires non-exclusive media rights to the Europa League and Europa Conference League

The OTT platform DAZN has acquired the non-exclusive streaming rights to the Europa League and Europa Conference League in Italy for the 2021-2024 cycle, on 30/06/2021. The pay-TV operator Sky Italia had acquired the non-exclusive rights (all media supports) to these competitions for the same…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media
• Article # 222468
• Published on 01/07/21 at 15:40
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Sport&media: "Piracy will be the main factor in the bursting of the TV rights bubble" (Pierre Maes)

"Piracy of sports broadcasts is becoming widespread because of technological progress: it is simply linked to the bandwidth that makes it very easy to stream matches in excellent quality. It is clear that this is only the beginning of piracy. It will be the main factor in the bursting of the TV…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, …
• Article # 222412
• Published on 01/07/21 at 14:20
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Europa League/Europa Conference League: RMC Sport acquires French TV rights for 2021-24 (press)

The telecommunications and media group Altice France, parent company of the pay-TV bouquet RMC Sport, has acquired the rights to broadcast 266 Europa League and Europa Conference League matches per season in France (all matches excluding the top fixture per matchday in one of the two…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 222385
• Published on 01/07/21 at 11:00