27 September 2013
Eurosport will continue to broadcast the best clubs in the UEFA Women’s Champions League following the acquisition of the exclusive worldwide rights for the 2013-2014 home matches of title holders VfL Wolfsburg and 2010 winners 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam.
Eurosport can also broadcast selected away matches from both German clubs and can feature other teams such as 2012 and 2011 Champions League winners Olympique Lyonnais.
Eurosport has broadcast every FIFA Women’s World Cup and UEFA Women’s Euro since 2003 as well as the UEFA Women’s Champions League since 2011. More recently the Women’s Bundesliga has joined Eurosport’s portfolio of rights, until the 2015-2016 season, confirming the channel’s commitment to women’s football.
Fans increasingly consider Eurosport as the home of women’s football, underlined by this year’s audiences. 55m different European viewers watched the UEFA EURO in Sweden in July and the tournament’s average audience saw a 53% increase compared to the 2009 edition in Finland. In May 2013 Wolfsburg’s victory in the Champions League final over Olympique Lyonnais attracted 7.8m fans (+62% vs 2012 final).
Match Scheule:
UEFA Women’s Champions League 2013/14 live on Eurosport
Round of 32 – first leg
– 9 October, 17:00 CET: Parnü Jalgpalliklubi (EST) v VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
– 9 October, 19:00 CET: FC Twente ’65 (NED) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
– 10 October, 15:00 CET: MTK Hungaria FC (HUN) v 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam (GER)
Round of 32 – second leg
– 16 October, 17:00 CET: VfL Wolfsburg (GER v Parnü Jalgpalliklubi (EST)
– 16 October, 19:00 CET: 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam (GER) v MTK Hungaria FC (HUN)
Next round to be broadcast live: Round of 16 on 9-10 November (first leg) and 13-14 November (second leg). Matches to be announced soon.
Audience Sources: AGF/GfK, BARB, SKO, MMS, TNS-Gallup, Kantar Media, AGB NMR, Armadata/Kantar- Techedge.
27 September 2013
Deutsche Welle (DW) has improved its lineups in Latin America and Asia: Starting September 30, DW (Latinoamérica) will broadcast 24 hours of Spanish and DW (Asien) 24 hours of German programming.
The changes to these lineups will ensure that audiences in Asia and Latin America will be able to enjoy more DW programming in Spanish and German. Up until now, DW (Latinoamérica) broadcast 20 hours in Spanish, and DW (Asien) 20 hours of German.
“We are further streamlining our lineups to reflect the growing importance of our target audiences in Asia and Latin America,” said DW’s Director of Global Content Christoph Lanz.
The new 24-hour German service in Asia is part of a dual channel strategy for the region. The flagship channel DW is currently available around the clock in English as well. In addition, DW’s English channel is available in North America, Africa and Australia.
Viewers in Europe can still tune in to DW (Europe), which broadcasts 18 hours in English and six hours in German. DW (Arabia) offers viewers in the Middle East ten hours in Arabic and 14 hours in English. DW (Amerika) is broadcast throughout the entire content with 20 hours in German and four hours in English.
Starting September 30, DW’s half-hour music program PopXport will be broadcast once weekly – instead of three times per month. Kino, the German film magazine, has received a new spot in the lineup but will still be broadcast once per month.
PopXport features the best acts and musicians from the German music scene as well as the latest trends and events. PopXport is also a media partner of “Initiative Musik,” a funding agency set up by the German federal government for the music industry in Germany. It is available in English, German, Spanish and Arabic. (Source: DW Press Release)
Access DW’s television programming via Media Center:
http://mediacenter.dw.de/english/live/
26 September 2013
Globecast today announced that it is providing services to NHK WORLD, delivering the channel via satellite to new audiences in Central and Western Africa. NHK WORLD, the international broadcast channel of Japanese national public broadcaster NHK, launched the new service on July 30 as part of Canalsat, a package of more than 130 channels, radio stations, and services operated by CANAL+ Afrique on the SES-4 satellite at 22 degrees west orbital position.
Carried as part of the Canalsat Afrique direct-to-home schedule, NHK WORLD is being offered free-to-air for these new African audiences, in keeping with its global brand philosophy for other markets. Globecast is providing a complete solution to bring NHK WORLD to the point of uplink, including contribution, encryption, and encoding.
“With its excellent coverage of the whole Central and Western Africa region and a compelling path to entry into the hotel chains there, SES-4 offers NHK WORLD a solid platform for its initial launch into Africa and future expansion moving forward,” said Juliet Bayliss, UK Sales Director for Globecast. “We’re glad we were able to leverage our close ties with Canalsat to integrate our client NHK WORLD in its service plan, despite the very tight schedule. Our ability to negotiate effectively with our satellite partners is a large part of the service we offer to content providers.” (Source: Press Release)
25 September 2013
In its mission of focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as one of the Group’s core values through “MBC Hope”, MBC Group has recently launched “Doing Good” initiative which aims at nurturing, empowering, strengthening and fostering creativity among the Arab youth. This annual initiative will provide young individuals in the region with the opportunity to showcase their positive contributions towards their communities via spreading virtuousness and integrity among their societies.
The initiative will empower youth of different ages to participate and bring forward their best creative ideas to undertake all sorts of goodwill activities while demonstrating their ongoing commitment to helping others.
Youth are invited to participate in the “Doing Good” initiative by uploading their videos, studies, research papers, projects, etc. on www.mbc.net/alamal and entering them into one of the following 4 categories:
– “Humanitarian Issues”: Such as Poverty, Education, Health and Prevention, Helping the needy, etc.
– “Social entrepreneurship and Start-Up companies”: Includes commercial and industrial small projects with a good and positive return on society.
– “Creativity and Innovation”: Production of short movies/films that highlight positive “individual achievements” and “entrepreneurship” in favor of the society.
– “Environment”: Such as the development and implementation of small local projects involved in recycling, water preservation, sustainable energy, waste reduction, etc.
The deadline for submitting entries for “Doing Good” initiative is 31st of October 2013. Once submitted, all entries, projects, research, etc. will be studied and analyzed in details by a specialized judging panel (to be announced at a later stage). A winner from each category will then be chosen and all winning projects (total of 4) will be highlighted and communicated on all of MBC Group’s Platforms to monitor the progress of the projects, while also further empowering and encouraging the youth behind it. (Source: MBC press release)
17 September 2013
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive digital content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industry, announced today that it has been selected by Synterra Media, the largest Media Content Logistics operator in Russia, to distribute live broadcasts of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) season games through April 2014. Synterra Media was selected by KHL to distribute live KHL game broadcasts internationally and will continue its partnership with RRsat for the European distribution, which was initiated last year.
To support the HD transmissions from Synterra Media’s Moscow headquarters to RRsat’s Middle East facility, RRsat created a dedicated fiber connection comprising five parallel fiber lines. From its state-of-the-art facility, RRsat will distribute live content through a syndicated channel as well as ad hoc requests, to millions of European viewers via the RRsat capacity on Eutelsat E10A satellite. Transmissions will utilize HD video and DVB-S2 modulation to ensure a superior viewing experience.
“Synterra Media is pleased to choose RRsat as a distribution partner for the second year and to expand our relationship to include support for ad hoc requests,” said Valery Krylov, General Director of Synterra Media. “RRsat’s winning combination of state-of-the-art distribution solutions, around-the-clock technical support and excellent service enables KHL fans across Europe to experience exciting hockey matches seamlessly, in real time.”
“RRsat’s enhanced ability to deliver sports and live event programming, thanks to our top-of-the-line infrastructure, global facilities and commitment to providing 24/7 support, make us the ideal distribution partner for sports content,” said Lior Rival, Chief Commercial Officer of RRsat. “We are glad that Synterra Media recognizes RRsat’s expertise and has decided to continue partnering with us for the distribution of KHL broadcasts for a second year. “ (Source: RRsat press release)
