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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
©  NPA
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
©  UEFA
UEFA Women's Champions League: DAZN-YouTube partnership for global broadcasting rights

DAZN has acquired the global broadcasting rights (excluding MENA and China) to the UEFA Women's Champions League for the 2021-2025 cycle, as well as the functions of host broadcaster of the competition, according to the OTT platform and the European body on 30/06/2021. DAZN is partnering with…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, …
• Article # 222340
• Published on 30/06/21 at 17:00
©  UEFA
Euro 2020: England - Germany draws 27 million viewers on ARD and peak of 20.6 million on the BBC

England - Germany (2-0), Round of 16 of Euro 2020, drew an average of 27.36 million viewers in Germany on the public TV channel ARD, on Tuesday 29/06/2021 (kick-off at 18:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 76.5%. • In the United Kingdom, the match posted a peak audience of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 222309
• Published on 30/06/21 at 15:40
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Euro 2020: France - Switzerland draws 12.7 million viewers on ZDF (GER), 7.4 million on Rai (ITA)

France - Switzerland (3-3, 4-5 on penalties), Round of 16 of Euro 2020, drew an average of 12.7 million viewers on the public TV channel ZDF, on Monday 28/06/2021 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 49.4%. • In Italy, the match drew an average of 7.4 million…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 222149
• Published on 29/06/21 at 14:20
La chaîne L'Équipe: an audience share of 1.5% in 2020-21, a season record for the French DTT channel

La chaîne L'Équipe (DTT) posted an audience share of 1.5% for the 2020-21 season (from 30/08/2020 to 27/06/2021), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This is a record for the French free sports channel, which recorded an increase of 0.2% compared to the 2019-20…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 222086
• Published on 29/06/21 at 13:20