The BBC has agreed to broadcast Bellator exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer in 2021 The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee (DCMS) has questioned the BBC’s decision to broadcast MMA competitions in the UK. Citing fears over the effect of concussions, DCMS chair Julian Knight MP has written to BBC director-general Tim Davie […]
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Premier League and La Liga capture 100 million user piracy operation
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, Football Association Pretoria, the Premier League and La Liga had complained about the mobile app Mobdro The Premier League and La Liga were among the complainants that have brought down piracy operation Mobdro. The application had over 100 million users, and illegally distributed video streams and TV channels. The […]
Facebook adds In Stream Ads for Live videos and expands eligibility
Broadcasters, production companies, publishers, influencers, creative industries, and more will be able to take advantage of the change Facebook has expanded the eligibility criteria for the use of In-Stream ads, as well as opening up their use for live streams. Pages now need 600,000 total minutes viewed and five or more active video uploads to […]
OneFootball partners with Brazilian Football Confederation on content
OneFootball app and website users will be able to see original content and the Brazilian football confederation’s editorial OneFootball and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have announced a content partnership. Users of the OneFootball app and website will be able to see original content and CBF editorial, making it the first national body to link […]
BOOK NOW: Virtual Breakfast Club #3 (BBC Sport, Aurora & Hashtag United)
The third of Broadcast Sport’s free Virtual Breakfast Clubs takes place on Wednesday 24 March on the virtual conferencing platform, Hopin. BBC Sport, Aurora Media Worldwide, Base Media Cloud and Hashtag United (whose Breaking the Net YouTube documentary is pictured above) are joining Broadcast Sport for the third of its Virtual Breakfast Clubs. The event, […]
COMMENT: Sky Sports: A Year Since Live Sport Changed
Sky Sports’ Phil Marshall looks back on 12 months of lockdown’s impact on live sports and how the broadcaster has adapted to the challenges of the pandemic. Friday 13 March 2020, the unlucky date that live sport as we knew it stopped. 365 days on, that date remains etched in my memory. For someone with […]
World Rugby to broadcast free live streams of Super Rugby in UK and globally
Ireland, some European countries, Asia (excluding Japan), North Africa and the Middle East will also be able to enjoy the free live sport World Rugby has agreed an interim deal with Rugby Australia to provide free live streams of Harvey Norman Super Rugby. Viewers in the UK, Ireland, some European countries, Asia (excluding Japan), North […]
Discovery combines sport and entertainment marketing solutions
The combination comes after the launch of OTT platform discovery+ in January Discovery has revealed that it has combined it sport and entertainment marketing solutions. Brand partners will be able to access all of Discovery’s content, on all platforms and in all territories, through a central buying point. This includes offshoots such as Eurosport and […]
Mavis Broadcast launches cloud-based live production platform, Mavis Live
The cloud platform was unveiled at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Mavis Broadcast has launched cloud-based live production and broadcast platform, Mavis Live, after using it to produce clips to enhance Eurovision Sport’s coverage of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2021 in Torun (Poland). During the four-day event, content created on Mavis Live enabled different […]
International Paralympic Committee to use AI to log archive and future content
Bespoke artificial intelligence (AI) from egoli Media will automatically log, tag and categorise content from previous and future Paralympic Games. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is working with AI company egoli Media to digitise and automatically log, tag and categorise all IPC-owned content, including previous and future Paralympic Games and other major Para sports events. […]
Women’s football platform Ata Football adds interactive features
Sport Buff’s video overlays will provide ‘gamification’ experiences for fans to participate in during live games. Fan engagement and gamification specialist Sport Buff has partnered with Atalanta Media to deliver a “revolutionary broadcast experience” for Ata Football, the global destination of women’s football. Together, Sport Buff and Atalanta Media will work across live, archive and […]
Amazon Prime Video to broadcast WTA & ATP Miami Open
The tennis tournament runs from 23 March until 4 April Amazon Prime Video is live and exclusively broadcasting the WTA and ATP Miami Open to UK & Ireland viewers. Running from 23 March until 4 April, with the finals taking place on the 3-4 April, the competition is taking place at the Hard Rock Stadium […]
F1 TV gets tune-up ahead of 2021 season and expansion
Race fans in Brazil, Czech Republic, and Slovakia will be able to tune into the service this season Formula One has updated its OTT subscription service F1 TV ahead of the 2021 season. Already available in 82 countries globally, the service is expanding to Brazil, Czech Republic, and Slovakia this year. The update was developed […]
IWD: BT Sport unveils video celebrating women in sports broadcasting
BT Sport has created a short video highlighting an assortment of women working in key sports production and sports broadcasting roles at the company. To mark International Women’s Day and to showcase the different female role models working behind the scenes in sports production and sports broadcasting, BT Sport has unveiled a video interviewing sports […]
COMMENT: TikTok will revolutionise the (delayed) Euros 2020
Mediaocean’s Anupam Gupta explains the impact of TikTok’s partnership with UEFA in reaching new sports audiences. 2020 changed the perception of sports events around the globe. Just as we’ve become accustomed to football matches without stadium crowds, the way people consume big sports events has also changed. Sport broadcasting has had to adjust to the […]
BBC Sport chief Barbara Slater on women’s sport and female leadership
International Women’s Day: BBC director of sport Barbara Slater on the growth of women’s sport and the shifting attitudes to females both on and off screen during 12 years at the helm of BBC Sport Not many people expected the BBC to appoint a woman as director of sport back in 2009. Men dominated senior […]
Eurosport celebrates International Women’s Day with Women In Sport special
There will be further content on Eurosport’s digital platforms, including additional feature interviews on Eurosport.com, supported by a social takeover on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Eurosport has announced a special one-hour Women In Sport special to celebrate International Women’s Day. Presented by Orla Chennaoui, the programme will include guests including former England netball head coach […]
DAZN reveals content partnership with F1 team Scuderia AlphaTauri
DAZN will create original content with team news, insights and analysis. DAZN has formed a partnership with Formula One team Scuderia AlphaTauri for the 2021 F1 season, and signed Yuki Tsunoda (pictured above) as a brand ambassador in Japan. The OTT sports streamer will create original content for the platform throughout the season, with team […]
DAZN reveals chairman of the board
Kevin Mayer, formerly of Disney, has taken over from the departing John Skipper DAZN has appointed Kevin Mayer as its chairman of the board of directors, replacing former incumbent John Skipper. Mayer was chairman of direct-to-consumer and international at Disney before this appointment, and has over 30 years’ experience in the industry. This includes also […]
Rugby World Cup 2021 postponed
World Rugby is hoping to go ahead with the competition in 2022 World Rugby has postponed Rugby World Cup 2021 until 2022, because of the global Covid situation. The competition was due to be hosted in New Zealand from 18 September until 16 October, and it is now unclear what dates the women’s competition will […]
Channel 4 close to British and Irish Lions highlights rights – report
It would be the first time in 28 years that a Lions tour has been on free-to-air TV Channel 4 is close to agreeing a deal for the rights to highlights of the British and Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa, according to the Daily Telegraph. The deal would mean that Channel 4 will compile […]
Premier League TV schedule: March 2021
Here are the confirmed Premier League fixtures, and where to watch them, for the rest of this month. The Premier League campaign is being televised across four broadcasters this month, with Amazon Prime and the BBC picking up a game each, alongside all the games on Sky Sports and BT Sport. Below is the full […]
LiveNow appoints head of sports
Peter Leible joins the company from Bundesliga International, where he was head of global audiovisual rights LiveNow has appointed Peter Leible as its head of sports. Leible joins the company from Bundesliga International, where as head of global audiovisual rights he was resonsible for $250 million (£179m) of media rights sales. He was previously head […]
PGA Tour and AWS to “transform the way golf content is experienced”
The partnership will provide fans with access to a huge pool of content from PGA Tour events. The PGA Tour has announced it’s to use AWS for cloud storage, machine learning, analytics and media services. The organisation says its use of AWS will “transform the way golf content is created, distributed and experienced.” Its aim […]
How DAZN created ‘more than football’ documentary Club Ibiza: The Sessions
Co-director and executive producer, as well as DAZN SVP original programming, Grant Best, explained to Broadcast Sport how they built a documentary around Ibiza’s small football club DAZN released Club Ibiza: The Sessions last month, a documentary focusing on Spanish third tier football side UD Ibiza. Filmed almost entirely before Covid restrictions were announced, it […]
ICC and IMG partner to stream World Cup qualifying
Qualifying for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and the Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be available online The ICC and IMG have agreed a partnership to live stream qualifying matches for the next three World Cups. The Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, the Women’s T20 World Cup […]
Formula E broadcast in over 150 countries
Over 40 broadcasters aired the opening race in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia Formula E broadcast its opening weekend to over 150 countries, with more than 40 broadcasters showing the racing. In its first season as an FIA sanctioned event, the competition has expanded its broadcast partnerships so that it is in more than 30 languages around […]
BT TV adds Eurosport to packages for no extra cost
The Big Sport and VIP flexible packages will now give access to Eurosport 1 and 2 BT TV has added Eurosport 1 and 2 to its Big Sport and VIP packages at no extra cost. This means that customers who subscribe to those packages will now have access to the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer, […]
BT Sport to show Chelsea and Man City Women’s Champions League ties
Chelsea are up against Atletico Madrid, while Manchester City face Fiorentina BT Sport will broadcast Chelsea and Manchester City’s Round of 16 ties in the Women’s Champions League this week. The first legs are on 3 March, with Manchester City’s home clash with Fiorentina starting the action at 16.30. Reigning Super League champions Chelsea then […]
Duncan East appointed MD of Gary Neville’s production firm Buzz 16
He moves from Sky Sports where he was head of directors and creative. Former Sky Sports head of directors and creative Duncan East is joining Buzz 16 productions as managing director. East previously worked at Input Media, API TV and ITV Sport before joining Sky Sports in 2002 as assistant producer. In 2008 he became […]
Melissa Payne appointed CEO (Media) for Ocean Globe and Golden Globe Races
Payne was a senior IMG executive before leaving the company last year Melissa Payne has been appointed chief executive officer (media) for the Ocean Globe Race (OGR) and Golden Globe Race (GGR). Payne was formerly vice president, head of technical services and also head of sailing/nautical sports at IMG Media, before leaving after 20 years’ […]
BT Sport to broadcast UK Pro League tennis
The competition was originally created during the first lockdown BT Sport has agreed to broadcast the UK Pro League tennis competition. The tournament was originally created by River Media in response the first lockdown and the lack of competitive opportunities resulting from it. The round robin league, which features British players competing against each other […]
Sky Sports announces rugby league pop-up channel
22-26 March will see nothing but rugby league played on what is currently Sky Sports Arena Sky Sports has announced that it will launch a rugby league pop-up channel in March. Ahead of the Super League season beginning on 26 March, what is currently Sky Sports Arena will broadcast non-stop rugby league from 22 March […]
BBC to stream The Super League Triathlon Arena Games
The hybrid race will be available live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. The BBC is to live stream The Super League Triathlon Arena Games Powered by Zwift from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London on 27 March. Coverage of the hybrid (real-life and virtual racing) event will be available on BBC iPlayer […]
Eleven Portugal signs up Formula E rights
It will broadcast the competition until 2023 Eleven Portugal has secured the live rights to Formula E until 2023. Starting with the Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia this Friday, the broadcaster will complement the live action with in-depth analysis and opinion from a dedicated Formula E punditry team. Portuguese fans will tune in to see […]
FIBA and Twitch agree to bring more basketball to platform
The deal will mean that over 600 hours of live basketball will be broadcast on the live streaming service The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has agreed a deal with Twitch to bring more basketball content to the platform. The first such deal between Twitch and an international federation, the agreement means that over 600 hours […]
Professional Triathletes Organisation partners with YouGov Sport
YouGov Sport will provide analysis of the media and economic impact of the Collins Cup The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has commissioned YouGov Sport to assess the media and economic impact of the inaugural Collins Cup. The Collins Cup will be the PTO’s flagship event, and is running for the first time this year on […]
Amazon Prime announces All or Nothing: Juventus
The documentary follows the team through the 2020/21 season Amazon Prime Video has announced the latest club it will focus on in the All or Nothing documentary series, Serie A giants Juventus. The documentary will follow the Bianconeri through the 2020/21 season. It has been a tumultuous campaign, with the late appointment of club legend […]
StreamAMG to create Canadian basketball OTT service
The Canadian Elite Basketball League will be available to viewers globally The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and StreamAMG have partnered to put together a new OTT service. It is hoped that the service will be in place ahead of the 2021 season, which is yet to be scheduled. With free agency now taking place […]
Hibernian FC to share highlights and player interviews on Recast
The content from the football club will be regularly updated and complement the content on its OTT platform, Hibs TV. Hibernian Football Club is putting a selection of content onto sports video platform Recast, including goal clips, highlights and interviews with players. The clips can be viewed using ‘credits’ which are built up by watching […]
Sky Sports to broadcast India v England ODIs and T20 series
India’s home tours against South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, and Sri Lanka will also be shown over the next 12 months Sky Sports has agreed a deal to broadcast the three ODI and five T20 matches of England’s tour of India. The pay-TV provider lost out to free-to-air Channel 4 for the test series, […]
Amazon Prime and Universal name release date for Sir Alex Ferguson doc
It will be in cinemas 27 May followed by Amazon Prime Video in the UK & Ireland from 29 May Amazon Prime and Universal have reavealed that Sir Alex Ferguson documentary, Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In, will be released in cinemas 27 May. This will be followed by a release on Amazon Prime Video […]
Discovery secures exclusive Giro d’Italia rights until 2025
Eurosport, discovery+, and the Global Cycling Network will broadcast the competition Discovery has secured the exclusive global rights to the Giro d’Italia, exclusing Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City on a non-exclusive basis. The long-term deal agreed with RCS Sport via IMG means that the Grand Tour will be broadcast through linear on Eurosport, on […]
BT Sport to kick off football fan-focused doc Ours
It will premiere on BT Sport 1 on 2 March BT Sport is to premiere football fan-focused documentary, Ours, on 2 March next month. Airing at 10.30pm on BT Sport 1, the film looks at the role that fans have in the future of football. Written and narrated by journalist Michael Calvin, and directed by […]
World’s Strongest Man moves to Sacramento
The capital of California will host the competition from 15-20 June this year World’s Strongest Man has revealed a multi-year deal with the Visit Sacramento Sports Commission to host the event. The event will be in the Californian capital fro 15-20 June this year, and will return for 2022 and again for an as yet […]
S4C to broadcast Wales’ 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign
Wales face Belgium, Czech Republic, Belarus and Estonia in their qualifying group Wales men’s team’s qualifying campaign for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be broadcast in full on Welsh-language free-to-air channel S4C. Beginning on 24 March with a away clash against Belgium, the campaign will run until November with matches with other […]
WATCH NOW: Breakfast Club sessions with Facebook and FA
Both speaker sessions from yesterday’s Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club are now available to watch on-demand. The second Broadcast Sport Virtual Breakfast Club took place yesterday (Wednesday 17 February) on event platform Hopin. The focus of the Breakfast Club was on sports on social media. Facebook’s Anna Chanduvi joined us for the first session to talk […]
UFC to deliver weekly livestreams on TikTok
UFC is the third most followed sports league on the platform, with over 6.3 million followers UFC and TikTok have agreed a ‘multi-year’ deal that will see the former deliver exclusive weekly livestreams to the platform. Starting this week with content created around the 20 February Blaydes v Lewis Fight Night in Las Vegas, the […]
World Parkour Championships goes D2C on Recast
There will be full live streams on the platform once the tournament resumes post-lockdown. The World Parkour Championships (WPC) is to share content via sports video platform Recast. The tournament, described as “Parkour’s showpiece series”, will be hosted on the subscription-free app, providing exclusive clips, highlights and interviews from the events. The content will extend […]
Eight new broadcasters in the saddle for Saudi Cup
Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV will continue to broadcast the world’s richest horse race in the UK HBA Media has licensed the live production of the 20 February Saudi Cup to eight new broadcasters. The addition of RAI (Italy), Sky Italia (Italy), Sport TV (Portugal), Setanta (Baltics), Movistar (Spain), NENT (Scandinavia), CYTA (Cyprus) and […]
Breakfast Club: The FA and Digital Sports Mgmt on esports moving into the mainstream
Senior content innovations manager at The FA, Damien Cullen, and Jennifer Davidson, senior partnerships manager at Digital Sports Management, told the Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club about esports’ future Speaking at the Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club on Wednesday, FA senior content innovations manager Damien Cullen and Digital Sports Management senior partnerships manager Jennifer Davidson told viewers […]
Ocean Outdoor and BT Sport to air Champions League outdoors
The exclusive digital content deal is the first of its kind for the outdoor advertising board company Outdoor advertising board company Ocean Outdoor has signed a deal with BT Sport to show content from its Champions League broadcasts. The agreement means that Ocean Outdoor will be able to broadcast next-day match clips from the UEFA […]
Breakfast Club: Facebook on audience development and monetisation
Anna Chanduvi, lead, sports media partnerships EMEA, Facebook told the Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club how to make the most of its platforms Facebook’s lead, sports media partnerships, EMEA, Anna Chanduvi, spoke to the Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club on Wednesday. One of the key takeaways from the talk were the insights into audience development and monetisation […]
Revealed: The BBC’s plans for Bellator on iPlayer
Head of radio and digital, BBC Sport, Ben Gallop, tells Broadcast Sport about what the broadcaster has in mind for the MMA competition MMA competition Bellator will be shown on BBC iPlayer throughout 2021, thanks to a deal agreed by the free-to-air broadcaster. This comes after Bellator Paris was shown on the platform back in […]
Infosys serves virtual experiences for Australian Open
The company attempts to recreate the feeling of the Australian Open with AI, cloud, and 3D virtual experiences Infosys has created a series of virtual experiences to try and recreate the feeling of attending the Australian Open. Using AI, cloud technology, and 3D virtual experiences, the company has brought a number of features to the […]
LAST CHANCE: Registrations close today for Breakfast Club with Facebook and FA
Today is your last chance to register your place on the Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club on Wednesday 17 February. REGISTER NOW The second Broadcast Sport Virtual Breakfast Club takes place tomorrow live on the event platform Hopin. The focus of the Breakfast Club is sports on social media. Facebook’s Anna Chanduvi joins us for the […]
Rugby League World Cup appoints RDA for international media distribution
The 2021 edition of the competition will be taking place in October and November of this year Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has appointed UK-based agency RDA to support it with the handling of international media distribution rights. The agreement covers all territories outside of the UK and Ireland, where the BBC will be […]
DAZN considering Premier League domestic rights bid – report
The OTT platform would have to compete with current rights holders BT Sport, Sky Sports, and Amazon Prime Video DAZN is weighing up a bid for the domestic Premier League rights for the 2022/23 until 2024/25 seasons, according to the Telegraph. The rights for the 2022-25 seasons will be up for grabs this spring, with […]
BT Sport match day experience now available to all customers
This month has seen the broadcaster make the features available on Android devices BT Sport’s matchday experience features have become available to almost all customers this month. The broadcaster has now made its ‘manager mode’, watch together, and 360 offerings accessible via its Android app, with stadium experience and matchday live to be added to […]
Rakuten TV announces sumo wrestling doc The Giants
The Giants will be available to viewers from this summer Rakuten TV has announced a new documentary series focusing on the stories of the first non-Japanese sumo wrestling champions, named The Giants. Filming has aready begun in Hawaii and Japan, focusing on the likes of Konishiki Yasokichi, one of the heaviest sumo wrestlers in history […]
Sports Flick Global partners with Grabyo for localised live broadcasts
Grabyo’s cloud platform will be used by the OTT and pay-per-view live sport platform OTT and pay-per-view live sport platform Sports Flick Global has partnered with Grabyo to deliver localised broadcasts to subscribers. Sports Flick will tailor its international broadcasts to regional audiences, including the use of local talent for presentation and commentary. This will […]
AWS and Bundesliga kick off new in-game match facts
Most Pressed Player, Attacking Zones, and Average Positions – Trends will all be available to broadcasters during matches Amazon Web Services and the Bundesliga have launched three new in-game match facts, beginning from Matchday 21 on 12 February. From this weekend, broadcasters will have access to Most Pressed Player, Attacking Zones, and Average Positions – […]
LaLigaTV added to Amazon Prime Video Channels
It will be available for £6.99-a-month through the OTT platform LaLigaTV has agreed a UK distribution deal with Amazon Prime Video, becoming available on the platform as a channel from this weekend. The channel, which shows all available live LaLiga matches, more than 25 hours of weekly live studio programming and exclusive new interviews, 24/7 […]
Eurosport to create twice-daily Olympics highlights show for Snapchat
The twice-daily show aims to bring the Games to a new generation of fans. Discovery has announced it is producing a Snapchat series called The Eurosport Olympics Daily Show to “bring the Olympic Games to a new generation of fans.” The series will showcase the best of Discovery+ and Eurosport’s Olympic Games content and coverage […]
Nascar adds LiveLike interactive audience experience
Features including polls, predictions, a cheer meter, emoji sliders, and alerts will be available Nascar has added interactive audience engagement features to its app for the 2021 season. The organisation is working with LiveLike to provide interactive features such as polls, predictions, a cheer meter, emoji sliders, and alerts through the live sections of its […]
Scotland’s victory over England bags ITV 8.7m viewers
It is the biggest Calcutta Cup audience in over a decade on the free-to-air broadcaster ITV drew a peak audience of 8.7 million viewers for Scotland’s victory over England on Saturday. It was Scotland’s first win at Twickenham since 1983, and clearly excited viewers across the nation. It beat the 8.6 million peak for last […]
SquashTV launches in UK & Ireland
Over 600 live squash matches are expected to be broadcast on the OTT service SquashTV has launched in Europe, and the UK & Ireland, after the end of an agreement with Eurosport Player. The broadcast deal with Eurosport Player came to an end on 8 February, having previously meant that SquashTV was only available outside […]
Ligue 1 finds new broadcaster after Mediapro pullout
Canal+ has picked up the extra games available for the French top division Ligue 1 has agreed a deal with Canal+ to air the remainder of this season’s matches. The broadcaster is stepping in after the organisation’s original deal with Mediapro fell through. It had been planned to run until 2024, and it is still […]
REGISTER NOW: Facebook and the FA at Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club #2
The second of Broadcast Sport’s Breakfast Clubs takes place on Wednesday 17 February and is focused on social media sports content. Facebook and the FA are joining Broadcast Sport for the second of its Virtual Breakfast Clubs. The event, which is free-to-attend, will take place on Wednesday 17 February (10am- 11:20am) on the virtual conferencing […]
BT Sport to air England cricket tours of West Indies and New Zealand
All domestic and international cricket from the two federations will be shown by the broadcaster BT Sport will air the England men’s and women’s cricket teams upcoming tours of the West Indies and New Zealand. The broadcaster has signed multi-year deals with the two federations to show all domestic and international cricket based in them. […]