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Premier League: Sky and BT will pay €2.3bn per season for the TV rights to the 2016-2019 cycle

The Premier League has awarded lots A, C, D, E, and G (a total of 126 matches per season) to the British pay-tv group Sky plc. (Sky Sports) and lots B and F (42 matches per season) to the communications group BT (BT Sport channels), on 10/02/2015. The amount of the auction for the seven lots…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 33747
• Published on 11/02/15 at 11:50
Denmark: IMG will be the international distributor of TV rights to the Alka Superliga until 2021

The media rights and marketing agency IMG extended its existing global media rights distribution contract for the Alka Superliga, the Danish first division, for six years on 06/02/2015. IMG began being the distributor for the Danish league's audiovisual rights in 2009-10 and had renewed its…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities
• Article # 33468
• Published on 09/02/15 at 18:35
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Premier League: submission of bids until 06/02/2015 for the 2016-2019 domestic TV rights

Broadcasters interested in obtaining UK audiovisual rights to the Barclays Premier League matches for the 2016-2019 cycle, had to submit their bids to the Premier League before Friday, 06/02/2015. The Premier League issued the first two ITTs (Invitations to Tender) for the domestic broadcasting…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33442
• Published on 06/02/15 at 19:41
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Germany: Sport1 acquires the 2015-2018 free-TV rights to the Europa League (15 fixtures per season)

The German TV group Sport1, which offers both paying and free-TV content, acquired the audiovisual rights to the Europa League in Germany for the 2015-2018 cycle on 02/02/2015. Sport1 holds the live broadcasting rights, exclusively on free-to-air television, to 15 Europa League games per season…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33434
• Published on 06/02/15 at 19:28
Liga BBVA: the Spanish group Mediapro acquires 2015-16 audiovisual rights to Athletic Bilbao

The Spanish multimedia group Mediapro has acquired the domestic audiovisual rights to the 2015-16 league games (at home) of Athletic Bilbao (Liga BBVA), announced Josu Urrutia, the president of the Basque club, on 04/02/2015. This agreement "fully meets the expectations of the current Board of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33423
• Published on 06/02/15 at 19:19
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Premier League: Ofcom rejects Virgin Media request to delay the 2016-2019 UK TV rights auction

Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, rejected the British pay-TV platform Virgin Media's application to delay the auction for the 2016-2019 live UK audiovisual media rights to the Barclays Premier League on 04/02/2015.Ofcom "does not…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Rights Acquisitions, …
• Article # 33271
• Published on 05/02/15 at 18:15
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Fox International Channels: Olivier Bramly becomes France general manager

Olivier Bramly was appointed general manager of Fox International Channels France, announced the media group owned by 21st Century Fox on 04/02/2015. He succeeds Frederic Chevance, who had held the position since 2009. Olivier Bramly will be in charge of programming, the sale of advertising spots…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 33211
• Published on 05/02/15 at 14:00
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Super Bowl 2015: 114.4 million viewers, a record audience for American television

The 49th edition of the Super Bowl, the final of the NFL (National Football League, US League of American Football), broadcast on 01/02/2015 in the United States by NBC, was watched by 114.4 million viewers on average during the match, making it the most watched program in the history of American…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 33082
• Published on 04/02/15 at 17:55
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Handball: 9.1 million viewers for France-Qatar on TF1, a record audience for the sport in France

France - Qatar (25-22), the final of the 2015 Handball World Championship (held in Qatar from 15/01 to 01/02/2015), attracted an average audience of 9.1 million viewers to the French private free-TV channel TF1 during the game (between 5pm and 7pm ECT), on Sunday 01/02/2015. This figure represents…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 32955
• Published on 04/02/15 at 11:31
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NFL: a record 28.4 million tweets during the 2015 Super Bowl (+14% compared to 2014)

The 2015 edition of the Super Bowl, which pitted the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots (24-28) at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale (Arizona, USA), on 02/01/2015, generated 28.4 million tweets worldwide during the television broadcast of the game between 18:20 and 22:10…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 33029
• Published on 03/02/15 at 17:19