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Media: Mediaset increases its stake in ProsiebenSat.1 to 24.9% of the voting rights

The Italian audiovisual group Mediaset has acquired a further 4.1% of the capital of ProsiebenSat.1, which brings its Mediaset stake to 24.9% of the voting rights in the German audiovisual group, Mediaset announced on 23/04/2020. Mediaset España had acquired 4.25% of the capital (4.38% of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 181715
• Published on 27/04/20 at 15:34
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LFP TV rights: agreements with Canal+ and beIN Sports for payment of matches already broadcast

"The Professional Football League and the Canal+ group are delighted to have reached an agreement on the amount of the rules relating to matches in the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships already broadcast this season, in accordance with the call for tenders for the acquisition of the 2016-20…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 181662
• Published on 27/04/20 at 09:49
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Premier League: Secretary for Sport's concerns for matches behind closed doors not being free-to-air

"I have said to the Premier League it wouldn't send the best signal if they were one of the first major sports to resume behind closed doors and the public at large couldn't have access to it," said Oliver Dowden, British Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to the BBC on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 181539
• Published on 24/04/20 at 15:30
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Bundesliga: DFL reaches a compromise with media partners for TV rights payments

"The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has concluded agreements with nearly all national media partners (Sky Deutschland, DAZN, ARD and ZDF) with regard to the payments to be expected. This enables the DFL to provide liquidity to all Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga clubs, gradually and depending on season…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 181525
• Published on 24/04/20 at 12:30
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Pro League (BEL) TV rights: Telenet seeks compensation for matches not played in 2019-20

"Telenet is now formally asking the Pro League to discuss the refund of the advance payment for the television rights. The operator wants to review the options for recovering the money that was paid for matches that will not be played if the recommendation of the board of directors is ratified by…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 181451
• Published on 23/04/20 at 17:30
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Streaming: Facebook launches "Facebook Gaming" a video game streaming application

Facebook has launched "Facebook Gaming", its own streaming application for mobile video games, on 20/04/2020. On the new platform, streamers and influencers can offer free live streams to users, as is already done on Twitch (Amazon), Mixer (Microsoft) and YouTube (Google). According to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication, esport - gaming
• Article # 181417
• Published on 23/04/20 at 16:10
Media: Vivendi acquires 10.6% of Lagardère's capital as part of "a long-term financial investment"

"Vivendi, following the recent sale of 10% of its 100% share capital of Universal Music Group (UMG) for an enterprise value of €30bn (see below), today announced the acquisition of 10.6% of the Lagardère share capital," announced the parent company of the free and pay TV group Canal+ on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 181367
• Published on 23/04/20 at 14:30
Premier League: beIN Sports requests blocking of possible Newcastle United takeover by Saudi fund

Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of the Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group, has written to Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, and the 20 club presidents of the English league, asking them to block the possible takeover of Newcastle United FC (Premier League) by the Public Investment…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 181353
• Published on 23/04/20 at 11:40
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Italy: "If Serie A resumes, we'll consider free-to-air matches" (V. Spadafora, Minister for Sport)

"If the championship (Serie A TIM) resumes, this time we will seriously consider this opportunity to broadcast the matches free-to-air to guarantee all Italians the opportunity to watch games, precisely because of the social function football has. When I tried to do this in the period of maximum…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 181283
• Published on 22/04/20 at 15:20
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Canal+: revenues of €1.372bn in the first quarter of 2020 (+1% at constant currency and perimeter)

"For the first quarter of 2020, Canal+ Group's revenues were €1.372bn, a 9.6% increase compared to the same period in 2019 (up 1% at constant currency and perimeter). This trend was driven in particular by the growth in revenues from international pay-tv operations," announced Vivendi, parent…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 181231
• Published on 22/04/20 at 12:30