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Univision Communications: 3 banks hired for an IPO in second of 2015

The US Hispanic media company Univision Communications has hired the banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank to plan for an IPO in the second half of 2015, according to the US media service Reuters on 11/03/2015. This IPO should allow Univision Communications to raise more than $1bn…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Legal
• Article # 36538
• Published on 13/03/15 at 11:53
©  RTVE
Spain: RTVE and the national lottery will inject €7m into Teledeporte to save the TV channel

The Spanish public audiovisual group RTVE and Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, the Iberian national lottery, concluded a partnership agreement worth €7m "for the promotion of Spanish sport" on 11/03/2015. "The agreement is very important in making Teledeporte's future clear," stated José Antonio…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 36519
• Published on 13/03/15 at 10:35
©  FC Bayern Munich
Champions League: ZDF draws 8.05 million viewers for Bayern Munich - Shakhtar Donetsk

The FC Bayern Munich - Shakhtar Donetsk match (7-0), in the Round of 16 of the 2014-15 Champions League (0-0 in the first leg), and broadcast live in Germany on free-TV by ZDF, allowed the German public-TV channel to draw 8.05 million viewers on average during the match (kick-off at 20:45) on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Agencies, …
• Article # 36494
• Published on 12/03/15 at 18:35
©  C.Gavelle/PSG
Champions League: Canal+ draws 2.51 million subscribers for Chelsea-Paris Saint-Germain, new record

The Chelsea FC - Paris Saint-Germain match (2-2 a.e.t., Paris Saint-Germain advanced on away goals), in the Round of 16 of the 2014-15 Champions League, allowed the French pay-TV channel Canal+, the live exclusive broadcaster of the match in France, to gather 2.51 million subscribers on average…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 36451
• Published on 12/03/15 at 16:46
©  D.R.
"Twitter has become an indicator of the overall commitment to a TV programme" (Nielsen)

"New research shows that Twitter TV activity (number of tweets during a broadcast) can also tell us just how engaged the general viewing population is with the programming it watches," concluded a study on the link between tweets about TV programmes and brain activity, published by Nielsen on…
Domain(s): Media, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 36443
• Published on 12/03/15 at 15:44
©  Gilles Bassignac pour LAGARDERE
Arnaud Lagardère reappointed as head of Lagardère until 25/03/2021

The supervisory board of the holding company Lagardère SCA, in its meeting on 11/03/2015, unanimously ratified the decision of shareholders to renew the team of its top manager Arnaud Lagardère, announced the media group Lagardère after the meeting. This renewal is for a period of six years…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 36400
• Published on 12/03/15 at 15:04
©  MLS
MLS: Orlando City - NY City FC, best national TV audience of the first matchday of the 2015 season

The Orlando City SC - New York City FC (1-1) match, which marked the debut of the two new MLS (Major League Soccer, USA_CAN) franchises, garnered 539,000 viewers on average during the game on the American pay-TV channel (English language) ESPN2 on Sunday 08/03/2015 (kick-off at 17:00 Eastern…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 36366
• Published on 12/03/15 at 10:34
USA: Orlando - NY City had best Twitter sports audience from 02 to 08/03/2015 (excluding basketball)

The Orlando City SC - New York City FC match (1-1), which marked the debut of the two new MLS (Major League Soccer, USA-CAN) franchises and broadcast jointly in the US on the pay-TV channels ESPN2 (English language) and ESPN Deportes (Spanish language), generated 83,000 tweets related to the match…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 36321
• Published on 11/03/15 at 18:48
©  LFP
La Liga: without piracy, TV rights would be worth "between €2bn and €2.5bn," estimates the LFP

"It is difficult to give a precise figure, but if we look at the amount of TV rights of the Premier League and we make some adjustments, if there were no piracy, we could generate an amount between €2bn and €2.5bn," said Ignacio Martinez, the director of strategic development of the LFP (Spanish…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 36277
• Published on 11/03/15 at 15:26
©  Arsenal FC
BBC: peak of 8.9 million viewers for Man Utd - Arsenal, best TV audience of the FA Cup in 2014-15

The quarter-final fixture of the FA Cup (English association cup) between Manchester United FC - Arsenal FC (1-2) allowed the British public TV channel BBC One to gather 7,266,000 viewers on average during the match on Monday 09/03/2015 (kick-off 20:45 CET), according to figures released by the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 36203
• Published on 11/03/15 at 09:45