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Paris 2024 Olympic Games: an average of 32.6 million viewers on NBC in the United States since 26/07

The events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games drew an average of 32.6 million viewers on the channels of the American audiovisual group NBCUniversal over the first nine days of the event, from Friday 26/07 (opening ceremony) to Saturday 03/08/2024 (for broadcast from 14:00 to 17:00 and 20:00 to…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, North America
• Article # 334383
• Published on 05/08/24 at 15:20

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

• Pascale Van Damme (55) has been re-elected president of the Royal Belgian Football Association for a further two years, until 2026, announced the RBFA on 28/06/2024. She was the sole candidate in the election, which was organised by the RBFA's board of directors, who unanimously nominated…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Federations, Government, …
• Article # 334372
• Published on 05/08/24 at 14:30

RB Leipzig: a live bodycam & drone footage used for a friendly versus Aston Villa FC in the USA

RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) used a drone and a bodycam placed on its player Kevin Kampl to provide live footage during the club's friendly (2-0 win) versus Aston Villa FC (Premier League) on Thursday 01/08/2024. "Our friendly match against Aston Villa at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey wasn't just…

Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 334358
• Published on 05/08/24 at 13:00

Paris 2024: opening ceremony "best audience ever" in France including replay viewing (24.42 million)

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony has become the best-ever television audience in France, with an average of 24.42 million viewers on the public TV channel France 2 (France Télévisions), after the addition of replay viewings (an extra 1.19 million at D+7), according to data from the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Digital, …
• Article # 334346
• Published on 05/08/24 at 11:30

United States: $4.8bn fine imposed on the NFL for the "Sunday Ticket" overturned by a federal judge

Philip Gutierrez, a judge in the US District Court for the District of California, has overturned the jury's decision, which at the end of June 2024 ordered the National Football League to pay $4.8bn (€4.44bn) in damages for violating antitrust law, announced the NFL on 01/08/2024. The judge…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Media, Judicial, …
• Article # 334296
• Published on 02/08/24 at 16:55

Weekly News Extra (29/07-02/08/2024)

• Daniel Levy, chairman of Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur FC, is negotiating with several investors to sell around 10% of the club's shares for an estimated €400m, according to the British media. • The SAFF has presented the second version of its development programme for women's teams…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, …
• Article # 334291
• Published on 02/08/24 at 16:20

Media: a letter signed by 14 organisations to the CEO of X to improve the fight against piracy

A number of sports bodies have signed a letter to Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X Corp (owner of the social network X), "to draw X’s immediate attention to its persistent failings in the fight against the availability of unlawful content on its platform and urgently call for a meeting with X's…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, International authorities, Professional leagues, …
• Article # 334280
• Published on 02/08/24 at 15:00

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 # 334276
• Published on 02/08/24 at 14:30

France: Ligue 1 TV rights officially awarded to DAZN & beIN (€500m/per season)

The Ligue de Football Professionnel has officially awarded the domestic broadcasting rights for the Ligue 1 McDonald's to the OTT platform DAZN and the pay-TV group beIN SPORTS France for the 2024-2029 cycle (five seasons), on 01/08/2024, 15 days before the start of the 2024-25 season in the…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 334191
• Published on 01/08/24 at 16:35

Paris 2024: Warner Bros. Discovery partners with TikTok to create local content

Warner Bros. Discovery, parent company of pay-TV group Eurosport and the streaming platform Max, has partnered with the social network TikTok for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, announced the media and entertainment conglomerate on 30/07/2024. "Eurosport will leverage its in-house creative…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Sponsors - Partners, Digital, …
• Article # 334188
• Published on 01/08/24 at 16:00