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GAFA Deal Tracker: list of acquisitions, partnerships, and activities in sports

The term GAFA originally referred to four American groups in new technologies and the internet: Google (Alphabet group, internet), Amazon (e-commerce), Facebook (social network) and Apple (computing technology). By extension, the term GAFA now includes other new internet and technology groups…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 153228
• Published on 26/07/19 at 16:45
Audiovisual rights: Amazon becomes the first GAFA to enter the sports rights market in France

The e-commerce site Amazon has become the first GAFA to enter the French sports rights market, with the acquisition, for its VoD platform Prime Video, of lot 2 of the French call for tenders for the broadcasting rights to the Roland Garros tennis tournament for the 2021-2023 cycle on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 153203
• Published on 26/07/19 at 12:30
Media: François Pesenti, Luc Dayan and Nicolas Duval create a sports documentary production company

François Pesenti, former CEO of RMC Sport, Luc Dayan, creator and manager of ID+, and Nicolas Duval, a French film producer, have joined forces in equal parts to create "Elide" (the name refers to the sacred sanctuary of Olympia in Greece), a company that produces sports documentaries, François…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 153147
• Published on 25/07/19 at 16:50
Spain: LaLiga's OTT platform to broadcast RCD Espanyol's Europa League qualifying matches

LaLiga has acquired the broadcasting rights in Spain for the two-leg match between RCD Espanyol (LaLiga Santander) and UMF Stjarnan (Pepsi-deildin, Icelandic first division) in the second qualifying round of the 2019-20 Europa League, on 22/07/2019. The first leg will take place in Barcelona…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 153109
• Published on 25/07/19 at 09:40
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Total 2019 AFCON: the competition was broadcast in "more than 110 countries" (Lagardère Sports)

"The latest edition of the Total Africa Cup of Nations (2019) is coming to more fans across the globe than ever before (via press, TV, radio and digital), bringing them closer to the action and excitement of the tournament. This edition now features 52 matches bringing together 24 teams across 6…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 153080
• Published on 24/07/19 at 17:00
YouTube: +200,000 "concurrent viewers" for the 1st MLB game broadcast exclusively on the platform

Philadelphia Phillies - Los Angeles Dodgers (7-6), MLB's first game to be broadcast exclusively on YouTube, drew "more than 200,000 concurrent viewers" on the online video platform on 18/07/2019, according to data provided by Google, YouTube's parent company, to Morning Consult, an American…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 152954
• Published on 23/07/19 at 17:10
AFCON 2019 final: 1.6 million viewers in France for Senegal - Algeria on TMC (audience share: 10.1%)

The Total 2019 AFCON final, Senegal - Algeria (0-1), drew an average of 1.613 million viewers in France on the free-TV channel TMC (TF1 group), on Friday 19/07/2019 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of 10.1%, which ranked the channel fourth in the French…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 152869
• Published on 22/07/19 at 14:40
UK/Ireland: Virgin Media extends its agreement to distribute Sky Sports channels

The telecommunications operator Virgin Media has extended its agreement to distribute the sports and cinema channels of its competitor Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 18/07/2019. The duration of the agreement has not been officially communicated but is expected to be five years, as for…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 152841
• Published on 22/07/19 at 13:00
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2019 Women's World Cup: TV audiences, attendance, atmosphere... a success "beyond expectations"

"This World Cup in France has been phenomenal, moving, passionate, fantastic... The best Women's World Cup of all time. It is thanks to the French organization that this World Cup has become what it is, the best in the world," said Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, in Lyon (FRA) on 05/07/2019…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 152636
• Published on 22/07/19 at 09:30
Spain: DAZN have "no intention" of sub-licensing LaLiga broadcasting rights (Veronica Diquattro)

"We currently have no intention of doing so (regarding a possible distribution or sub-licensing agreement with Telefonica for LaLiga Santander's broadcasting rights in Spain), until the CNMC reviews its criteria for 2020-21," said Veronica Diquattro, DAZN's vice-president revenue for Southern…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 152779
• Published on 19/07/19 at 15:32