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La Liga Sides Real Madrid And Barcelona Once Again Dominant In TV Viewership06 / 19 / 13The Spanish Football League (LFP) has confirmed the TV dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona in its review of '11-12 viewership, according to Ángel Liceras of MARCA. Real Madrid (18.1%) and Barcelona (17%) lead in standout form the rankings of the teams that were watched the most o... |
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SevenOne Media "acquired the marketing rights for the official website of the German football Bundesliga." The Bundesliga's website, bundesliga.de, "attracts on average 2.41 million unique users a month." In addition, its videos "receives more than 1.5 million views per month." SevenOne Media, which ...
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