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Premier League: DirecTV acquires TV rights for the 2016-19 period in S. America (excluding Brazil)

The US pay-TV group DirecTV has extended its TV rights deal to broadcast the Barclays Premier League in South America for the 2016-2019 cycle, on 09/10/2015. Only Brazil, where the TV rights were awarded to the ESPN group on 24/09/2015, is not included in this agreement. The rights acquired by…

Euro 2016: Germany record audience of 12.7 million viewers for Germany-Georgia (2-1)

The Euro 2016 qualifying match between Germany - Georgia (2-1), Matchday 10 in Group D, drew an average of 12.69 million viewers in Germany on the private free-TV channel RTL on Sunday 11/10/2015 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This is the best audience for a Euro 2016 qualifying match involving the…

Premier League: progression of the domestic and international audiovisual revenues

Euro 2016: England - Estonia (2-0) match draws 4 million viewers in the United Kingdom

The Euro 2016 qualifying match between England - Estonia (2-0, Matchday 9 in Group E), was broadcast live and exclusively in the UK by ITV, allowing the private free-TV channel to draw 4.045 million viewers on average on Friday 09/10/2015 (kick-off at 20:45 CET, 19:45 local time). This figure…

Euro 2016: Spain-Luxembourg match draws 4 million viewers on the Spanish channel La 1

The Euro 2016 qualifying match between Spain - Luxembourg (4-0, Matchday 9 in Group C), broadcast live and exclusively in Spain by La 1, allowed the Spanish public channel to attract an average of 4,038 million viewers on Friday 09/10/2015 (kick off at 20:45 CET).The match, played at Las Gaunas…

Euro 2016: Azerbaijan - Italy match (0-1) draws 5.4 million viewers on average in Italy on Rai1

The Azerbaijan - Italy (0-1, Group H) match, Matchday 9 day of qualifying for Euro 2016, broadcast live and exclusively in Italy by Rai 1, allowed the Italian public broadcaster to draw 5.409 million viewers on average on Saturday 10/10/2015 (kick-off at 18:00 CET).This figure represents an…

Euro 2016: the Denmark - France (1-2) friendly match draws 5.06 million viewers in France on TF1

The Denmark - France (1-2) friendly match drew 5.057 million viewers on average for the French private, free-TV channel TF1 on Sunday 11/10/2015 (kickoff at 20:45 CET), according to data from the French institute of audience measurement Médiamétrie.This figures represents a 19.5% audience share…

Bundesliga: kit suppliers in 2015-16

The German sports equipment brand adidas is the most represented company among the clubs of the Bundesliga in 2015-16, with 5 of the 18 clubs under contract (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Ingolstadt 04, FC Schalke 04 eand Hamburger SV), 27.8% of the total.

India: partnership between ESPN and Multi Screen Media; Sony Kix channel to be renamed Sony ESPN

The US broadcaster ESPN has joined its Indian counterpart Multi Screen Media (MSM, a subsidiary of Sony) in "a long-term strategic partnership", announced the two companies on 08/10/2015. ESPN, which had dissolved its joint venture with the pay-TV group Star India in 2012, will bring its portfolio…

Bahrain: B4 Capital will market the rights for Russia 2018 and the Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers

B4 Capital, the Anglo-Luxembourg media rights agency, has concluded an agreement with the Bahrain Football Association, on 08/10/2015. The agreement covers the marketing media rights of the Bahrain national team in the domestic and international markets for qualifying matches for the 2018 World…