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2018-19 Premier League: a cumulative global audience of 1.35 billion viewers (+11%)

According to a study by the sports research agency Nielsen Sports, the live broadcasting of Premier League matches in 2018-19 posted a cumulative global audience of 1.35 billion viewers, up 11% compared to the 2017-18 season, announced the English League on 16/07/2019. "As Manchester City FC…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 152620
• Published on 19/07/19 at 10:05
Ligue 1 Conforama: Olympique Lyonnais launches "OL Play", a pay OTT offer (€1.99 per month)

Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Conforama) has launched a pay OTT offer (€1.99 per month without commitment, and free the first month), called "OL Play", on 08/07/2019. The offer gives access to: - live coverage from the OLTV channel, - all programs in replay a few minutes after their…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital
• Article # 152701
• Published on 19/07/19 at 09:30
DAZN: distribution agreement with Eurosport in 4 countries, acquisition of Bundesliga TV rights

The British sports OTT platform DAZN has concluded an agreement with the American audiovisual conglomerate Discovery to distribute the Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 pay-TV channels to its subscribers in Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy, on 18/07/2019. In addition to this distribution…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 152664
• Published on 18/07/19 at 15:09
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Premier League: Manchester City launch "Man City for TV" a new global OTT platform

"Manchester City FC has launched Man City for TV, a new streaming platform which is now available to download worldwide," announced the club on 16/07/2019. "The OTT platform is downloadable on a variety of television platforms including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku along with selected Smart…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs
• Article # 152619
• Published on 18/07/19 at 11:35
Brazil: Band (free and pay TV) to broadcast one Ligue 1 Conforama game per matchday in 2019-20

The Brazilian audiovisual group Rede Bandeirantes de Televisão (Band), has acquired the broadcasting rights for one game per Ligue 1 Conforama matchday for the 2019-20 season under sub-license from the OTT platform DAZN, on 15/07/2019. Band did not specify whether this match would be broadcast…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 152522
• Published on 17/07/19 at 15:02
AFCON 2019 final: TMC acquires free-to-air TV rights for France via sublicense from beIN Sports

Senegal - Algeria, final of the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, at the 75,000 capacity Cairo International Stadium in Egypt, will be broadcast in France on the free-TV channel TMC (TF1 group) and on the pay-TV channel beIN Sports 1 on Friday, 19/07/2019 at 21:00 CET. The TF1 group acquired…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 152525
• Published on 17/07/19 at 12:00
DAZN: STATS' parent company Vista Equity Partners acquires Perform Content to create "Stats Perform"

The American investment fund Vista Equity Partners, parent company of STATS, a company specialised in the capture and analysis of sports data, has finalised the acquisition (announced on 15/04/2019) of the British company Perform Content, specialised in the production of sports content and parent…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 152465
• Published on 17/07/19 at 11:11
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EA Ligue 1 Games: the first edition will be broadcast on FloSports (OTT) in the USA and Canada

The first edition of the EA Ligue 1 Games, a pre-season tournament featuring four Ligue 1 Conforama clubs (FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Olympique de Marseille, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club and AS Saint-Étienne) organised by the LFP in partnership with Electronic Arts, publisher of the FIFA video…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 152448
• Published on 16/07/19 at 16:44
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
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"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