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Eleven Sports: Polsat (free+pay TV) 99.9% shareholder of the Polish subsidiary (valued at €77m)

Polsat, a Polish free and pay-TV group, has become a 99.9% shareholder in the Polish subsidiary of the British audiovisual group Eleven Sports, according to the Polish Trade Registry on 10/07/2019. Aser Group, the holding company of Eleven Sports and Leeds United FC (Sky Bet Championship) led…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 152387
• Published on 16/07/19 at 10:20
©  D.R.
"Chinese audiences are more interested in individual players than clubs" (Romain Rossi, Deltatre)

"The biggest differences (between Chinese and European fans) hide in the consumption of content. Chinese audiences are very much fanatics, yet probably more interested in individual players than teams or clubs. They love having 'heroes'. A Chinese football fan might have been a diehard Real Madrid…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 152222
• Published on 15/07/19 at 17:15
UEFA Women's Euro 2021: BBC acquires the exclusive TV rights of the competition to be held England

The British public broadcasting group the BBC has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 on 12/07/2019. England was named as host country for the competition on 03/12/2018. "There will be extensive coverage of every game of the tournament across television, radio…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 152313
• Published on 15/07/19 at 16:45
2019 Women's World Cup: €33.4m in gross advertising revenue for the French TF1 group (Kantar)

The 25 matches of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup broadcast by the French private TV group TF1 (nine on TF1 and 16 on the TMC channel, both free-to-air) generated €33.4m in gross advertising revenue (before discounts and commissions), according to the marketing and communication consultancy Kantar…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 152223
• Published on 12/07/19 at 17:30
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 # 152183
• Published on 12/07/19 at 13:09
©  D.R.
LaLiga: call for tenders for 2019-2022 TV rights in the United Kingdom and Ireland

LaLiga has launched a call for tenders for the LaLiga Santander broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom and Ireland for the 2019-2022 period, on 11/07/2019. Candidates have until 25/07/2019 to respond. The sports OTT platform Eleven Sports had acquired these rights over the 2018-2021 period…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 152153
• Published on 12/07/19 at 11:05
©  MUFC
Piracy: Premier League clubs lose £1m in sponsorship revenue per match (study)

Premier League matches are watched by an average of 7.1 million pirate viewers in 149 countries, according to a study conducted by the British anti-piracy company Muso in collaboration with GumGum Sports, a British audiovisual tracking company specializing in sponsorship evaluation. If this…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 152067
• Published on 11/07/19 at 17:44
"The amount of sports TV rights has reached its peak" (Phil Lines, consultant, ex-Premier League)

"Broadcasters will not pay the rights fees that they are paying now. It has reached its peak," said Phil Lines, consultant and former director of the international media rights of the Premier League (between 2002 and 2010), at the Sports Decisions Makers' Summit in London (UK) on 10/07/2019…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 152078
• Published on 11/07/19 at 16:35
©  DAZN
DAZN: Nancy Elder appointed chief corporate communications officer

Nancy Elder has been appointed chief corporate communications officer for DAZN, the sports OTT platform, and a member of the executive committee of the company, on 08/07/2019. Nancy Elder served as chief corporate communications officer for Mattel (toy manufacturer) between 2017 and 2018 and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 151883
• Published on 10/07/19 at 13:39
Women's World Cup 2019 final: 15.87 million TV viewers in the USA, 5.48 million in the Netherlands

United States - Netherlands (2-0), the final of the 2019 Women's World Cup at the Groupama Stadium (57,900 spectators) in Lyon (FRA), drew an average of 15.87 million TV viewers in the United States on Sunday 07/07/2019 (kick off at 17:00 CET, 11:00am on the east coast of the United States, 8:00am…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 151783
• Published on 09/07/19 at 16:00