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TotalEnergies AFCON 2025/final: "Best TV audience for the competition in 18 years" on M6 (3.37 million)

Morocco - Senegal (0-1 after extra time), the final of the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025, drew an average of 3.37 million viewers on the private free-TV channel M6 in France on Sunday 18/01/2026 (kick-off at 20:00 CET), according to data from audience measurement institute Médiamétrie. This figure…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, France
• Article # 426886
• Published on 19/01/26 at 12:00

Weekly News Extra (12-16/01/2026)

• LALIGA welcomed a Brazilian delegation to Madrid, which included representatives from the CBF, regional federations and clubs from the Brazilian first and second divisions, who came to study the Spanish model of club economic control. • Luxembourg-based investment fund V Sports, which already…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, …
• Article # 426791
• Published on 16/01/26 at 18:20

Fanatics: a joint venture with OBB Media to create Fanatics Studios dedicated to content production

Fanatics, a manufacturer and distributor of licensed sports products, has entered into a partnership with entertainment studio OBB Media to launch their joint venture Fanatics Studios, which aims "to be the premier global studio for sports entertainment," announced the New York-based company on…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Media, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 426717
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:00

Mediapro: Sergio Oslé (ex-Telefonica) appointed chairman of the group following the departure of T. Benet

Sergio Oslé has been appointed executive chairman of Mediapro, effective from 02/01/2026, announced the Spanish audiovisual group on 15/01/2026. The appointment of the former CEO of Telefónica and chairman of Movistar+ (Telefónica group) had not been made official until then, despite several…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Spain
• Article # 426746
• Published on 16/01/26 at 15:20

2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports: FC Barcelona lead mid-season TV audiences in Spain (1.658m on average)

FC Barcelona ranked first in viewership over the first half of the 2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports season (19 matchdays) in Spain, according to data from audience measurement institute Kantar compiled in a report by Spanish audiovisual consulting firm Barlovento Comunicación, published in January…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 426677
• Published on 16/01/26 at 12:10

TotalEnergies AFCON 2025: record audience for an AFCON game with Nigeria-Morocco on beIN in France

Nigeria - Morocco (0-0 after extra time, 2-4 on penalties), the second semi-final of the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025, drew an average of 698,000 viewers, with a peak of 858,000 on the pay-TV channel beIN SPORTS 1 in France, on Wednesday 14/01/2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 426601
• Published on 15/01/26 at 18:00

LALIGA EA Sports/Spain: RTVE acquires free-to-air broadcasting rights to one game per matchday from DAZN

RTVE has acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights, from DAZN, to one game per matchday of LALIGA EA Sports from the 2025-26 season in Spain, announced the public TV group on 15/01/2026. DAZN acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights to one game per matchday of the Spanish top flight for…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Spain
• Article # 426579
• Published on 15/01/26 at 17:00

Disney+/France: "To offer sports content at no extra cost to subscribers" (David Popineau)

"Sports is a logical extension of our strategy. In France, we currently only broadcast the UEFA Women's Champions League. But in other European countries, Disney+ also offers LALIGA EA Sports (in the UK), Europa League and Conference League matches (in Denmark and Sweden). We are looking at all…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Clubs, International authorities, …
• Article # 426398
• Published on 15/01/26 at 10:00

L1/2020-2024 TV rights: new ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal in favour of the LFP against Canal & beIN

"The LFP and LFP Media have welcomed the Paris Court of Appeal's rulings in their disputes with Canal+ and beIN SPORTS France. These rulings uphold all the decisions handed down by the courts (including the Paris Judicial Court, the Paris Commercial Court, the Competition Authority, the Paris…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Professional leagues, Media, …
• Article # 426421
• Published on 15/01/26 at 09:00

Piracy/Cloudflare: "No company can consider itself above the law" (L. De Siervo, Lega Serie A)

"These comments (by Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, on X on 09/01/2026) are unacceptable. All I saw was a great deal of aggression and a sense of superiority over European regulations. No company can consider itself above the law," said Luigi De Siervo, CEO of Lega Serie A, to the Italian media…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Professional leagues, Media, …
• Article # 426400
• Published on 14/01/26 at 15:35