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Pay-TV: 21^st Century Fox withdraws proposal to purchase its competitor Time Warner

The American broadcasting company 21^st Century Fox announced on 05/08/2014 that it was withdrawing its proposal to purchase Time Warner, its main competitor in the American broadcast sector. 21^st Century Fox made an initial offer to purchase Time Warner in June 2014 that was declined by Time…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance
• Article # 23455
• Published on 07/08/14 at 16:33

Liga BBVA: Josep Maria Bartomeu (FC Barcelona) wants collective sale of TV rights

Josep Maria Bartomeu, the president of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA), wants the TV rights of the Spanish first division to be sold collectively, he told the British newspaper The Times on 04/08/2014. "We try to find a consensus. We have long wished to convince Liga BBVA clubs sell their TV rights…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 23413
• Published on 07/08/14 at 15:35

Japan: MP & Silva acquires TV rights to European qualifiers for Euro 2016 and Russia 2018

The media and marketing rights agency MP & Silva has acquired exclusive broadcast rights for Japan for the European zone qualifiers of Euro 2016 (France, 10/06 to 10/07/2016) and for the 2018 World Cup (Russia), the agency announced on 05/08/2014. MP & Silva will thus distribute rights for 526…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 23454
• Published on 07/08/14 at 13:45

Social networks: FC Barcelona top the ranking of the most-followed European clubs on Facebook

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) top the ranking of the most-followed clubs on the social network Facebook in the five major European leagues (Ligue 1, Premier League, Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga), with 71.4m fans as of 05/08/2014. Real Madrid (Liga BBVA) and Manchester United (Premier League) are in…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23397
• Published on 06/08/14 at 18:10

Lagardère Unlimited: 14.8% drop in revenues for first half of 2014 in spite of World Cup

Lagardère Unlimited, a media and marketing rights agency of the French group Lagardère, had a turnover of €174m in the first half of 2014, or 14.8% less than the previous year (€204m), the company announced on 31/07/2014. Lagardère Unlimited explained this decline in sales by pointing to "an…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 23416
• Published on 06/08/14 at 15:10

Spain: Yolanda García Cuevas named sports director of public broadcaster TVE

Yolanda Garcia Cuevas (ESP) was named the new sports director of TVE, the Spanish public TV channel confirmed to News Tank on 05/08/2014. She had been the deputy director of TV sports rights acquisitions at TVE since 2010. She is replacing Jesus Alvarez, who had the role since 2012, and who will…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 23412
• Published on 06/08/14 at 14:28

TF1 takes in €1.0257bn in first half of 2014 (+0.6%), in "economic environment that remains tough"

French TV group TF1 had a turnover of €1.0257bn in the first half of 2014 (from 01/01 to 30/06/2014), a 0.6% growth "in an economic environment that remains tough and unstable," the company said on 25/07/2014.The group's advertising turnover was at €769.9m on 30/06/2014, down €12.6m (or 1.6%…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23335
• Published on 05/08/14 at 16:37

Social networks: Neymar first athlete to surpass 10m followers on Instagram

Neymar Jr (Brazilian international; FC Barcelona, Liga BBVA) became the first athlete to surpass 10m followers on the social network and photo- and video-sharing site Instagram on 30/07/2014.Neymar Jr is the most followed athlete on Instagram, ahead of the Portuguese international Cristiano…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 23324
• Published on 05/08/14 at 12:39

Premier League: BT Sport extends with Arsenal FC for two additional years, through 2015-16

The pay-TV British sports channel BT Sport extended its media partnership with Arsenal FC (Premier League, ENG) for two additional seasons on 28/07/2014. Arsenal and the sports channel of the British telecommunications group BT had signed their first partnership on 09/10/2013; the length and cost…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 23259
• Published on 01/08/14 at 15:38

Twitter: Turnover, losses and users have all risen as of 30/06/2014

The social network Twitter made a turnover of $312m (€232.8m) in the second quarter of 2014, a 124% increase in one year (versus $139.3m, €104m), the company reported on 29/07/2014. Twitter, headquartered in San Francisco (California, United States), had a net loss of $145m (€108.2m) on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 23265
• Published on 01/08/14 at 13:49