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Deal Tracker: all the latest TV and media rights agreements for football competitions

This infographic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual and broadcasting rights to football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 01/01/2018. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 275046
• Published on 23/12/22 at 17:30

NFL/USA: YouTube acquires the broadcasting rights to the "NFL Sunday Ticket" from 2023 ($2.5bn/year)

Google, an American technology services company, has acquired the broadcasting rights, in the US and for its YouTube video platform, to the "NFL Sunday Ticket" from the 2023 season as part of a "multi-year agreement," announced the National Football League on 22/12/2022. The NFL Sunday Ticket…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 274954
• Published on 23/12/22 at 14:00

News Tank Football: the Top 20 most-read articles of 2022

⚽ The conclusions of Athanasios Rantos, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, on the monopoly of UEFA and FIFA in the organisation of international football competitions. ⚽ Aleksander Ceferin's speech defending the European football model at a meeting with the sports…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 274897
• Published on 22/12/22 at 18:30

Spain: Orange signs a distribution agreement with Telefonica for the 2022-23 Supercopa de España

The Spanish subsidiary of the French telecommunications group Orange has entered into a distribution agreement with Telefonica (telecoms, ESP) to distribute Movistar Supercopa, its channel dedicated to the broadcast of the three matches of the 2022-23 Supercopa de España, announced Orange on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media
• Article # 274829
• Published on 22/12/22 at 15:00

Qatar 2022: record audiences in the US and for the final in France, sharp decline in Germany

Audience figures for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were eagerly anticipated, both due to the timing of the competition (which was held at the end of the year for the first time, from 20/11 to 18/12/2022) and to calls for a boycott in Europe for various reasons (fatalities on the construction sites…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 274789
• Published on 22/12/22 at 14:00

Paris 2024: Viacom18 acquires exclusive broadcasting rights in India & the Indian subcontinent

Viacom 18, a joint venture between US media conglomerate ViacomCBS and Indian media conglomerate Network 18, has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights in India and the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 274790
• Published on 22/12/22 at 11:00

OneFootball: 62 redundancies in December 2022 due to the poor results of its Web3 joint venture

OneFootball, an international football media platform based in Germany, has made 62 redundancies as of early December 2022, according to information gathered by News Tank Football on 21/12/2022. This number would represent approximately 11.5% of the platform's total workforce, which is…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 274730
• Published on 21/12/22 at 16:20

Qatar 2022 Final: a record 25.8 million viewers in the USA, 11.83 million in the UK

Argentina - France (3-3 after extra time, 4-2 on penalties), the final of the 2022 World Cup, drew an average of 25.8 million viewers on the channels of the pay-TV groups Fox Sports (English language) and Telemundo (Spanish language, owned by the American audiovisual group NBCUniversal) in the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media, Essentials Media
• Article # 274729
• Published on 21/12/22 at 15:30

Sports piracy/France: 1,250 illegal websites blocked by Arcom in 2022

Arcom has blocked 1,250 sites illegally broadcasting sports competitions during the year 2022, announced the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication on 20/12/2022. "Over the period from 01/01 to 15/12/2022, Arcom received more than 80 referrals relating to 16…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Media
• Article # 274665
• Published on 21/12/22 at 11:00

Serie A TIM: Italian government approves the extension of TV rights contracts from 3 to 5 years

The Italian government has approved amendments to the Melandri law (2008) that aim to extend the maximum duration of broadcasting rights contracts in Italy for sports competitions from three to five years, according to the Italian business daily Milano Finanza on 17/12/2022 as well as other media…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media
• Article # 274617
• Published on 20/12/22 at 16:00