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Canal+: Vivendi completes 93.6% acquisition of Société d’Edition de Canal Plus (SECP) for €457.8m

Vivendi now owns 93.6% of the capital of SECP (Société d’Edition de Canal Plus), the company which owns the six thematic channels of the Canal+ group in France, announced Vivendi, the French telecommunications and media group, on 17/08/2015. Vivendi already owned 48.48% of the capital and voting…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49396
• Published on 20/08/15 at 12:35

Spain: LaLiga publishes the world map of broadcasters for the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season

The Spanish Professional Football League has offered, via its website, a world map of the official broadcasters of the Liga BBVA for the 2015-16 season, since 18/08/2015. LaLiga awarded the international distribution of audiovisual rights for Spanish professional competitions for the 2015-2020…

Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49388
• Published on 20/08/15 at 11:05

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UK: BT Sport and the BBC will team up to promote the women's game, say British press

The British media groups BT Sport (pay-TV) and the BBC (free-TV) will join forces to promote women's football in the UK, according to the British press on 19/08/2015. The BBC aired the 2015 Women's World Cup, where the England national team finished in third place, while BT Sport holds the 2015…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 49384
• Published on 20/08/15 at 10:29

Champions League: Lazio - Leverkusen draws nearly 9.5 million viewers in Italy and Germany

SS Lazio - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1-0, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome), the first leg of the play-off round tie for the 2015-16 Champions League, drew, in Italy and Germany, 9.45 million cumulative viewers on average during the match, played on Tuesday 18/08/2015 from 20:45 CET. In Italy, the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 49383
• Published on 20/08/15 at 09:49

Russia: NTV-Plus acquires Ligue 1 broadcasting rights and prolongs its Serie A rights deal

NTV-Plus, the satellite subscription branch of the Russian broadcaster NTV (owned by Gazprom-Media), acquired the Ligue 1 broadcasting rights in Russia, on 14/08/2015. The French first division matches will be broadcast on "Match TV", one of the channels of NTV-Plus. The Russian broadcasting group…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49347
• Published on 19/08/15 at 16:35

Spanish Super Cup: Barça-Athletic Club draws 9.3 million viewers over the two matches on Telecinco

FC Barcelona - Athletic Club Bilbao (1-1), the final of the Supercopa de España (5-1 to Bilbao on aggregate), drew 5.76 million viewers on average during the broadcast on the private free-TV channel Telecinco (Mediaset España group), on 17/08/2015, kick-off at 22:00 CET. This figure represents a…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 49354
• Published on 19/08/15 at 15:55

Bundesliga: the first 9 matches of the season draw 4.01 million subscribers for Sky Deutschland

The nine games of Matchday 1 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga, played from the 14 to 16/08/2015, drew a total of 4.01 million subscribers on average on the German pay-TV network Sky Bundesliga, according to data from two German institutes of audience measurement, AGF and GfK. The best audience of the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 49317
• Published on 19/08/15 at 12:40

Bundesliga: ARD draws almost 12 million viewers with two games of the Matchday 1

FC Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV (5-0), the opening match of the 2015-16 Bundesliga season and broadcast live in Germany on ARD, saw the German public broadcaster draw 7.45 million viewers on average during the match, which kicked off on Friday 14/08/2015 at 20:30 CET. This is a record audience for…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Media Audiences
• Article # 49295
• Published on 19/08/15 at 10:24

Australia: beIN Sports acquires the exclusive rights to broadcast the Liga BBVA

The pay-TV group beIN Sports Australia acquired, via the Spanish broadcaster Mediapro, the exclusive broadcasting rights to the Liga BBVA in Australia, on 11/08/2015. No financial details were disclosed, nor the duration of the contract, which is expected to cover the period from 2015-2020…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49212
• Published on 18/08/15 at 09:29

USA and Canada: beIN Sports extends its broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM and Liga BBVA

The pay-TV group beIN Sports Americas has extended its broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM and the Liga BBVA for 2015-2018, in the USA and Canada, according to information gathered by News Tank Football on 14/08/2015. beIN Sports already owned the broadcasting rights to the Serie A TIM and the…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 49186
• Published on 17/08/15 at 16:24