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2021-24 Champions League TV rights: "Find an agreement with beIN or Canal+" (A. Weill, Altice)

"If we did not win, it is because our offer would not be better than that of those who won... We have no regrets. The problem (broadcasting) of the French championship is still not settled for the next season (this alludes to the creation of the future Mediapro channel in France), so the Champions…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 169350
• Published on 03/12/19 at 15:49
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Belgium: Pro League launches the tender for its domestic TV rights from 2020-21

The Belgian Pro League is launching the tender for its domestic TV rights from the 2020-21 season "with the possibility of offering a bid for four or five seasons," said the body on 02/12/2019. "This tender includes for the first time all the competitions of Belgian professional football (Jupiler…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 169498
• Published on 03/12/19 at 15:14
France: 1.3% audience share for free-TV L'Équipe channel in November 2019, +0.3 year-on-year

The French sports free-TV channel L'Équipe channel recorded a 1.3% audience share in November 2019, up 0.3% from November 2018, the best increase for a terrestrial channel in one year, announced the channel on 02/12/2019. The L'Équipe channel also recorded a record average audience share of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 169411
• Published on 02/12/19 at 17:39
Eurosport: best TV audiences for the French Open, US Open and Australian Open since 2015

"The three Grand Slam tennis tournaments (Roland-Garros, the US Open and the Australian Open) broadcast on Eurosport will, respectively, have achieved their best edition on the Eurosport channels since 2015 and reached record levels on the Eurosport.fr website," indicated the sports pay-TV group…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 169036
• Published on 02/12/19 at 16:30
2021-24 Champions League TV rights: "Disciplined and measured financial offer" (beIN Sports France)

beIN Sports France acquired lot B (all live matches, with the exception of two fixtures per round, one each on Tuesdays and Wednesdays) of the call for tenders for the French broadcast rights of the Ligue des champions on the 2021-2024 cycle, with a "disciplined and measured financial offer"…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 169263
• Published on 02/12/19 at 10:25
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Champions League TV rights in France: "Mediapro will sue UEFA in court" (Jaume Roures, Mediapro)

"We are going to sue UEFA in Switzerland, to ask for access to the tender documentation, both the first and second rounds, and if we can do this today we will do it. We hope that the bids submitted by each are made public. We are convinced to have won the tender... After, there was movement…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 169261
• Published on 29/11/19 at 15:44
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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 # 169222
• Published on 29/11/19 at 13:44
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France: Champions League TV rights to Canal+, beIN Sports and TF1 (final) for €375m/year

The broadcasting rights, in France, to the Champions League over the 2021-2024 cycle, are to be allocated to the pay-TV groups Canal+ and beIN Sports France, and the free-TV group TF1 (the final, which must be free-to-air in France), for an estimated total of €375m per season, according to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Essentials Media
• Article # 169232
• Published on 29/11/19 at 13:02
France: "Arrival of RMC Sport has led to an increase in piracy, like beIN in 2012" (Médiamétrie)

"The arrival of RMC Sport on the pay-TV market in France has led to an increase in the piracy of sports programming, as was the case after the arrival of beIN Sports in France in 2012. It will be interesting to see if this phenomenon also applies to the cinema and TV series areas with the arrival…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 169141
• Published on 29/11/19 at 11:50
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2019-20 LaLiga Santander: a cumulative audience of 3.3 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 14

The 10 games on Matchday 14 of the 2019-20 LaLiga Santander season, played from 22 to 24/11/2019, posted a cumulative average audience of 3.334 million viewers in Spain (2.839 million on the Movistar LaLiga pay-TV channels and 495,000 on the free-TV channel Gol) according to data from the audience…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 168783
• Published on 28/11/19 at 12:45