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©  URC
United Rugby Championship: launch of URC TV, the competition's OTT platform with Irish TV group RTÉ

The Irish public TV group RTÉ and the United Rugby Championship (URC) have joined forces to launch URC TV, the competition's OTT platform, according to the competition's organisers on 16/09/2021. The platform, available outside South Africa and the UK (see list of broadcasters below), is being…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media
• Article # 228579
• Published on 20/09/21 at 10:20
©  Assemblée nationale
Ligue 1 TV rights: "It's wrong to say that we threw in the towel" (Jaume Roures, Mediapro)

"There are three reasons for our failure in France: the lack of possibility to negotiate a discount with the League because of Covid-19, piracy and the aggressive attitude of Canal+. It is wrong to say that we threw in the towel. If we had been able to negotiate, we would still be here," said…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 228539
• Published on 17/09/21 at 17:00
©  UEFA
Europa League: 1.31 million viewers in France for Rangers FC - Olympique Lyonnais on W9

Rangers FC (Cinch Premiership) - Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) (0-2), on Matchday 1 of the 2021-22 Europa League, drew an average of 1.31 million viewers on French free DTT channel W9 (M6 Group) on Thursday 16/09/2021 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 228655
• Published on 17/09/21 at 16:10
©  Paris Saint-Germain
Champions League: 1.88 million viewers for Club Brugge KV - Paris Saint-Germain on Canal+

The Club Brugge KV (Jupiler Pro League) - Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) game (1-1), on Matchday 1 of the 2021-22 Champions League group stage (Group A), drew an average of 1.88 million viewers, with a peak audience of 2.15 million, on the pay-TV channel Canal+, on Wednesday 15/09/2021…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Media
• Article # 228510
• Published on 16/09/21 at 16:40
©  URC x Mediaset
United Rugby Championship: Mediaset (free-TV), broadcaster in Italy for the 2021-22 season

The private Italian television group Mediaset has acquired, for Italy, the free-to-air broadcasting rights to the 2021-22 United Rugby Championship, according to the organisers of the competition on 14/09/2021. The new championship, which replaces the Guinness Pro 14 (see below), will begin on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media
• Article # 228439
• Published on 16/09/21 at 14:00
©  D.R.
"At DAZN we tried secondary sports and tertiary sports but none of that stuff works" (J. Skipper)

"At DAZN we tried secondary sports and tertiary sports, thinking 'they can't work on pay-TV, but there are 17 million hardcore badminton fans. We just gotta get 9% to sign up and you've got 300,000 people.' None of that stuff works. What works is top of the pyramid rights that people have to see,…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Media, …
• Article # 228404
• Published on 16/09/21 at 09:40
©  Monaco Mediax
Sportel Monaco 2021: "This year's market is expected to be more European" (Laurent Puons)

"This year's market is expected to be more European. Nevertheless, a quarter of the participants are from outside the European Union. We even have American companies and more than a third of the registrants are buyers. A wide variety of business sectors will be represented (TV channels, rights…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 228306
• Published on 15/09/21 at 14:00
©  UEFA
2021-22 Champions League: Italy, the only country in the Top 5 with 1 free-to-air game per matchday

The group stage of the 2021-22 Champions League, which begins on Tuesday 14/09/2021, will be accessible only on pay-TV channels or platforms in the countries of the European Top 5 (Germany, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom), with the exception of one game per matchday in Italy (Tuesday's top…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Media, …
• Article # 228247
• Published on 14/09/21 at 16:30
US Open: up to 9.2 million people on Channel 4 (UK) watched Emma Raducanu's victory in the final

Up to 9.2 million viewers (peak audience at the moment of the winning match point) followed the victory of British tennis player Emma Raducanu (18) versus Leylah Fernandez (19) of Canada in the final of the 2021 US Open, on British public TV channel Channel 4, on Saturday 11/09/2021 (match started…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 228143
• Published on 13/09/21 at 17:40
©  OTP
esports/European Masters final: 377,531 cumulative viewers, an audience record in France

The final of the European Masters Spring Split 2021 between the French team Karmine Corp and the British team BT Excel (3-1) posted a cumulative peak audience of 377,531 viewers, a record in France, on the Twitch channels OTP and European Masters, which broadcast the event on 02/05/2021 from 18:00…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Digital, esport - gaming
• Article # 228122
• Published on 13/09/21 at 15:30