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Brazil: Amazon acquires its first football rights in the country with Copa do Brasil 2022 matches

Amazon has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights in Brazil to 30 matches of the Copa do Brasil 2022, sub-licensed from the Brazilian broadcast group Globo, announced the US e-commerce group on 15/12/2021. The agreement also includes six matches (the semi-finals and the two-legged final) on a…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 237214
• Published on 17/12/21 at 15:55
©  Assemblée nationale
France/parliamentary inquiry on TV rights: 28 proposals including one free Ligue 1 game per matchday

French Deputies (MPs) Cédric Roussel (LREM/Alpes-Maritimes) and Régis Juanico (Génération.s/Loire), respectively rapporteur and chairman of the parliamentary inquiry on the broadcasting rights of sports events, presented their conclusions to the National Assembly's Cultural Affairs Committee and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Media, …
• Article # 237175
• Published on 17/12/21 at 14:00
©  Formula 1
Formula 1: an average of 934,000 viewers in the United States (ABC/ESPN) for the 2021 season (+54%)

The 2021 Formula One season has posted a record average of 934,000 viewers per race in the United States on The Walt Disney Company's ESPN (pay-TV) and ABC (free-TV) channels, according to ESPN on 12/16/2021. This figure represents a 54% increase over the 2020 season (608,000 viewers on average…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 237132
• Published on 17/12/21 at 12:30
©  D.R.
AFCON 2021: Sky and BBC acquire broadcasting rights for the UK and Ireland

The pay-TV operator Sky and the public broadcasting group BBC have acquired the broadcasting rights to the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON, to be held in Cameroon and postponed due to Covid-19 until from 09/01 to 06/02/2022), for the United Kingdom and Ireland, announced the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 237019
• Published on 16/12/21 at 10:20
©  Altice
Telecoms/Media: Altice UK increases its stake in BT to 18%

Altice UK, an entity created by the French-Moroccan businessman Patrick Drahi (Altice Europe including SFR and RMC Sport, Altice USA) in June 2021, has increased its stake in BT, a British telecommunications operator, to 18%, on 14/12/2021. Altice UK became BT's largest shareholder after…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Finance, Media, …
• Article # 236873
• Published on 15/12/21 at 10:20
LaLiga/Spain: "A strategic local investment for us in a key market" (James Rushton, DAZN)

"The award of these LaLiga rights represents a strategic local investment for us in a key market, and is all part of the global momentum that we are driving across our business, which continues at pace. This is further proof that we are well past the tipping point in the migration of fans from…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Finance, Media
• Article # 236834
• Published on 14/12/21 at 17:40
©  Canal+
Canal+: first broadcasting agreement with UFC (Sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam and Myanmar)

The pay-TV group Canal+ has signed its first broadcast agreement with UFC by acquiring the rights to the competition in more than 25 countries in Africa and Asia, announced the French group on 14/12/2021. "The Canal+ Group has just signed a multi-year contract with one of the world's most…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 236822
• Published on 14/12/21 at 17:00
©  Real Madrid CF
LaLiga Santander/Spain: 1.344 million viewers for Real Madrid - Atlético de Madrid on Movistar

Real Madrid CF - Club Atlético de Madrid (2-0), on Matchday 17 of the 2021-22 LaLiga Santander season, drew an average of 1.344 million viewers on the Spanish pay-TV channel Movistar LaLiga (Telefonica group), on Sunday 12/12/2021 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 236797
• Published on 14/12/21 at 15:30
©  DAZN
Spain: Telefonica and DAZN acquire main LaLiga Santander broadcasting rights for €4.95bn (2022-2027)

The Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica and the British OTT platform DAZN, have acquired the live broadcasting rights to LaLiga Santander in Spain, for the 2022-2027 cycle, for €4.95bn (or €990m on average per season), announced LaLiga on 13/12/2021. Movistar+ (Telefonica's pay-TV…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 236764
• Published on 14/12/21 at 11:40
©  Formula 1
Formula 1/Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: 87% audience share in the Netherlands, 30.7% on Channel 4 in the UK

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the 22nd and final Grand Prix of the 2021 Formula 1 season, won by Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) who was crowned world champion at the end of the race ahead of Britain's Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), drew 3.4 million viewers in the UK, with a peak audience of 4.3…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 236714
• Published on 13/12/21 at 17:20