Sport content: TV vs. OTT

List of tables and figures

Figures
Figure 1: Comparison of how major sporting leagues exploit their broadcasting rights, directly and through intermediaries
Figure 2: Change in the breakdown of revenue generated by professional sport in the United States between 2010 and 2019
Figure 3: Breakdown of the revenue earned by the main national football leagues in Europe for the 2013-2014 season
Figure 4: Evolution of the price paid for the rights to Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 football in France since 1984
Figure 5: Evolution of the price paid for Premier League TV rights in the UK since 1992
Figure 6: Evolution of the price paid for Bundesliga TV rights in Germany since 1970
Figure 7: Evolution of the number of hours of sport programmes on terrestrial TV in France
Figure 8: Evolution of new DTT channels’ share of sport broadcasts in France
Figure 9: Evolution of the most commonly broadcast sports on French TV between 2010 and 2015
Figure 10: Average cost of a channel in a pay-TV package in 2014, by type of channel
Figure 11: Amount the main sport channels pay the leagues for sports rights per year
Figure 12: Percentage of their budget that the top broadcasters in the UK spent on sport in 2014
Figure 13: Change in the top British broadcasters’ spending on programming between 2010 and 2014
Figure 14: Domestic cost of the main TV sports rights, and their increase over time
Figure 15: Current amount paid annually for the TV rights to football (national premiere league) in the main European countries, and increase compared to previous contracts
Figure 16: Amount paid for the TV rights to the main team sports in France, and increase compared to previous contracts
Figure 17: The four most popular OTT sport services in the United States
Figure 18: Breakdown of revenue earned by the top European football leagues (2013-2014 season)
Figure 19: Sports channels available on Livesport.tv
Figure 20: NBC Sports on Yahoo!
Figure 21: The Facebook Sports Stadium interface
Figure 22: Amount Facebook has paid companies and personalities for Live Video content
Figure 23: The Proximus 11 app
Figure 24: Growth of Telefónica pay-TV subscribers
Figure 25: Growth of subscribers to Numericable-SFR fixed access products (ADSL, FTTB and FTTH) in France
Figure 26: The multi-court feature for the French Open 2015 on francetvsport.fr
Figure 27: The multicam option for the 2015 Tour de France on francetvsport.fr
Figure 28: Top 10 sport clubs in the world in terms of popularity (measured in million Facebook fans)
Figure 29: Event and club hashtags and emoticons
Figure 30: Sample tweet with emoticon
Figure 31: Twitter page dedicated to Wimbledon
Figure 32: Cristiano Ronaldo on social media
Figure 33: A French broadcaster’s live Twitter feed of the Germany-Italy Euro 2016 quarter final, including video
Figure 34: Example of a Facebook page used as an indexing site, with links to streaming site
Figure 35: Screenshot of a live Periscope from an audience member
Figure 36: Announcement of the 2020 Olympic Games broadcast in 8K
Figure 37: xDSL performances
Figure 38: How a unicasting system works
Figure 39: How a CDN works
Figure 40: Comparison of how major sporting leagues exploit their broadcasting rights, directly and through intermediaries

Tables
Table 1: Top 10 most watched sport events in the United States in 2015, by annual viewership for each sport
Table 2: Highest rated sport events on French TV between 2004 and 2015
Table 3: Highest ratings for French TV channels airing sporting events since 2000 (highest rating for each channel)
Table 4: Highest ratings on German television
Table 5: National TV ad spending generated by the top American sports leagues, outside the regulation season
Table 6: Comparison of the average price of a 30-second TV spot during major sporting events in the United States
Table 7: Sport channels’ estimated subscription revenue in the United States in 2016
Table 8: Amount TV networks pay the leagues for broadcasting rights, and contract expiry dates in the United States
Table 9: The NFL’s OTT-only service for American fans
Table 10: The NFL’s OTT services tied to TV channels
Table 11: NFL OTT services distributed exclusively by DirecTV
Table 12: The NFL’s international OTT service
Table 13: NBA OTT plans in the United States
Table 14: NBA international OTT plans
Table 15: MLB OTT services
Table 16: MLB audio and mobile services
Table 17: NHL OTT services
Table 18: The MLS OTT service
Table 19: PGA Tour OTT service
Table 20: UFC OTT services
Table 21: ATP OTT service
Table 22: The Euroleague Basketball OTT service
Table 23: Football rights held by BT Sports
Table 24: Sports rights held by SFR Media for its SFR Sports channels
Table 25: Content available on ESPN Player in Europe
Table 26: Football rights held by Sky in the UK and in Ireland
Table 27: Rights shared between Sky and BT for other sports
Table 28: Main features of the Sky Sports OTT offering
Table 29: Sport broadcasting rights lost and held by Canal+
Table 30: Main features of MyCANAL
Table 31: Audience figures for sporting events on French DTT channels
Table 32: Comparison of the features of the main social media video streaming apps
Table 33: Current national status compared to DAE objectives, June 2015
Table 34: Public policies for superfast broadband in Europe
Table 35: Comparison of how top media companies are positioned in sport content