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Warner Bros. Discovery: a $108bn takeover bid from Paramount despite agreement with Netflix

Paramount Skydance has launched a takeover bid valued at $108.4bn (€93bn) to acquire the Warner Bros. Discovery group, announced the media conglomerate on 08/12/2025. This counteroffer, valid until 08/01/2026, comes after Warner announced on 05/12 that it had reached an agreement with Netflix…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 422565
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Weekly News Extra (01-05/12/2025)

• "The mandatory release of players period for the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON 2025, which will take place in Morocco from 21/12/2025 to 18/01/2026, will be reduced by seven days and start on Monday, 15/12/2025," announced FIFA on 03/12/2025, a decision "in line with the same principle used for the…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 422349
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Warner Bros. Discovery: Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. ($82.7bn) after the group's demerger in 2026

Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery "have entered into a definitive agreement" for the streaming platform to acquire Warner Bros. as part of the planned demerger of the US group into two separate companies (Warner Bros. on one side, Discovery Global on the other), announced the two parties on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Finance, …
• Article # 422318
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DFL/Bundesliga: launch of a FAST channel in the UK and Ireland to broadcast the Friday night matches

The Deutsche Fußball Liga has launched its first FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) streaming channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, dedicated in particular to the live broadcast of the Friday night matches (kick-off at 20:30 CET) of each Bundesliga matchday, announced the DFL on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Media, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 422296
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Deal Tracker: Canal+, Paramount+, Telefonica... the latest football media rights agreements

• The streaming platform Paramount+ (Paramount Skydance) has acquired the broadcasting rights to the Champions League in the UK and Germany for the 2027-2031 cycle; • the Canal+ Group has extended its TV rights to the European men's football competitions in France until 2031; • DAZN and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 422203
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2025-26 DFB-Pokal: 5.2 million viewers for Union Berlin - Bayern Munich on ZDF in Germany

1. FC Union Berlin (Bundesliga) - FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) (2-3), Round of 16 of the 2025-26 DFB-Pokal, drew an average of 5.22 million viewers on the public TV channel ZDF in Germany on Wednesday 03/12/2025 (kick-off at 20:45 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Germany, …
• Article # 422084
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Spain/Telefonica: distribution agreement extended with DAZN for several competitions (NBA, Serie A, etc.)

Telefonica, owner of the Movistar Plus+ pay-TV bouquet, has extended its partnership with DAZN to distribute competitions for which the OTT platform holds the rights in Spain, announced the Spanish telecommunications operator on 02/12/2025. Under the new agreement, Movistar Plus+ subscribers…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Digital, …
• Article # 421935
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Lega Serie B: "A strategic plan for our channel distributed by Prime Video and OneFootball" (Paolo Bedin)

"We changed the business model for selling the rights, moving from an exclusivity tender to a non-exclusivity tender. We sold the 2024-2027 rights to DAZN because Sky decided not to participate. Then, in November 2024, we created our own channel - not an OTT platform, just a channel - called LaB…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, Clubs, …
• Article # 421922
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2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports: 1.52 million viewers for FC Barcelona - Atlético on Movistar LALIGA

FC Barcelona - Club Atlético de Madrid (3-1), on Matchday 19 of the 2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports season, drew an average of 1.52 million viewers on the two Movistar LALIGA pay-TV channels (Telefonica Group) that broadcast the game in Spain (1.047 million and 469,000) on Tuesday 02/12/2025 (kick-off at…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Spain
• Article # 421886
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UC3 / European Cups 2027-2031: "A 20% increase in TV rights value in the European Top 5" (G.-L. Epstein)

"We are about to see an average 20% increase in the rights value (to broadcast the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League) in the European Top 5, which should therefore rise from €2bn to an annual €2.4bn. We are now halfway to our target thanks to five markets (France, the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Media, Authorities, International authorities, …
• Article # 421702
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