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Sports betting: Sky sells 80% of Sky Bet shares to CVC Capital Partners for at least €831m

The British broadcasting group Sky plc announced the completion of the sale of a 80% stake in Sky Bet, its online games and sports betting subsidiary, to the investment fund CVC Capital Partners and to members of the management of Sky Bet, on 19/03/2015. Sky will receive £600m (€831m) in cash…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Betting, …
• Article # 37341
• Published on 23/03/15 at 16:50
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La Liga: El Clasico was broadcast live to 5,000 passengers on 17 Turkish Airlines flights

El Clasico, FC Barcelona - Real Madrid CF (2-1, Matchday 28 of the Liga BBVA) was watched live by about 5,000 passengers on 17 intercontinental Turkish Airlines flights on 22/03/2015. This follows an agreement concluded on 19/03/2015 between Turkish Airlines, which has Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 37328
• Published on 23/03/15 at 16:19
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UK: Sky to increase its subscription rates an additional €3.45 per month as of 01/06/2015

The British broadcasting group Sky plc announced an average increase of £2.5 (€3.45) per month of its subscription rates as of 01/06/2015, on 19/03/2015. The announcement of Sky's new fee system usually occurs every September. On 10/02/2015, Sky acquired the audiovisual rights to 126 Premier…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities
• Article # 37216
• Published on 20/03/15 at 17:39
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Austria: the public broadcaster ORF acquires the audiovisual rights to Euro 2016

The Austrian public broadcasting group ORF acquired the exclusive audiovisual rights, in Austria, to Euro 2016 on 05/03/2015. These rights apply to all broadcast platforms and were acquired by the ORF from the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), stated the Austrian group on 05/03/2015. "The price…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 37001
• Published on 18/03/15 at 18:59
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Digital: Italian company deltatre and the French company Netco Sports sign a strategic partnership

deltatre, an Italian company which specialises in digital solutions for the broadcasters and organisers of sporting events, and its French counterpart Netco Sports announced the signing of a strategic partnership on 24/02/2015. "After having successfully cooperated for the major football event of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 36944
• Published on 18/03/15 at 17:05
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Shirt-embedded cameras: Telefonica (telecom), as well as Iniesta and Ibaka, invest in First V1sion

The Spanish telecom group Telefonica has invested €60,000, through its startup incubator Wayra, to acquire a 7% stake in the Spanish company First V1sion on 16/03/2015. First V1sion manufactures mini-cameras which are "wearable" -- imbedded into sports shirts -- that can film in HD and transmit a…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital
• Article # 36887
• Published on 18/03/15 at 11:15
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Poland: Canal+ sells its stake in TVN to Scripps Networks Interactive for €584m

The French media group Canal+, along with the Polish media conglomerate the ITI Group, sold their majority stake (52.7%) in TVN, the Polish free and pay-TV group, to the American media group Scripps Networks Interactive for €584m, subject to regulatory approval, on 16/03/2015. Southbank Media, the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 36822
• Published on 17/03/15 at 16:59
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IOC: IMG named consultant in tender for the TV rights in 49 countries for the 2018 and 2020 Olympics

The IOC has named the American marketing and media rights agency IMG as a consultant and announced it will launch the tender process for the broadcast rights in 49 European countries to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang (South Korea) and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (Japan) on 11/05/2015…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 36741
• Published on 16/03/15 at 19:20
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Bundesliga: FC Köln use the application Meerkat to live-stream a training session on Twitter

1. FC Köln (Bundesliga) used the new application Meerkat to live-stream a training session to its fans directly on the micro-blogging website Twitter, on 12/03/2015. The club announced and opened the live-stream event at its Geißbockheim training centre via a tweet directly to its followers on…
Domain(s): Clubs, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital
• Article # 36676
• Published on 16/03/15 at 17:25
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Basketball: Snapchat is negotiating with Turner and the NCAA for right to broadcast game highlights

Snapchat, the photo and video sharing application, is negotiating the acquisition of broadcasting rights for highlights with Turner, an American pay-TV group, and the NCAA, the American university sports association, in order to offer its users sports content in the "Story" section of the app…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 36603
• Published on 13/03/15 at 18:16