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Spain: 2015-16 Liga BBVA and Copa del Rey match summaries awarded to the public group RTVE

The Spanish Professional Football League awarded the domestic broadcasting rights for match summaries to the 2015-16 Liga BBVA and Copa del Rey to the public broadcaster RTVE, on 29/07/2015. The floor price (undisclosed) for Lot 3 of the call for tenders launched by the LaLiga on 17/07/2015 has…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48354
• Published on 31/07/15 at 15:40
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Twitter: €454.5m in turnover and €124m in net loss in second quarter of 2015

The social network Twitter achieved a turnover of $502m (€454.5m at the conversion rate on 29/07/2015) in the second quarter of 2015, up 13.3% compared to the first quarter of 2015 (€401m) announced the company on 28/07/2015. Twitter posted a net loss of $137m (€124m), down 17.9% from the first…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 48339
• Published on 31/07/15 at 15:20
Facebook: €3.68bn turnover (net profit: €656m) in the second quarter of 2015

The social network Facebook achieved a turnover of $4.04bn (or €3.68bn on the conversion rate of 30/07/2015) during the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 11.8% compared to the first quarter 2015 (€3.29bn), announced the company on 29/07/2015. Facebook posted net profit of $719m (€655.6m) in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance
• Article # 48319
• Published on 31/07/15 at 12:30
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David Beckham becomes a shareholder of the live video streaming application MyEye

David Beckham, 40 years and a former England international, became an investor in MyEye, a live video streaming application, on 22/07/2015. This application, a competitor of Periscope (Twitter) and Meerkat, allows users to stream live video content that expires after 72 hours. David Beckham will…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 48293
• Published on 30/07/15 at 18:35
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Swiss Championship TV rights: the competition authority suggests a fine of €134m for Swisscom

The secretariat of Comco, the Swiss competition authority, has requested a fine of 143m Swiss francs (€134.3m on 29/07/2015) against the telecommunications group Swisscom, "due to alleged illegal conduct in marketing sports content via pay TV," on 23/07/2015. The Swiss broadcaster CT Cinetrade AG…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48238
• Published on 30/07/15 at 16:52
©  LaLiga
LaLiga and the Spanish union of content creators unite to fight against digital piracy

LaLiga and the CCEC ("Coalición de creadores e industrias de contenidos", the Union of Content Creators and Content Industries) formed a partnership to "work together on all fronts against digital piracy", on 21/07/2015. The objectives of the joint action range "from greater social awareness and…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48231
• Published on 30/07/15 at 11:54
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Sky: profit of £1.4m (+18%) and nearly one million new net subscribers (2015 fiscal year)

Sky recorded 973,000 new subscribers (net), including 455,000 in the UK and Ireland between 01/07/2014 and 30/06/2015, a number of new subscribers up 45% from the previous evolution, the pay-TV conglomerate announced during the presentation of its 2015 annual results on 29/07/2015. The adjusted…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Media Audiences
• Article # 74116
• Published on 30/07/15 at 02:02
Australia: SBS acquires free-to-air rights to the Champions League (2015-2018) from beIN Sports

The Australian public broadcaster SBS acquired the free-to-air broadcast rights, in Australia, to the Champions League for the 2015-2018 cycle, on 25/07/2015. The rights were acquired under sublicense from the pay-TV group beIN Sports Australia, the holder of the rights of the 2015-2018 Champions…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 48205
• Published on 29/07/15 at 18:30
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LaLiga: 2015-16 free-to-air rights to Liga BBVA, Copa del Rey and summaries awarded on 31/07/2015

LaLiga launched a tender for the 2015-16 free-to-air broadcasting rights, in Spain, to 38 Liga BBVA games, 10 Copa del Rey games, and summaries of all the matches of the two competitions, on 17/07/2015. The rights apply to all distribution platforms. The submission of tenders was to be made before…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48172
• Published on 29/07/15 at 15:39
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Altice group (Numericable-SFR, MCS TV) will gradually buy NextRadioTV (RMC, BFM TV) in 2015

Alain Weill, the chairman, founder and main shareholder of French audiovisual group NextRadioTV, and Patrick Drahi, the chairman and founder of the Luxembourg telecommunications group Altice, today announced a strategic partnership and voluntary tender offer for investment and development in the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 48150
• Published on 29/07/15 at 11:10