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©  Canal+

"If Amazon is capable of paying €850m for Ligue 1, the LFP has reason to be calm" (M. Saada, Canal+)

"€680m per year (with beIN Sports; including bonuses) for the entire Ligue 1 in the last tender in (June) 2021. But the choices made by the Ligue de Football Professionnel have changed our perception and the past season has not shown that this championship has increased in value. The last…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 257350
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©  UEFA

Champions League (2024-2027): BT Sport, Amazon and BBC share TV rights in the UK

The pay-TV operator BT Sport, the US e-commerce group Amazon and the public broadcasting group BBC, are sharing the UK broadcasting rights to the Champions League, in addition to the Europa League and the Europa Conference League (for BT only), acquired from UEFA via the Swiss agency TEAM…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Media, …
• Article # 257230
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©  News Tank

Weekly News Extra (27/06-01/07/2022)

• Aston Villa FC (Premier League) have launched a public consultation as part of the club's plans to redevelop Villa Park and its surroundings, which would increase the stadium's capacity to 50,000 (from 42,682 currently). • The pay-TV operator Sky Italia has signed a distribution agreement in…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 257221
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©  ADM

Serie A TIM: Abu Dhabi Media acquires TV rights in the MENA region until 2024-25 ($26m/year)

The pay and free-TV group Abu Dhabi Media Company has acquired the broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM, for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, until 2024-25, announced Lorenzo Casini, president of Lega Serie A, during the League's general assembly held in Milan (ITA), on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 257207
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©  D.R.

French Competition Authority/Ligue 1 TV rights: Canal+ loses its appeal against the LFP

On 30/06/2022, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the French Competition Authority's decision (of 11/06/2021), which rejected Canal+'s complaint concerning the reallocation of the broadcasting rights to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT initially awarded to Mediapro and then recovered by…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Media
• Article # 257059
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©  MLS

FAANG Deal Tracker: list of acquisitions, partnerships and activities in sports

The term FAANG directly refers to refers to the American groups in new technologies and the internet: Facebook / Meta (social network), Amazon (e-commerce and content), Apple (computing technology), Netflix (video on-demand and content), and Google (Alphabet group, internet). By extension, the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 256936
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©  NHL

2021-22 NHL Finals: an average of 4.6 million viewers (+84%) in the United States on ABC

The 2021-22 NHL Finals, won by the Colorado Avalanche over the Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2 in the series), drew an average of 4.6 million viewers, an 84% increase in average viewership compared to the 2020-21 season, on the generalist channel ABC (The Walt Disney Company group), according to data…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 256906
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©  C+

France/European Cups: Canal+ acquires all 2024-2027 broadcasting rights (€480m), CL final free on M6

Canal+ has acquired all broadcasting rights in France for the men's European Cups (Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference League) for the 2024-2027 cycle from UEFA via the Swiss agency TEAM Marketing, announced the French pay and free-TV group on 29/06/2022. These rights were…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 256944
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©  D.R.

Amazon: Julien Taieb (ex-LFP) appointed principal legal counsel for Prime Video France

Julien Taieb has been appointed "principal legal counsel" in France for Prime Video (Amazon's streaming platform), announced Taieb himself via his Linkedin account on 25/06/2022. "My scope of action will not be limited to Prime Video's sports activities, but I will use my skills in this area as…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 256785
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