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News Tank Football: interviews published in June 2022

"We have brought the public back to the stadium. We have reconnected the club with a positive image, with the supporters, the companies, the authorities, the politicians of the city, the department and the region. We no longer want to be an anonymous club, but a club that people love," said…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 257547
• Published on 05/07/22 at 13:50

France/TV rights: "Canal+ is back and in control of the game" (P. Bailly, NPA Conseil)

"Canal+ is really back in football, and quite strongly. In the use of the rights themselves, Canal+ will undoubtedly sublicense part of the lots or certain lots, but symbolically, they have gained all the rights. They therefore have control of the game: to use all the rights or to sublicense part…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, …
• Article # 257500
• Published on 05/07/22 at 11:30

United States: NBC to close its linear channel "Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA" on 30/09/2022

NBCUniversal will close its Olympic-dedicated linear channel "Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA" on 30/09/2022, announced the US media and entertainment conglomerate on 01/07/2022. "In order to best reach our target audiences, we are reevaluating our programming distribution strategy regarding…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 257418
• Published on 04/07/22 at 16:30

"If Amazon is capable of paying €850m for Ligue 1, the LFP has reason to be calm" (M. Saada, Canal+)

"€680m per year (with beIN Sports; including bonuses) for the entire Ligue 1 in the last tender in (June) 2021. But the choices made by the Ligue de Football Professionnel have changed our perception and the past season has not shown that this championship has increased in value. The last…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Media, …
• Article # 257350
• Published on 04/07/22 at 13:00

Champions League (2024-2027): BT Sport, Amazon and BBC share TV rights in the UK

The pay-TV operator BT Sport, the US e-commerce group Amazon and the public broadcasting group BBC, are sharing the UK broadcasting rights to the Champions League, in addition to the Europa League and the Europa Conference League (for BT only), acquired from UEFA via the Swiss agency TEAM…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Media, …
• Article # 257230
• Published on 01/07/22 at 18:00

Weekly News Extra (27/06-01/07/2022)

• Aston Villa FC (Premier League) have launched a public consultation as part of the club's plans to redevelop Villa Park and its surroundings, which would increase the stadium's capacity to 50,000 (from 42,682 currently). • The pay-TV operator Sky Italia has signed a distribution agreement in…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 257221
• Published on 01/07/22 at 17:20

Serie A TIM: Abu Dhabi Media acquires TV rights in the MENA region until 2024-25 ($26m/year)

The pay and free-TV group Abu Dhabi Media Company has acquired the broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM, for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, until 2024-25, announced Lorenzo Casini, president of Lega Serie A, during the League's general assembly held in Milan (ITA), on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 257207
• Published on 01/07/22 at 15:35

French Competition Authority/Ligue 1 TV rights: Canal+ loses its appeal against the LFP

On 30/06/2022, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed the French Competition Authority's decision (of 11/06/2021), which rejected Canal+'s complaint concerning the reallocation of the broadcasting rights to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT initially awarded to Mediapro and then recovered by…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Media
• Article # 257059
• Published on 30/06/22 at 17:00

FAANG Deal Tracker: list of acquisitions, partnerships and activities in sports

The term FAANG directly refers to refers to the American groups in new technologies and the internet: Facebook / Meta (social network), Amazon (e-commerce and content), Apple (computing technology), Netflix (video on-demand and content), and Google (Alphabet group, internet). By extension, the…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 256936
• Published on 30/06/22 at 14:00

2021-22 NHL Finals: an average of 4.6 million viewers (+84%) in the United States on ABC

The 2021-22 NHL Finals, won by the Colorado Avalanche over the Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2 in the series), drew an average of 4.6 million viewers, an 84% increase in average viewership compared to the 2020-21 season, on the generalist channel ABC (The Walt Disney Company group), according to data…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 256906
• Published on 30/06/22 at 12:30