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©  Canal+
Premier League: Canal+ acquires TV rights in Czech Republic+Slovakia & renews in France (2022-2025)

The French pay-TV group Canal+ has extended its broadcasting rights to the Premier League in France for the 2022-2025 cycle on 07/07/2021. The group has also acquired these rights for the first time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for its subsidiary M7 over the same period. Canal+ had…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 223084
• Published on 08/07/21 at 09:40
©  Nent
Premier League: Nent acquires rights (2022-2028) in 5 countries (Netherlands, Poland, Baltic States)

The Swedish pay and free TV group Nent (Nordic entertainment group) has acquired the broadcasting rights to the Premier League, for the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, over the 2022-2028 period (two three-year cycles), for its paid streaming platform Viaplay, on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 223035
• Published on 07/07/21 at 16:20
©  UEFA
Euro 2020: Italy - Spain draws 19.7 million viewers in Italy and 8.47 million on TF1 (FRA)

Italy - Spain (1-1, 4-2 on penalties), semi-final of Euro 2020 played at Wembley (London, ENG) in front of 57,811 spectators, drew an average of 17.414 million viewers on the Italian public TV channel Rai 1, and 2.287 million on the Italian pay TV channel Sky Sport, on Tuesday 06/07/2021 (kick-off…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 223015
• Published on 07/07/21 at 14:30
©  FC Barcelona
India: LaLiga to be broadcast on music channel MTV India after Viacom 18 acquires TV rights

Viacom 18, a joint venture between the US media conglomerate ViacomCBS and Indian media conglomerate Network 18, has acquired the rights to broadcast LaLiga Santander in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives over the 2021-2024 cycle, on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media
• Article # 222920
• Published on 07/07/21 at 09:40
©  LFP
Ligue 2 TV rights: beIN Sports failed to honour its payment deadline of 01/07/2021 (press)

The Qatari pay-TV group beIN Sports has failed to meet its €7.5m payment deadline for the broadcasting rights to Ligue 2 BKT, due on 01/07/2021 (the first of four deadlines for the 2021-22 season), according to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 06/07/2021. beIN Sports is considering taking…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 222903
• Published on 06/07/21 at 17:00
©  Damien LG / OL
LFP TV rights: "For the moment there has been no official withdrawal from Canal or beIN" (JM. Aulas)

"For the moment, there has been no official withdrawal. beIN Sports has signed a contract. There has been no withdrawal from neither Canal+ nor beIN. The solutions exist. I don't think there will be a head-on split. That would not serve anyone. You always have to fear procedures. But until now…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Media
• Article # 222853
• Published on 06/07/21 at 15:00
©  D.R.
Brazil: Disney (ESPN, Fox Sports) acquires Ligue 1 Uber Eats broadcasting rights (2021-2024)

The Walt Disney Company has acquired the broadcast rights to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats for Brazil, over the 2021-2024 cycle, on 02/07/2021. The competition will be broadcast via the pay-TV groups ESPN and Fox Sports as well as on the Star+ platform which is due to launch in South America on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media
• Article # 222784
• Published on 06/07/21 at 09:40
©  ASO
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
©  UEFA
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
©  Lega Serie A
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