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©  RFU
England/women's rugby union: one league game per round on BBC platforms

The British public TV group BBC has acquired the rights to broadcast one game per round of the "Allianz Premier 15s", the women's rugby league, for the remainder of the 2021-22 season, announced the Rugby Football Union (RFU) on 27/11/2021. "These games will be shown on the BBC Sport app…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 235465
• Published on 30/11/21 at 17:50
©  L'Equipe
2021 Ballon d'Or ceremony: a record 1.6 million viewers in France on La chaine L'Équipe

The Ballon d'Or 2021 ceremony drew an average of 1.6 million viewers in France, with a peak audience of 2 million when the seventh Ballon d'Or was awarded to Argentina's Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona and then Paris Saint-Germain), on La chaine L'Équipe (free DTT) on 29/11/2021, according to data from…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 235446
• Published on 30/11/21 at 16:05
©  Leaders
Leaders Conference Doha: "There is no Netflix of sport" (Yousef Al-Obaidly, beIN Media Group)

"I'm not saying that linear is the future, far from it. Clearly, a healthy mix of linear and OTT, pay and free-to-air, is the balanced approach. However, those who have predicted linear TV's downfall for years need a different crystal ball. And they also need a lesson in terminology - there is no…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 235377
• Published on 30/11/21 at 11:00
©  D.R.
USA: pay-TV bouquet ESPN had 76 million subscriber households in October 2021 (-10% in one year)

The American sports pay-TV bouquet ESPN has 76 million subscriber households in the United States, according to estimates from the Nielsen Institute published in The Walt Disney Company's 2021 annual report on 24/11/2021. The fiscal year of ESPN's parent company ended on 03/10/2021. This is…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Finance, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 235340
• Published on 29/11/21 at 17:55
©  Top 14
Rugby: TV Asahi, official broadcaster of the Top 14 in Japan until the end of the 2021-22 season

The Japanese media group TV Asahi has acquired the broadcasting rights for the Top 14 in Japan, "from the weekend of 27/11/2021 until the end of the 2021-22 season, including the final phases," said the French National Rugby League (LNR) on 25/11/2021. The pay-TV channel Asahi CS will broadcast…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 235327
• Published on 29/11/21 at 17:00
©  PL
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 # 235241
• Published on 29/11/21 at 11:00
©  D.R.
[New] We would have liked to tell you more (week of 22 to 26/11/2021)

• Luis Sabalza Iriarte was re-elected as president of Club Atletico Osasuna (LaLiga Santander) by the Basque club's members. • Petra Sörling (SWE) was the first woman to be elected as president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). • The American car manufacturer Ford became title…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 235150
• Published on 26/11/21 at 14:11
©  AS Monaco
Europa League: 701,000 viewers in France for AS Monaco - Real Sociedad on W9 (audience share: 3.4%)

The AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) - Real Sociedad (LaLiga Santander) game (2-1), on Matchday 5 of the group stage of the 2021-22 Europa League, drew an average of 701,000 viewers on the French free-TV channel W9 (M6 Group), on Thursday 25/11/2021 (kick-off at 21CET), according to data from the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 235137
• Published on 26/11/21 at 12:30
©  Mediapro
Mediapro: debt agreement; Orient Hontai Capital increases its stake from 54 to 76% (press)

The shareholders of Spanish media group Mediapro have reached an agreement on the restructuring of the group's debt, according to the Spanish business daily El Confidencial on 23/11/2021. The Chinese investment fund Orient Hontai Capital is to inject €150m in the form of subordinated debt into…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Finance, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 235103
• Published on 26/11/21 at 11:00
©  C+
France: Canal+ considering swapping generalist model for 100% sports or cinema/series offers (press)

The audiovisual group Canal+ France is considering abandoning its generalist pay-TV model in favour of 100% sports on the one side and 100% cinema & series on the other, according to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro on 24/11/2021. "Vincent Bolloré's group believes that this model, mixing…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 235061
• Published on 25/11/21 at 16:40