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Argentina: 2017-2022 TV rights to the first division to Turner and Fox groups (€190m / year)

The two US media groups Turner and Fox have acquired, via the AFA, the TV rights of the first division of Argentine football from the 2017-18 season, on 14/03/2017. Both groups will jointly pay 3.2bn Argentine pesos per year (€190m) and must pay a guarantee payment of 1.2bn pesos (€73m) to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 89895
• Published on 24/03/17 at 10:55
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Rugby: Sky Sports equips a player with a camera during a rugby league match in England

Sky Sports, the British pay-TV operator, equipped a player with a camera on the stomach at the Betfred Super League (rugby league with 11 English and one French first division teams) match between Leigh Centurions - Warrington Wolves, on 16/02/2017. The use of this "playercam" was subject to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 89868
• Published on 24/03/17 at 10:25
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ARD: 9.7 million viewers on average in Germany for the Germany - England friendly

The friendly match Germany - England (1-0) at the Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund), allows the German public TV channel ARD to draw 9.71 million viewers on average during the game on Wednesday, 22/03/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented a 32% audience share, and enabled ARD to achieve…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 89852
• Published on 23/03/17 at 16:30
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eSports: revenues to nearly double between 2017 and 2021 ($3.5bn), according to Juniper Research

"A rapid rise in consumption of eSports and streamed games content will drive $3.5bn in revenues by 2021, up from $1.8 billion in 2017 (+95%)," stated Juniper Research, a British consulting firm for market research, in a report on changes in revenues related to eSports and streamed gaming, on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, …
• Article # 89845
• Published on 23/03/17 at 15:39
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Italy: opening of the trial between Mediaset and Vivendi about the purchase of Mediaset Premium

The trial regarding lawsuits from both the Italian broadcaster Mediaset and the French audiovisual conglomerate Vivendi opened in Milan (ITA) on 21/03/2017. Mediaset took to the Italian courts to demand the implementation of the agreement reached on 08/04/2016 regarding the acquisition of Mediaset…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 89791
• Published on 23/03/17 at 13:59
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Swedish broadcasting group MTG sells its Baltic operations to the US fund Providence Equity Partners

MTG has an agreement to sell its free-TV, pay-TV, and radio activities in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) to Providence Equity Partners, a US fund specialising in equity investments in media and entertainment (including sports), announced the Swedish broadcasting group on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Legal
• Article # 89782
• Published on 23/03/17 at 12:30
Discovery: Jean-Thierry Augustin, president "Sports & Olympics Development", leaves the brand

"Jean-Thierry Augustin, President, Sports & Olympics Development, Discovery Networks International, will leave the company this Spring, having served in his current position for over two years," stated the US audiovisual conglomerate Discovery Communications on 16/03/2017. Jean-Thierry Augustin…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 89474
• Published on 22/03/17 at 18:32
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Serie A TIM: 6.6 million Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium subscribers watched Matchday 29 of 2016-17

The 10 games of Matchday 29 of the 2016-17 Serie A TIM drew a total of 6,614,511 subscribers on the channels of Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, from 18 to 19/03/2017, according to data from the audience measurement institutes AGB (Nielsen group) and Auditel, and published by…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 89729
• Published on 22/03/17 at 12:49
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LaLiga Santander: over 5.34 million viewers in Spain for Matchday 28 of 2016-17

At least 5.346 million viewers on average watched the ten games of Matchday 28 of the 2016-17 LaLiga Santander, played from 17 to 19/03/2017. The best TV audience of the weekend was for FC Barcelona - Valencia CF (4-2), which drew 1.339 million viewers on average on the pay-TV channel Movistar…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Clubs, …
• Article # 89583
• Published on 22/03/17 at 12:15
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Premier League: 1.74 million viewers for Manchester City - Liverpool on Sky Sports 1

Manchester City - Liverpool (1-1), during Matchday 29 of the 2016-17 Premier League, drew 1.748 million viewers on average in the UK on the pay-TV channel Sky Sports 1 on Sunday, 19/03/2017 (kick-off at 16:30 local time). This figure represented an audience share of 11.6%, and ranked the channel…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 89635
• Published on 22/03/17 at 11:25