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Ligue 1 TV rights: letter from O. Lyonnais to the LFP challenging the beIN SPORTS agreement (press)

Laurent Prud’homme, managing director of Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 McDonald's), sent a letter to the Ligue de Football Professionnel on Wednesday 09/10/2024 challenging the agreement between the body and beIN SPORTS France concerning the domestic broadcasting rights to Ligue 1 over the 2024-2029…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Professional leagues, …
• Article # 340630
• Published on 10/10/24 at 16:35

Basketball: EBU acquires free-to-air rights to FIBA competitions for 19 members (2025-2029)

The European Broadcasting Union has acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights to FIBA's national team competitions for 19 of its members in 16 European countries for four years over the 2025-2029 cycle, announced the international body on 09/10/2024. "Starting in November 2025, the deal now…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 340522
• Published on 10/10/24 at 10:00

Netflix: 5 sponsors, including Meta Quest (VR) & DraftKings (betting), for the J.Paul-M.Tyson fight

Celsius (energy drinks), DraftKings Sportsbook (betting), Experian (CRM), Meta Quest (VR) and Spaten (beer) will be Netflix's five sponsors for the broadcast of the boxing match between Americans Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, according to Magno Herran, vice president of global marketing partnerships…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Media, Sponsors - Partners, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 340425
• Published on 09/10/24 at 14:30

Sportel Monaco 2024: new features include an "innovation" stage & an event promoting women in sport

The 2024 edition of Sportel Monaco, which will take place at the Grimaldi Forum from 28 to 30/10/2024, will feature a number of new innovations, announced Monaco Mediax, organisers of the event, on 08/10/2024. These include the "innovation" conference stage, which will host the presentation of…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 340339
• Published on 09/10/24 at 10:00

News Tank Football: elections, appointments & departures in September 2024

• Vincent Labrune, president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel since 10/09/2020, was re-elected for a further four years by the LFP's general assembly in the first round with 85.67% of the votes, announced the body on 10/09/2024. He was thus well ahead of Cyril Linette, the only other…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, …
• Article # 339341
• Published on 08/10/24 at 13:40

DAZN: Saudi Public Investment Fund considering acquiring 10% of the platform for $1bn (press)

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring a 10% minority stake in UK streaming platform DAZN, according to the news agency Reuters, on 07/10/2024. The investment would be valued at $1bn (€911m). DAZN representatives have reportedly spoken to…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Digital, …
• Article # 340227
• Published on 08/10/24 at 13:00

France/TV audiences: a "record" summer with Euro 2024, Tour de France & Olympic Games (Médiamétrie)

"The sporting events of the summer of 2024 broke all records. Audiences showed a strong appetite for sports programmes on television. Over the summer period - from 14/06 to 08/09 - Euro 2024, the Tour de France and the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games accounted for 18% of all programmes…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 340140
• Published on 07/10/24 at 17:00

Deal Tracker: TV and media rights agreements for football competitions since 2020

This infographic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual rights and distribution of media rights for football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 2020. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first)…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 340137
• Published on 07/10/24 at 16:45

France: Eurosport 2 & franceinfo failed to comply with anti-doping rules in 2022 & 2023 (Arcom)

The French pay-TV channel Eurosport 2 and the public channel franceinfo (France Télévisions) have not complied with their obligations to broadcast anti-doping programmes in 2022 and 2023, according to the report entitled "The fight against doping and the protection of people practising physical…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 340062
• Published on 07/10/24 at 15:20

2024-25 LALIGA EA Sports: 880,000 viewers for Real Madrid - Villarreal on Movistar

Real Madrid CF - Villarreal CF (2-0), on Matchday 9 of the 2024-25 LALIGA EA Sports season, drew an average of 880,000 viewers on the two Movistar Plus+ (Telefonica Group) pay-TV channels that broadcast the match in Spain (624,000 and 256,000 viewers respectively), on Saturday 05/10/2024 (kick-off…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Spain
• Article # 340037
• Published on 07/10/24 at 13:00