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Brazil 2014: ARD gets 34.65m viewers, breaking German ratings record

34.65m people on average watched the Germany - Argentina final (1-0 aet) of the 2014 World Cup (Brazil, from 12/06 to 13/07/2014) on the German public TV channel ARD from the 21:00 kickoff to midnight CET in Germany on 13/07/2014. This meant an audience share of 86.3%, which indicates that at…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 22577
• Published on 16/07/14 at 13:59
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Brazil 2014: Germany-Argentina sets new Facebook record with 280m interactions

The 20th World Cup's Germany-Argentina final (1-0 aet at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, 13/07/2014) set a new record for a sports game on the social network Facebook with 280m interactions. The game also generated 32.1m messages on the micro-blogging platform Twitter.The posts, comments…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 22561
• Published on 16/07/14 at 12:59
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Brazil 2014: Neymar rakes in 15m fans, winning World Cup of Twitter and Facebook

The Twitter and Facebook audiences of Brazilian striker Neymar Jr saw larger increases than those of any other World Cup player during the event; he landed 15m new fans (a 44% increase) from 12/06 to 10/07/2014. The player for FC Barcelona (who is under contract with Nike) has 55.5m fans/followers…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 22515
• Published on 15/07/14 at 13:05
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Brazil 2014: Corcovado statue to be lit in finalists' colours, depending on number of tweets

The Christ the Redeemer statue will be illuminated during the final of the 2014 World Cup between Germany and Argentina (at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 13/07/2014) in the colours of the two countries, with the time for each depending on the number of messages they each receive on the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 22412
• Published on 11/07/14 at 16:30
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Brazil 2014: With 35.6m tweets, Brazil-Germany is most tweeted match in history

Brazil-Germany (1-7 in Belo Horizonte) is the most tweeted football game in the history of the social network Twitter (founded in 2006); there were 35.6m tweets during this, the first semi-final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil (from 12/06 to 13/07/2014), on 08/07/2014. The record for most tweets…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 22320
• Published on 10/07/14 at 15:59
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Brazil: 32.57m Germans watched their 7-1 win over Brazil on ZDF, breaking ratings record

Brazil-Germany (1-7), the first semi-final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil (from 12/06 to 13/07/2014), was watched on average by 32.57m viewers [aged three and up] on German public TV channel ZDF, from the 22:00 CET kickoff to 23:55 CET on 08/07/2014. This figure represents an 87.8% audience share…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 22318
• Published on 10/07/14 at 11:59
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Bundesliga: Sport1 eyes purchasing live broadcasting rights for 2017-2021

Beginning in 2017, German free- and pay -TV broadcaster Sport1 would like to broadcast Bundesliga matches live, announced Dieter Hahn, CEO of the media group Constantin Medien, which owns Sport1; Hahn was quoted in the German business newspaper Handelsblatt on 06/07/2014. Sport1 has the broadcast…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities
• Article # 22208
• Published on 09/07/14 at 18:01
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Twitter: Arsenal first Premier League club to surpass 4m followers

Arsenal FC became the first Premier League club with more than 4m fans on the social network Twitter on 08/07/2014. 4,003,864 people have followed the club since April 2009. Arsenal FC were the first sports club to reach this mark in England and the third worldwide, after the Spanish clubs FC…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 22250
• Published on 09/07/14 at 15:41
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Top Clubs for 2014-15 Ligue 1: beIN Sports replaces Olympique Lyonnais with AS Saint-Etienne

Canal+ and beIN Sports chose their "Top Clubs" for the 2014-15 season on 01/07/2014. Canal+ chose Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco, Olympique de Marseille; beIN Sports chose AS Saint-Etienne (ASSE). Each "Top Club" selection may be co-broadcast four times per season in spite of the rights being held…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 22106
• Published on 09/07/14 at 10:44
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Sky Deutschland: Brian Sullivan re-appointed CEO through 2016

Brian Sullivan (USA) was re-appointed CEO of German pay-TV group Sky Deutschland on 01/07/2014 for a term lasting through the end of 2016. The extension of his contract, which would have ended in December 2014, was requested by James Murdoch, the chairman of Sky Deutschland, a German subsidiary…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 22154
• Published on 09/07/14 at 10:22