Italy: Sky group acquires the 2015-16 TV rights to the new club Parma Calcio 1913 (fourth division)

The pay-TV group Sky Italia has acquired the broadcasting rights, for 2015-16, in Italy, for the home and away matches of Parma Calcio 1913 in the Serie D (the Italian fourth division, the highest non-professional level), on 01/09/2015. No financial details were disclosed of the agreement between…

Serie A: 5.95 million subscribers of Sky and Mediaset Premium watch Matchday 2 of 2015-16

The 10 matches of Matchday 2 of the 2015-16 Serie A TIM, played on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30/08/2015, drew an average of 5,947,059 total subscribers on the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, according to data from the audience measurement institutes AGB (Nielsen…

Liga BBVA: at least 2.28 million TV viewers for Matchday 2 of 2015-16

At least 2.28 million viewers on average watched nine of the 10 matches of Matchday 2 of the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season, from 28 to 30/08/2015. The figures of the match between UD Las Palmas - Levante UD (0-0), which took place on Sunday, 30/08/2015 at 22:30 CET, were not disclosed. The best…

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Bundesliga: the nine games of Matchday 3 draw 3.59 million subscribers on Sky channels

All nine games of Matchday 3 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga, played from 28 to 30/08/2015, cumulatively drew at least 3.59 million subscribers on average on the German pay-TV group Sky Deutschland, according to data from two German institutes of audience measurement, AGF and GfK.The best audience of…

Eurosport: "Broadcasters need to make the content a more interactive experience" (Peter Hutton, CEO)

"As a pay-TV viewer, you should be given a really immersive experience, and not just watching one channel on your TV, but being able to see multiple camera options or different feeds. Broadcasters need to make the content a far more interactive experience then just sitting there and passively…

Champions League: Leverkusen - Lazio (3-0) draws 6.39 million viewers in Germany (ZDF and Sky)

Bayer or Leverkusen - SS Lazio (3-0), the 2015-16 Champions League second leg play-off round match (Leverkusen advanced 3-1 on aggregate), was broadcast live in Germany by ZDF, which drew 6.13 million viewers on average for the German public channel during the match held at the BayArena (30,000…

Serie A: 6.1 million Sky and Mediaset Premium TV subscribers watch Matchday 1 of 2015-16

The 10 games of Matchday of the 2015-16 Serie A TIM, played on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23/08/2015, drew an average audience of 6,142,237 total subscribers to the channels of the Italian pay-TV groups and Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium, according to data from the audience measurement institutes AGB…

Liga BBVA: LaLiga prohibits access to stadiums to Mediaset España to film match highlights

"LaLiga has prevented Telecinco and Cuatro cameras from entering stadiums to film footage for match highlights," was the message broadcast by the private free-TV channels of the Mediaset España group during the opening weekend of the of the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season, from 21 to 24/08/2015.The…

Champions League: Monaco - Valencia (2-1) draws 2.67 million viewers in Spain on Antena 3

AS Monaco - FC Valencia (2-1), the 2015-16 Champions League play-off second leg match (Valencia advanced 4-3 on aggregate) was broadcast live by Antena 3 in Spain, drawing 2.673 million viewers on average to the private free-TV channel of the Atresmedia group during the match on Tuesday 25/08/2015…