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Weekly News Extra (from 26 to 30/08/2024)

• Liverpool FC (Premier League) set a new attendance record for an English league match at Anfield (61,000 capacity) with 60,107 spectators in attendance when they played Brentford FC on Sunday 25/08/2024. • 70% of the turnover from the sale of the 2024-25 of FC Versailles (National 1) shirts…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 335928
• Published on 30/08/24 at 16:35
©  Netflix
Basketball: Netflix announces documentary series following 5 NBA players during the 2023-24 season

The streaming platform Netflix has announced the production of a documentary series entitled "Starting 5", that follows five NBA players during the 2023-24 season, on 28/08/2024. The series will be available on Netflix from 09/10/2024. It is being produced in collaboration with Uninterrupted…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Media, Digital, …
• Article # 335802
• Published on 29/08/24 at 16:35
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Tennis/United States: ESPN extends its media rights to the US Open for 2026-2037 ($170m per year)

ESPN (owned by The Walt Disney Company) has extended its exclusive full broadcasting rights to the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in the United States for the 2026-2037 cycle (twelve editions) with the USTA, announced the US pay-TV and free-to-air group on 28/08/2024. "The deal, which…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, North America
• Article # 335798
• Published on 29/08/24 at 16:00
©  Paris 2024 / X
Paralympic Games: 10.17 million viewers in France for the opening ceremony on France 2

The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games drew an average of 10.17 million viewers on the French public TV channel France 2 (France Télévisions) on Wednesday 28/08/2024 (from 20:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This figure…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Olympics, …
• Article # 335752
• Published on 29/08/24 at 14:30
©  Channel 4
Paralympic Games: Channel 4 partners with Snapchat for the use of augmented reality

The British public broadcaster Channel 4, the official broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the UK, has partnered with the social network Snapchat (owned by Californian company Snap Inc) to add an augmented reality feature to the channel's profile, announced the channel on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Sponsors - Partners, Digital, …
• Article # 335753
• Published on 29/08/24 at 11:30
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2024 Paralympic Games: "Close to 250 cameras, a 25% increase compared to Tokyo" (Y. Exarchos, OBS)

"The (broadcast) quality will be elevated compared to the previous Paralympic Games. We will be using close to 250 cameras, which is almost a 25% increase compared to Tokyo 2020. The total production is gonna be around 1,450 hours. We will be deploying 2,500 people from OBS across all venues for…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Digital, Olympics, …
• Article # 335684
• Published on 28/08/24 at 16:20
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2024 Paralympic Games: TVMS partners with the IPC for free-to-air TV rights in sub-Saharan Africa

French media rights agency TV Media Sport has entered into an agreement with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and obtained the free-to-air broadcasting rights for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in sub-Saharan Africa, announced the two parties on 26/08/2024. This is the second time…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Olympics
• Article # 335613
• Published on 28/08/24 at 10:05
©  FIFA
Club World Cup: call for tenders for TV rights in Europe & sub-Saharan Africa (2025 & 2029)

FIFA has launched a call for tenders for the broadcasting rights to the 2025 and 2029 editions of the new Club World Cup for Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, on 27/08/2024. "Media organisations looking to take part in the process can request the invitation to tender (ITT) by e-mailing…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 335586
• Published on 28/08/24 at 08:40
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USA: NBA requests dismissal of Warner Bros. Discovery's lawsuit for 2025-2036 TV rights (press)

The National Basketball Association filed a motion with the Supreme Court of New York (New York, USA) on 23/08/2024 to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. Discovery (on 26/07/2024) regarding the allocation of the NBA's domestic media rights for the 2025-2036 cycle, according to several US…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 335566
• Published on 27/08/24 at 16:15
©  Paris 2024
2024 Paralympic Games: "a record number of broadcasters" & full coverage on France Télévisions

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be broadcast in full in France on the channels of the public broadcasting group France Télévisions. France Télévisions, which is already the free-to-air broadcaster for the Paris 2024 Games (Warner Bros. Discovery was the pay-TV broadcaster), acquired the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 335547
• Published on 27/08/24 at 15:00