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Copa90: Bigballs Media, owner of the Copa network, signs $10.6m funding deal with Liberty Global

Bigballs Media, the fan-focused digital football network, signed a $10.6 million (€9.3m) investment deal with Liberty Global and e.ventures on 12/10/2015. The UK-based parent company of the digital channels Copa90 and KICKTV, Bigballs' "Copa network" now reaches more than 10 million young fans…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance
• Article # 54030
• Published on 16/10/15 at 17:14
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NFL: Twitter suspends, with NFL's notice, two accounts that illegally broadcast match highlights

The social network Twitter has suspended the accounts @Deadspin, a sports blog belonging to the US website Gawker.com, and @SBNationGIF, owned by the American group Vox Media, for the unauthorised, wide-scale broadcast of a dozen NFL match highlights, on 12/10/2015. Both accounts were broadcasting…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 53936
• Published on 16/10/15 at 12:40
2015-2018 Serie A TV rights: Tax & Finance company claims to be "completely unrelated to the facts"

"We are completely unrelated to the facts," stated Tax & Finance SA, a tax consulting company based in Lugano (SUI), on 10/10/2015.On 09/10/2015, Andrea Baroni, an accountant and partner of Tax & Finance SA, was arrested by Italian police for "conspiracy toward money laundering". According to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 53868
• Published on 15/10/15 at 12:50
©  Mediaset
2015-2018 Serie A TV rights: Mediaset say they "acted in full compliance with the regulations"

"With regard to press reports concerning ongoing investigations into the allocation of TV rights for the Serie A 2015-2018 football championship, Mediaset reiterates that the company and its management have always acted in full compliance with the regulations," said the Italian group of free and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 53857
• Published on 15/10/15 at 12:19
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2015-2018 Serie A TV rights: "Infront as a company is not facing a formal probe"

"We confirm that on Friday 09/10/2015, the prosecutor of Milan (ITA) has opened a probe against Marco Bogarelli (president of Infront Italy), Andrea Locatelli (vice-president) and Giuseppe Ciocchetti (CEO), related to an alleged contribution to undue financing practices in Italian club football…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 53811
• Published on 15/10/15 at 10:35
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Euro 2016: Italy-Norway (2-1) match draws nearly 7.5 million viewers in Italy on Rai 1

The match between Italy - Norway (2-1, Group H) on Matchday 10, the final round Euro 2016 qualifying, was broadcast live and exclusively in Italy by Rai 1, and allowed the Italian public broadcaster to draw 7.487 million viewers on average on Tuesday 13/10/2015 (kick-off 20:45 CET). This figure…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 53844
• Published on 15/10/15 at 10:04
Serie A: Infront and Mediaset suspected of making an illegal agreement for the 2015-2018 TV rights

The prosecutor of Milan (ITA) and the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs and Financial Police) have conducted several searches in the premises of the Mediaset broadcasting group, the marketing and media rights agencies Infront Italy and MP & Silva, the Lega Serie A, Genoa CFC (Serie A TIM) and…
Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 53784
• Published on 14/10/15 at 17:54
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Premier League: international audiovisual revenues exceed €4bn for 2016 to 2019 cycle (+34.5%)

The sale of international TV rights to the Barclays Premier League for the 2016-2019 cycle will bring £3bn (€4.05bn as of 13/10/2015), or 34.5% more than during the 2013- 2016 cycle (£2.23bn, €3bn), according to estimates by the British newspaper The Daily Mail on 08/10/2015.Before the start of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, …
• Article # 53718
• Published on 14/10/15 at 13:00
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Scandinavia: MTG extends its TV rights deals for the Liga BBVA, Serie A TIM and Ligue 1 until 2018

The Swedish broadcasting group MTG (Modern Times Group) has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, for the 2015-2018 cycle, to the Liga BBVA and Serie A TIM in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, on 13/10/2015. MTG has also extended its agreement for the exclusive broadcasting rights to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 53736
• Published on 14/10/15 at 12:04
©  Sportel
"For LaLiga, being global is a challenge, an opportunity and a duty" (Javier Tebas)

"For LaLiga, being global is a challenge, an opportunity and a duty," said Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, as part of the first of four days of the Sportel 2015 convention in Monaco on 12/10/2015. The president of the Spanish Professional Football League hosted a conference entitled "The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 53730
• Published on 14/10/15 at 10:36