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©  Gallagher Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby: an audience of over 150 million households in 135 territories in 2021-22

The 2021-22 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season, which kicked off on 17/09/2021, will be broadcast "to a global audience of more than 150 million households in 135 different territories," announced Premiership Rugby the same day. "Working with media rights agency, Pitch International the new…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 229022
• Published on 22/09/21 at 12:30
©  BT
United Kingdom: DAZN in advanced talks to buy BT Sport (press)

The UK-based OTT sports platform DAZN is in advanced discussions to buy the British pay-TV operator BT Sport, according to the British business daily newspaper Financial Times on 21/09/2021. The British telecoms operator BT had confirmed that it was studying the possibility of selling all or…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Finance, Media, …
• Article # 228961
• Published on 21/09/21 at 16:40
©  Canal+
Canal+: acquisition of 70% of SPI International, a media group present in more than 60 countries

"Canal+ Group, via its subsidiary Canal+ International, will acquire a 70% majority stake in SPI International while retaining the current management team and operational structure," announced the French free and pay TV group on 20/09/2021. SPI International, a Netherlands-based media group…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Investment - Shareholding, Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 228939
• Published on 21/09/21 at 16:00
©  Free
Exclusive Free Ligue 1 (application): "We have exceeded 800,000 downloads" (Frédéric Goyon)

"We have exceeded 800,000 downloads on iOS and Android (700,000 at the end of the first season, 2020-21). As planned, the Free Ligue 1 app will become a fee-based app on 17/09/2021 only for near-live extracts (up to 30 minutes per match), but it will remain free for Free subscribers (excluding…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Digital, …
• Article # 228606
• Published on 21/09/21 at 11:40
©  D.R.
Netflix: "When F1 rights sold we weren't among the bidders, today we'd think about it" (R. Hastings)

"A few years ago, the (commercial) rights to Formula 1 were sold. At that time we were not among the bidders, today we would think about it," said Reed Hastings, CEO of the streaming platform Netflix, to the German magazine Der Spiegel, 17/09/2021. Reed Hastings is not counting on news or live…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 228886
• Published on 21/09/21 at 11:00
©  Note de l'AGCOM sur les audiences de DAZN
Italy/Serie A TIM: AGCOM (regulatory authority) opens an investigation into DAZN's audience figures

AGCOM, the regulator and competition authority for the communication sector in Italy, has announced the launch of an investigation into the methodology used to calculate the audiences reported by the OTT platform DAZN, on 16/09/2021. DAZN, which has acquired the rights to broadcast the 10 Serie…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities, Media
• Article # 228860
• Published on 21/09/21 at 10:20
©  Sportel
Sportel Monaco 2021: programme of conferences and masterclasses

Javier Tebas (president of LaLiga), Anouk Mertens (chief content officer at Eleven), Bertrand Amar (head of sports at Webedia), Thierry Boudard (CEO of Sportall) and Glen Killane (executive director of the European Broadcasting Union) will be among the speakers taking part in the conferences and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Media
• Article # 228753
• Published on 20/09/21 at 14:00
©  L'Equipe
France: L'Équipe acquires rights to the final stages of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana

The French sports media group L'Équipe has acquired the rights to broadcast the final stages of the 2021 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, in France, for its free-to-air platform L'Équipe Live, on 17/09/2021. The broadcast will begin with the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 228726
• Published on 20/09/21 at 11:00
©  URC
United Rugby Championship: launch of URC TV, the competition's OTT platform with Irish TV group RTÉ

The Irish public TV group RTÉ and the United Rugby Championship (URC) have joined forces to launch URC TV, the competition's OTT platform, according to the competition's organisers on 16/09/2021. The platform, available outside South Africa and the UK (see list of broadcasters below), is being…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media
• Article # 228579
• Published on 20/09/21 at 10:20
©  Assemblée nationale
Ligue 1 TV rights: "It's wrong to say that we threw in the towel" (Jaume Roures, Mediapro)

"There are three reasons for our failure in France: the lack of possibility to negotiate a discount with the League because of Covid-19, piracy and the aggressive attitude of Canal+. It is wrong to say that we threw in the towel. If we had been able to negotiate, we would still be here," said…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 228539
• Published on 17/09/21 at 17:00