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Covid-19/TV rights: "Aim to make discussions amicable despite the contracts" (A. Kranz, Infront)

"Generally, it is very clear in each (media rights) contract. If an event is cancelled we do not get money from broadcasters and we do not pay our rights holder. However, there is more to it than that," said Amikam Kranz, vice-president of sales and media operations for the Swiss media and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 179773
• Published on 03/04/20 at 15:25
©  L'Equipe
France: 560,000 viewers for re-broadcast of France-Argentina (2018 World Cup) on La Chaine l'Équipe

France-Argentina (4-3), Round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup played at the Kazan Arena (45,000 capacity) in Kazan (RUS) on 30/06/2018 drew an average of 560,000 viewers, with a peak audience of 800,000 when it was re-broadcast by the French TV channel La Chaine l'Équipe on 31/03/2020. This figure…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 179680
• Published on 02/04/20 at 17:20
OTT: Deltatre (tech solutions) launches "mtribes", a tool to identify user behaviour

Deltatre, a technology solutions and services company for broadcasters and sports event organisers, has launched "mtribes", a technological solution that enables "non-technical product owners to quickly identify how users engage with a multi-platform digital service," on 01/04/2020. "The tool…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 179675
• Published on 02/04/20 at 15:40
Covid-19/TV rights: DAZN "officially in survival mode" will only pay for matches played

The OTT platform DAZN has informed rights holders that the next payment installments will not be settled for the suspended or cancelled competitions it broadcasts and that only matches/events played will be paid for, according to information from the American financial media company Bloomberg, on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 179638
• Published on 02/04/20 at 14:35
Covid-19/LFP TV rights: beIN Sports won't pay (€42m) by April deadline neither will Canal+ (€110m)

"Our group, not spared by the serious consequences of the health crisis that all economic operators are facing...and after careful consideration, mainly taking into account the total lack of real visibility on the actual resumption of the matches of the current season...has taken the decision to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 179615
• Published on 02/04/20 at 12:25
©  MLS
FAANG Deal Tracker: list of acquisitions and partnerships and activities in sports

The term FAANG directly refers to refers to the American groups in new technologies and the internet: Facebook (social network), Amazon (e-commerce and content), Apple (computing technology), Netflix (video on-demand and content), and Google (Alphabet group, internet). By extension, the term…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 179384
• Published on 31/03/20 at 17:35
©  Canal+
Covid-19/LFP: "It is not foreseeable that we will pay the upcoming installments" (M. Saada, Canal+)

"It is not foreseeable that we will pay the upcoming installments, even though due to the suspension of the Ligue 1 Conforama, no matches can be played and, consequently, will not be broadcast on our antennas," wrote Maxime Saada, chairman and CEO of Canal+ group, in a letter to the LFP, according…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 179211
• Published on 30/03/20 at 15:20
©  FIGC
Covid-19: authorities, clubs, athletes, equipment manufacturers, partners... world of sport united

"In facing the emergency caused by the spread of Covid-19, the Italian Football Federation has offered up the Coverciano Federal Training Centre (near Florence, ITA) to the Florentine authorities, offering the hotel and auditorium as places to house those under medical supervision as well as to…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 179003
• Published on 27/03/20 at 14:33
©  D.R.
Media: Mediaset increases its stake in the German group ProsiebenSat.1 by 4.25% to 19.35%

The free-TV group Mediaset España has acquired 4.25% of the capital (4.38% of the voting rights) of ProsiebenSat.1, bringing the Italian parent company Mediaset's stake in the German audiovisual group to 19.35% (20.1% of the voting rights), announced Mediaset on 23/03/2020. Mediaset had already…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 178843
• Published on 26/03/20 at 10:19
Covid-19: Discovery "fully supports" IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games until 2021

"Discovery fully supports the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee's plan to stage the Olympic Games in 2021 and to make every effort to ensure the well-being of spectators, athletes, staff and the international community," announced the American audiovisual group, parent company of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 178775
• Published on 25/03/20 at 14:19