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©  Ziggo Sport
Netherlands: Ziggo Sport launch a new free-TV channel and rebrand Sport1 as Ziggo Sport Totaal

The Dutch cable broadcaster Ziggo announced, on 02/11/2015, the launch of the Ziggo Sport channel on 12/11/2015. The channel will be available free for 4.2 million Ziggo TV subscribers. The channel will show the Liga BBVA, Euro 2016 qualifying matches, the qualifying matches of the 2018 World Cup…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 55303
• Published on 04/11/15 at 12:25
©  Premier League
Australia: Optus Group acquire the broadcasting rights for the Barclays Premier League from 2016-19

The telecommunications group Optus has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, in Australia, for the Barclays Premier League for the 2016-2019 cycle, on 02/11/2015. Optus outbid the pay-TV groups Foxtel, who had held the rights since 1997, and beIN Sports Australia.The amount of the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 55293
• Published on 04/11/15 at 11:30
©  beIN Sports, Barclays Premier League
beIN Sports acquires the rights to the Premier League in North Africa & the Middle East until 2019

The pay-TV group beIN Media Group has extended its broadcasting rights deal for the Barclays Premier League in the MENA region until the end of the 2018-19 season, on 02/11/2015. beIN Sports was the official broadcaster of the English first division in the Middle East and North Africa during the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 55153
• Published on 02/11/15 at 16:45
©  beIN Media Group
beIN Media Group launches beIN Movies in the Middle East and North Africa

The Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group has launched the "beIN Movies" channels in 24 countries in the MENA region, on 31/10/2015. The full HD channels show movies, television series, documentaries and entertainment programmes. The channels are available for free until 31/12/2015, and will be…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 55143
• Published on 02/11/15 at 15:14
©  Yutang Sports
China: "Le Sports" acquires the exclusive rights of AFC competitions for the 2017-2020 cycle

The Internet and mobile streaming platform Letv has acquired the exclusive distribution rights, in China, of competitions organised by the AFC for the 2017-2020 cycle, on 29/10/2015. These rights were acquired via the Lagardère Sports agency, the marketing and media advisor to the Asian Football…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 55030
• Published on 02/11/15 at 09:35
©  D.R.
"The Players' Tribune", a media platform publishing content from athletes, receives $15m investment

"The Players' Tribune", a media platform created by Derek Jeter, the former American professional baseball player, whose content is managed and published directly from top athletes, has organised a fundraising total of $15m (€13.7m as of 29/10/2015), the company announced on 27/10/2015. "The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 55009
• Published on 30/10/15 at 13:30
©  Liga BBVA Barclays Premier League Serie A TIM
Denmark: Discovery concludes sublicence deal with MTG for Premier League, La Liga and Serie A rights

The broadcaster Discovery Networks Denmark has acquired, via sublicence from its Swedish counterpart MTG (Modern Times Group), the broadcasting rights in Denmark to the Barclays Premier League (2016-2019), Liga BBVA and the Serie A TIM (2015-2018), on 29/10/2015. The acquired rights are exclusive…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 55015
• Published on 30/10/15 at 12:59
©  D.R.
Twitter: €512.1m turnover and a €118.8m net loss in the third quarter 2015

The social network Twitter achieved a turnover of $569m (€512.1m as of 30/09/2015) in the third quarter of 2015 (from 01/07 to 30/09/2015), up 12.7% compared to the second quarter (€454.5m), the company announced on 27/10/2015. Twitter posted a net loss of $132m (€118.8m) during the third quarter…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance
• Article # 54972
• Published on 30/10/15 at 11:59
©  D.R.
United States: Revolution Growth, Michael Jordan and Mark Cuban invest €40m in Sportradar US

Revolution Growth, a US private investment fund; Michael Jordan, the former basketball star; and Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise, have invested $44m (€40m) into the Swiss company Sportradar, which specialises in the monitoring of sports betting and sports data, to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 54971
• Published on 30/10/15 at 11:29
©  schalke04.de
Bundesliga: Matchday 10 draws at least 3.7 million subscribers on Sky Deutschland channels

All nine games on Matchday 10 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga season, played from 23 to 25/10/2015, attracted at least 3.7 million subscribers on average on the channels of the pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, according to data provided by the German institutes of audience data measurement AGF and GfK. The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 54936
• Published on 30/10/15 at 09:30