Author archives: Broadcast Sport

Whisper scores BBC cricket highlights

Sports indie will produce around 40 hours of coverage in two-year deal Whisper has won the contract to produce international cricket highlights for the BBC, Broadcast understands, as the corporation returns to the sport for the first time in five years. The Channel 4 Growth Fund-indie will produce around 40 hours worth of highlights of […]

BBC Sport seeks digital presenter

Successful candidate able to produce and front social media content Gary Lineker: MOTD host has attracted significant social media following BBC Sport is seeking a digital presenter to create and front its social content for 16-24s. The division has issued a job advert for an individual to work with its digital teams to create social […]

LaLiga tests out Sceenic’s Watch Together on OTT platform

Software allows fans to react and comment on OTT platform in real-time with friends Spain’s LaLiga has partnered with shared viewing platform Sceenic to run a pilot featuring its Watch Together software solution. Sceenic’s Watch Together software solution will be integrated into LaLiga’s OTT platform for the pilot, allowing fans to stream games, and react […]

Amazon snags Champions League rights in Germany

Streamer steps up football rights investment, taking a package of Champions League matches in Germany Amazon has continued its push into top flight football, securing the rights to broadcast a package of Champions League matches for the 2021/22 season in Germany. Amazon is to broadcast Champions League matches on Tuesday evenings from 2021. “We’re excited […]

Whisper retains C4 Formula 1 deal

Indie to produce channel’s coverage for 2020 as Sony mulls stake Whisper has retained the contract for Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage for a fourth year as Sony mulls over taking a stake in David Coulthard’s indie. Broadcast understands the indie recently emerged victorious against another leading sports producer after a two-month tender process, which […]

LaLiga reveals series of tech innovations at Madrid event

The tech advancements are based on business intelligence, analytics and machine learning LaLiga has unveiled a series of tech innovations at its Technology, the secret behind LaLiga event, held at its offices in Madrid. The sports federation used the event to reveal details of new and emerging projects that have been developed by LaLiga in […]