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Media: TF1 and M6 enter exclusive negotiations in order to merge by the end of 2022

The French free-to-air television groups TF1 and M6 have entered exclusive negotiations with a view to providing a "French response to the challenges from global platforms" and the creation of "the French media group with the broadest TV, radio, digital, content production and technology…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 217863
• Published on 18/05/21 at 15:00
©  ESPN x MLB
MLB: The Walt Disney Company (ESPN) renews TV rights in the USA until 2028 ($550m/year)

The Walt Disney Company has renewed its rights to broadcast the MLB in the United States for seven seasons, from 2022 to 2028, announced the company on 13/05/2021. ESPN, which has been a partner of the MLB since 1989, will exclusively broadcast 30 regular season games per year starting in 2022…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 217834
• Published on 18/05/21 at 13:20
©  Sky Italia
Serie A TIM TV rights 2021-2024: Sky Italia acquires non-exclusive rights to 3 games per matchday

The pay-TV operator Sky Italia has acquired the non-exclusive broadcasting rights to 3 out of 10 Serie A TIM games per matchday for the 2021-2024 cycle in Italy (lot 2), announced Lega Serie A on 15/05/2021. The rights were acquired for €87.5m per season according to Italian press. Sky Italia…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 217831
• Published on 18/05/21 at 12:20
©  The Football Association
2021 FA Cup final: a peak audience of 9.1 million viewers for Chelsea - Leicester City on the BBC

Chelsea FC (Premier League) - Leicester City FC (Premier League), the 2020-21 Emirates FA Cup final, played at Wembley (London, ENG), posted a peak audience of 9.1 million viewers on the public TV channel BBC One on Saturday 15/05/2021 (kick-off at 17:15 BST, 18:15 CET), according to UK media on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs
• Article # 217829
• Published on 18/05/21 at 11:00
©  Olympique de Marseille
Ligue 1 Uber Eats: 1.34 million viewers for Canal+ multiplex, 984,000 for Marseille - Angers on C8

1.34 million viewers watched the multiplex of Matchday 37 the penultimate matchday of the 2020-21 Ligue 1 Uber Eats season on the pay-TV channel Canal+ on Sunday 16/05/2021 (kick-off 21:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 5% and ranked the pay-TV channel fifth in the French…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 217731
• Published on 17/05/21 at 15:00
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 # 217679
• Published on 17/05/21 at 09:40
©  LaLiga
2020-21 LaLiga Santander: a cumulative audience of 3.6 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 36

The 10 games on Matchday 36 day of the 2020-21 LaLiga Santander season, played from 11 to 13/05/2021, posted a cumulative audience of 3.6 million viewers in Spain (3.124 million on the Movistar LaLiga pay-TV channels and 476,000 on the free-TV channel Gol) according to data from the audience…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 217628
• Published on 14/05/21 at 17:30
2020-21 DFB-Pokal final: 9.5 million viewers in Germany for RB Leipzig - Dortmund on ARD

RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) - Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) the final of the 2020-21 DFB-Pokal (1-4), drew an average of 9.542 million viewers on the German public TV channel ARD, on Thursday 13/05/2021 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 30% (30.6% among 14-49…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 217624
• Published on 14/05/21 at 16:45
©  ESPN
USA: LaLiga buys back 2021-2024 TV rights from beIN and sells them to ESPN until 2028-29 ($1.4bn)

ESPN has acquired the US broadcasting rights (in English and Spanish) to LaLiga Santander for the 2021-2029 cycle (eight seasons), announced the US pay-TV bouquet on 13/05/2021. These rights are worth an estimated $1.4bn (€1.16bn) or $175m (€144m) per season according to US media, making it the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 217594
• Published on 14/05/21 at 14:20
©  Premier League
TV rights: Premier League renews contracts with Sky, BT, Amazon and BBC in the UK for 3 more seasons

The 20 Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to renew their UK broadcasting contracts with their current partners (pay-TV operators Sky and BT Sport, e-commerce group Amazon and public broadcasting group BBC) for the 2019-2022 cycle, for a further three seasons, until 2024-25, "at the same…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 217569
• Published on 14/05/21 at 10:20