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Twitch: American publisher Riot Games is the first channel to exceed one billion views

The main channel of the US publisher Riot Games, on the video game streaming platform Twitch, has become the first channel to exceed one billion views, on 26/06/2018. Riot Games notably broadcasts its flagship video game "League of Legends" on its eSports competitions channel. The US…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Digital, …
• Article # 123561
• Published on 27/06/18 at 16:01
Exclusive LaLiga 2019-2022 TV rights: remaining 4 lots estimated to bring €120 million/year to LaLiga

LaLiga estimates that the four unallocated lots (see below), following its tender for the audiovisual rights to LaLiga Santander and LaLiga 1|2|3, in Spain and Andorra, for the 2019-2022 period, as well as rights to the Copa del Rey over the same period, should bring in €120m per season, in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 123466
• Published on 27/06/18 at 11:09
©  D.R.
Instagram: launch of IGTV, application for long format videos (maximum one hour)

Facebook's social media and photo sharing application (since 10/04/2012) Instagram, has announced that it has reached one billion monthly users worldwide and is launching a new video application, IGTV, on 20/06/2018. This application has been available on Android and iOS (Apple) platforms…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 123443
• Published on 26/06/18 at 15:14
©  LaLiga
LaLiga: €1.14bn/year for the 2019-2022 domestic TV rights (4 lots out of 8), 9 out of 10 matches

LaLiga has provisionally awarded (none of the individual reserve prices have been reached) four of the eight lots of tender launched on 28/05/2018, for the audiovisual rights to LaLiga Santander and LaLiga 1|2|3, in Spain and Andorra, for the 2019-2022 cycle, for a total amount of €1.14bn per…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 123445
• Published on 26/06/18 at 14:14
Myanmar: Eleven Sports present in its 11th country by acquiring the TV rights of the local league

The British audiovisual group Eleven Sports Network acquired exclusive broadcasting rights, in Myanmar (formerly Burma), to the domestic championship, the Myanmar National Football League (MNL), for the 2019-2027 period on 22/06/2018. Myanmar is the 11th country in which Eleven Sports has…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital
• Article # 123444
• Published on 26/06/18 at 13:49
©  FIFA
Africa: Perform and Kwesé to "increase live content delivery to millions of fans across Africa"

Perform Group, a British group specialised in the production and distribution of sports content on digital platforms, and Kwesé TV, a subsidiary of the South African audiovisual group Econet Media, have announced a partnership with the intent to "build on the existing Perform Sports Cloud…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital
• Article # 123213
• Published on 25/06/18 at 17:13
©  Sky Sports
Deal Tracker: all the latest media rights agreements for football competitions since 01/01/2018

This info-graphic 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…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 122672
• Published on 22/06/18 at 14:57
©  D.R.
2018 World Cup: France - Peru (1-0) draws 10.7 million viewers on TF1 in France (21/06/2018)

France - Peru (1-0) Group C of the 2018 World Cup at the Ekaterinburg Arena (35,000 capacity, Yekaterinburg, RUS), drew an average of 10.7 million viewers, with a peak audience of 13.7 million, on the free and private TV channel TF1, on Thursday, 21/06/2018 (kick-off at 17:00 CET), according to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 123248
• Published on 22/06/18 at 13:30
Sky: British government does not oppose takeover bids by 21st Century Fox and Comcast

The British Ministry of Culture, Media and Sports declared, on 19/06/2018, that the bid for the British broadcasting group Sky, by the US media conglomerate 21st Century Fox, "responds to concerns raised by the UK Competition Authority (CMA) with regard to media pluralism". In accordance with UK…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 123149
• Published on 22/06/18 at 12:00
Premier League: BT to distribute Amazon Prime Video in the UK

"BT today announced it has become the first major UK pay-TV provider to offer Amazon Prime Video (VOD platform of the American e-commerce group) access via a set top box - giving (UK) customers the ability to access Prime Video's TV & movie content at the push of the button," said the British…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 123163
• Published on 21/06/18 at 17:35