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Champions Manchester United Finish Atop Of EPL's TV Money Share List05 / 22 / 13ManU emerged as the EPL's top earner when it comes to TV revenue, according to Tom Sharp of the LONDON TIMES. The champion's total income from TV for the '12-13 campaign was £60.8M ($92.2M), but even the division’s bottom club "will earn more than that next season under the terms of the ... Tags: Media, United Kingdom |
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IIHF Worlds Again On YouTube
The 2013 Int'l Ice Hockey Federation World Championship running from May 3-19 in Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland will again be featured free-of-charge on a dedicated YouTube channel. Starting this Friday, coverage of all 64 games will be available. The streaming is complemented by an on-dema ...
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Austrian public broadcaster ORF has secured the live broadcast rights for the Int'l Ice Hockey Federation World Championships until '17. The rights include the top group world championships as well as the second-tier, Division 1, world championships. Included in the deal are also the rights for audi ...
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BT Sport To Fine Production Companies
BT Sport, which paid £738M ($1.1B) for Premier League rights, has "imposed remarkable financial penalties" on its TV production partners "if they miss a goal or even a corner next season," according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. The clauses Sunset+Vine had to agree to for the produ ...
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UEFA Tries To Avoid Further Sanctions
UEFA has announced that "it will establish a working group to ensure member associations avoid fixture clashes between domestic and European games," after the FA " was disciplined for a breach of regulations ," according to SOCCEREX. In what "is believed to be the first penalty for this type of offe ...
Perform Predicts Strong Year Ahead
British sports rights company Perform said that "it was well set for strong growth as it prepares to negotiate new deals with online bookmakers" that use its video streams of live action, according to Keith Weir of REUTERS. The company, "whose shares have doubled in value since it flo ...
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BT To Start Premier League Ad Campaign
BT "is to kick-start a marketing campaign showcasing its new football channel in mid-May, with Premier League stars Robin van Persie and Gareth Bale set to feature," according to John Reynolds of MARKETING MAGAZINE. A source said, "BT will announce its commercial proposition in the week-ending May 6 ...
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SingTel Plays Risky Game With Pay-TV
SingTel said that it might not seek to be the first pay-TV company to secure the broadcasting rights for the World Cup after its “harrowing” experience with its EPL contract, according to David Bottomley of TODAY ONLINE. SingTel Digital Life CEO Allen Lew said, "I’ve got more impor ...
UEFA Takes $1.7M In English TV Money
UEFA has "taken more than a million pounds from the English clubs' pot of Champions League television money for scheduling domestic matches against the competition," according to the London DAILY MAIL. The €1.3M ($1.7M) fine "was imposed after UEFA's disciplinary panel found 'clashes relating t ...
Sky's Bundesliga Ratings 'Respectable'
German pay-TV channel Sky "received respectable ratings with its broadcasts of Saturday's Bundesliga games," according to Alexander Krei of DWDL. A total of 1.15 million viewers tuned in on Saturday afternoon to watch one of the five individual games or Sky's simulcast. In the target demographic 14- ...
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German free-to-air TV news channel n-tv "will include the motorsports magazine 'PS - Porsche Carrera Cup' in its program." Starting on May 6, n-tv "will show the highlights of each of the Carrera Cup's nine race weekends on the following Monday at 6:30pm." A 10th episode "will show the highlights of ...
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