It will be showing the qualification tournaments ahead of Tokyo 2020 Eurosport has secured a deal for the rights to show the handball qualification tournaments for the 2020 Olympics in four Scandinavian nations. It will be exclusively showing the competitions in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. The latter two will be involved along with a […]
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Premiership Rugby appoints chief marketing officer
It has also found a chief commercial officer Premiership Rugby has appointed Zoe Clapp as its chief marketing officer. Meanwhile, Mark Brittain has joined the organisation as chief commercial officer. Clapp was formerly at UKTV, where she spent 15 years and before she left was the chief marketing and communications officer. In her new role […]
Sky launches first TV packages combining Sky Sports and BT Sport
They’ve never been offered together on Sky TV before Sky has launched new TV packages including both Sky Sports and BT Sport together for the first time. Three new packages have been introduced with BT Sport attached on 18-month contracts. These additions come on the same day as BT begins to offer Sky Sports and […]
Eurosport extends rights to show Grand Tour events
It will also be showing flagship women’s races in a historic first Eurosport has agreed a deal for the rights to show two Grand Tour cycling events and two major women’s races in Europe until 2025. Eurovision Sport and the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) have agreed the deal, which allows Eurosport to show the Tour […]
Eleven Sports Portugal creates Champions League WhatsApp service
Messaging app used to get live clips and match updates direct to fans Eleven Sports has launched a WhatsApp service to provide fans with speedy access to the latest sports clips. The service kicked off this week, during Eleven Sports Portugal’s coverage of the Champions League. It was used to share match updates and goal […]
BT Sport, ITV, and Queensbury Promotions to share Fury v Wilder content
They will be sharing programming ahead of Sunday’s big fight BT Sport, ITV, and Queensbury Promotions have agreed to share their boxing content ahead of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder’s rematch on Sunday morning. The two heavyweights will face each other in a highly anticipated bout for the WBC heavyweight title at the MGM Grand […]
DAZN sign exclusive rights to show Wilder v Fury across four European nations
They also have non-exclusive rights to show it in Switzerland DAZN has secured the rights to show the heavyweight title bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy. They will be streaming it exclusively in Germany, Austria, Spain, and Italy, and non-exclusively in Switzerland. Boxing fans will be able […]
Industry research boosts Premier League’s case for OTT platform
Industry expert believes it could bring opportunities for the competition The Premier League’s case for creating its own streaming service has been boosted by a white paper on the area. Research conducted by CenturyLink and Streaming Video Alliance found that video streaming has continued to grow, with over 80% of consumers streaming more than three […]
BT Sport joins BAFTA’s Albert initiative
The telecoms giant is aiming to become net zero by 2045 BT Sport has joined BAFTA’s Albert initiative, as it continues its efforts to be a green broadcaster. Albert brings together broadcasters in their efforts to become environmentally friendly. BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4, and Netflix are also members. Founded in 2011, it was created […]
Sky Sports secures exclusive IPL rights
It has signed a three-year deal to show the cricket tournament Sky Sports has secured a three-year deal to exclusively show the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UK. The broadcaster held the rights to the T20 tournament from 2015-18, but lost out to BT Sports at the last minute for 2019. It had been […]
False start for UK Athletics in BBC renewal talks
Governing body set for tough negotiations with fears broadcaster will look for cut-price deal UK Athletics is facing trouble in its negotiations with the BBC over renewing its £3 million-a-year TV rights deal. The Guardian reports that the national broadcaster may be looking to lower the price for athletics coverage, after years of crises and […]
Eleven Sports awarded Belgian football rights
Negotiations will continue despite Eleven Sports gaining the rights to show Belgian professional football. Eleven Sports has been allocated exclusive domestic media rights to show the Belgian Pro league, Super Cup, Belgian Cup, and Women’s Super League from the 2020-2021 season until 2025. The General Assembly of the Pro League agreed to the reported €103 […]
Premier League exec director on why not to go D2C
Any move by the Premier League to go direct-to-consumer (D2C) will present significant challenges, reveals exec director William Bush Premier League executive director William Bush has revealed some of the barriers to entry to launching its own global D2C service. It follows the Premier League announcing plans to make its first moves into OTT, with […]
C4 head of sport champions free-to-air/pay TV partnerships
Channel 4 head of sport, Pete Andrews used the Westminster Media Forum Sports Broadcasting event to showcase the benefits of free-to-air/pay TV partnerships Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum Event on Sports Broadcasting on Tuesday, C4 head of sport Pete Andrews made clear his support of partnering with pay TV providers for flagship sporting events. […]
DCMS plans greater diversity in ‘listed’ sports events for free-to-air TV
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) reveals plans for greater diversity in listed sports events. Talking at the Westminster Media Forum Sports Broadcasting event this morning, Alastair Jones, head of UK television policy at DCMS, revealed plans to add a number of women’s and disability sports to the list of ‘crown jewel’ […]
Premier League reveals plan to kick off OTT streaming service
The Premier League is aiming to stream its matches on a Netflix-style OTT platform, new chief executive Richard Masters has revealed. The league is looking to bypass its usual rights deals to sell coverage directly to consumers – as predicted by tech and media analyst Paolo Pescatore in Broadcast Sport last year. Masters divulged that […]
BT Sport unveils enhanced video player for UFC fans
BT Sport has integrated its enhanced video player into its coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) BT Sport has enhanced the way UFC content can be viewed via the BT Sport website and BT Sport app, through the introduction of its enhanced video player. Viewers of UFC will now be able to access full […]
Endeavor takes minority stake in SailGP
Deal values global sailing league at £155m ($200m) Sports and entertainment giant Endeavor has acquired a minority stake in SailGP, in a deal that values the global sailing league at £155m ($200m) after its first season. SailGP takes place in harbours around the globe and culminates with a $1 million (£770,000) winner-takes-all match race. Rival […]
BT Sport to bolster women’s and disability football coverage
Plans revealed to increase content around women’s football and disability football and encourage more women to take up production roles BT Sport will increase its coverage of women’s football, put more focus on disability football, and provide more broadcast training to girls. The developments were announced during the launch of BT’s 4-3-3 strategy, which sees […]
Will Carling: How technology is changing our experience of rugby
The first in a series of six weekly blogs from rugby legend Will Carling, written exclusively for Broadcast Sport Last year, for the very first time during the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship, fans had access to never-before-seen insights into the great game of rugby through new on-screen dynamic stats powered by Amazon Web Services […]
Behind the scenes: Eurosport coverage of the Australian Open
Complex remote production set up has seen 300 live hours tennis produced Eurosport wraps its coverage of the Australian Open after the finals this weekend, having broadcast every match either on Eurosport live or on-demand – over 300 live hours in total. Eurosport Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Norway and UK production teams have all been […]
Arena, Dock10 live trial FA Cup remote production for BBC Sport
Production team based at a gallery in Dock10 for FA Cup fourth round OB specialist Arena Television and Dock10 studios have completed a live trial of a new virtual gallery solution with BBC Sport for the fourth round of the FA Cup. BBC Sport’s production team was based at a gallery in Dock10, meaning a […]
EU hits out at Saudi Arabia over beoutQ ‘piracy’
European Commission report highlights ’serious shortcomings’ A European Commission report has criticised Saudi Arabia for “causing considerable harm to EU businesses” by Saudi-based beoutQ , which reportedly provides illegal access to European sports programming including Premier League football. FIFA, the AFC, UEFA, the Bundesliga, LaLiga, Lega Serie A, LFP and the Premier League hit out […]
BBC Sport takes on young viewer crisis
Production staff to undergo training in drive to reverse downward social media trend BBC Sport is sending its production staff on a set of courses designed to help tackle the corporation’s youth viewer crisis. In an all-staff email last week, the division’s director Barbara Slater said the upcoming sessions will be designed to improve the team’s […]
BBC launches pop-up FA Cup channel on iPlayer
The channel will show two full days of FA Cup content, including all live games this weekend The BBC has created a pop-up FA Cup channel on BBC iPlayer centred around this weekend’s fourth round action, as well as showing archived FA Cup content. The VoD channel will show two full days of FA Cup […]
BBC and ITV ‘confident’ of retaining Six Nations
Tender process for next rights cyle opens next month The BBC and ITV are confident of retaining the rights to the Six Nations when the tender process for the next rights cycle begins next month, according to a Daily Mail report. The Mail said that new investors CVC Capital Partners had hoped to take some […]
Six Nations adds in-depth tactical analysis to TV coverage
Five new stats will provide fans with a deeper level of insight into team tactics and performance A series of new insights have been created for The Guinness Six Nations Championship that attempt to reveal the subtle plans, plays, attacks, and defence of each team. The five new stats supplement seven stats added for the […]
Fanview bolsters board with two appointments
Former Deltatre COO Paul Bristow and Dow Jones digital product director Spencer Piggott join board Fanview, the esports and sports media services business, has appointed former Deltatre COO Paul Bristow and Dow Jones digital product director Spencer Piggott to its board. Bristow, now co-founder and director of European Championships Management, joins the company as non-executive […]
ITF selects Imagen to manage content archive
Tennis governing body wants to generate more value from its assets The International Tennis Federation (ITF), the world governing body of tennis, has selected SaaS video platform Imagen to manage and distribute its content archive which dates back to the 1940s. The ITF has digitised its content catalogue of 15,000 assets, which includes Davis Cup […]
Spearheading a cloud video editing revolution
SPONSORED: Blackbird is setting its sights on global domination through its patented, ultra-fast cloud video editing and publishing platform The proposition promised by Blackbird is simple enough – to provide a workstation experience in the cloud – yet it’s an objective almost impossibly complex to achieve. It means matching the capability and functionality of a […]
Channel 5 and WWE wrestle a deal
ViacomCBS secures UK’s first free-to-air highlights of the sport Wrestling highlights are coming to free-to-air in the UK for the first time after WWE secured a partnership with Channel 5 owner ViacomCBS. From February, C5 will air a one-hour version of the Raw programme on Sunday mornings at 10:30am, with SmackDown highlights will be broadcast in the same slot […]
StarTimes wins Formula E rights for Africa
Formula E races will be screened in 37 countries across the continent StarTimes has picked up the TV rights to the rest of the Formula E Championship season. It will screen races live across its linear and digital channels in Africa. The new broadcast partnership brings Formula E to viewers in 37 countries, including South […]
BT Sport to show two live NHL games a week
Broadcaster is to sub-licence the matches from Premier Sports BT Sport has picked up the rights to the National Hockey League (NHL) and will now show two live games each week. The broadcaster says it will air a game most weekends during ‘UK primetime hours’. It will also broadcast Stanley Cup finals and the All-Star […]
Bundesliga to use AI/ML to enhance live game stats and analysis
Machine learning will enable the German football league to provide a plethora of new live game predictions Germany’s football league Bundesliga is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to provide more in-depth insight in the stats and analysis displayed on-screen during live games. It plans to bring in real-time stats that will […]
Sky Sports and Comcast launch sports tech accelerator
Initiative aims to train, mentor, develop and fund 10 sports tech startups Sky Sports and Comcast NBCUniversal are launching ‘SportsTech’, a global accelerator programme to mentor, develop and fund sports tech startups on both sides of the Atlantic. NBCSports, Gold Channel, NASCAR, US Ski and Snowboard and USA Swimming are also involved in the launch. […]
BT Sport wins rights to Fury vs Wilder rematch
Broadcaster trumps Sky’s reported £10m bid BT Sport has won the UK television rights for Tyson Fury’s rematch with Deontay Wilder, beating off a reported bid of more than £10m by Sky Sports Box Office. BT Sport Box Office’s coverage from Las Vegas on February 22nd will be available not only to their regular customers but […]
Eurosport to air Tennis Australia’s bushfire fundraiser
Rally for Relief exhibition match takes place on Wednesday 15th January Eurosport is to screen Tennis Australia’s Rally for Relief, in aid of the Australian bushfire relief efforts. The exhibition match, taking place on Wednesday 15 January, will feature some of the world’s top players on the Rod Laver Court in Melbourne with all proceeds […]
BT steps up piracy fight
Strikes partnership with ATEME to use its encryption techniques to protect satellite uplinked content BT is stepping up its efforts to combat the piracy of its subscription-based content through a new partnership with video infrastructure company ATEME. BT is using the company’s encryption techniques to protect satellite uplinked content, and BT’s Media and Broadcast unit […]
Mexican club Chivas relaunches OTT service with StreamAMG
Offers live matches and on demand video worldwide Mexican football club Chivas have relaunched their direct-to-fan service ChivasTV to offer live matches and on demand video worldwide with live streaming and sports OTT specialists StreamAMG. The Guadalajara-based football club, whose official name is Club Deportivo Guadalajara, competes in Liga MX, and is the only club […]
Eleven Sports extends Cage Warriors deal
Acquires live rights for Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg Eleven Sports has acquired live rights to Cage Warriors fights in Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy in 2020 and 2021. The deal marks the extension of an existing partnership between Eleven and promotion outfit MMA. Over the past three years Eleven has broadcast every Cage Warriors fight night […]
Ascot hires HBA Media to handle global media rights
Five year deal for international rights takes effect this month Ascot Racecourse has appointed international horseracing media rights agency HBA Media to market its global media rights. HBA Media will be responsible for the distribution of Ascot’s non-betting international media rights portfolio, including Royal Ascot, as well as all Flat and National Hunt Racing, excluding […]
Barney Francis to leave Sky
Senior sports executive to depart later this year Senior Sky Sports executive Barney Francis is to leave the broadcaster after more than 20 years. Francis, who will leave later this year, was managing director of Sky Sports for ten years until he was appointed as chief executive of future sport last May. The move was […]
SquashTV to stream entire British Junior Open for free
Full free-to-access live coverage of the five day tournament begins today SquashTV is televising the entire Dunlop British Junior Open squash tournament for free via its SquashTV platform. Coverage is currently live and free-to-access to registered users of the site. The tournament is considered the most prestigious on the junior circuit and features more than […]
EDGEsport expands distribution to 50 countries
Action sports channel strikes broadcast deals around the world EDGEsport, the 24/7 action sports TV channel owned and operated by IMG, has secured a number of new broadcast and distribution agreements. New deals include Xumo and Stirr in the US, Samsung TV+ in the US and the UK, Youku in China and the launch of […]
Discovery acquires Golf Channel Latin America
Broadcaster adds to golf portfolio with pay-TV acquisition Discovery has bolstered its golf media business in Latin America with the acquisition of pay-service Golf Channel Latin America. The channel was bought from Simple Networks LLC and Fornaluz Productions, S.A., an affiliate of Inversiones Bahia. The acquisition adds to Discovery’s global portfolio that includes digital platform GOLFTV, […]
Broadcast Sport launches Content Summit
New event focuses on best practice for creating sports content across live sports, documentaries and studio-based shows Broadcast Sport is running a full day Content Creation Summit at Dock 10 studios at MediaCityUK on Thursday, 5 March 2020. The event focuses on different areas of sports production, providing a platform for sports content producers […]
Eleven Sports creates VIP Watch Together experience for El Clasico
Fans can watch live reactions from Johan Walem, Walter Basseggio and actor Erico Salamone Eleven Sports is adding a VIP feature to its Watch Together function for tomorrow’s El Clasico game (Wednesday 18 December), to enable fans to join an online ‘room’ to watch live reactions to the game of Belgium U21 manager Johan Walem, […]
LaLigaTV channel to launch on Sky TV
Premier Sports and LaLiga bring dedicated 24/7 LaLigaTV channel to Sky EPG LaLiga is bringing its new dedicated TV channel to the Sky platform in the New Year, showing all live matches from Spain’s top-flight league in full HD. The LaLigaTV channel launches on Sky from Monday 13 January and costs £5.99 a month. To […]
Amazon Prime to show live tennis from the first ATP Cup
Matches from the new tennis tournament will be streamed live on Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video will show all live tennis from the first ATP Cup, taking place Friday 3 January – Sunday 12 January. The new tournament comes as part of an five-year existing deal Amazon Prime has in place with the ATP […]
BT Sport launches monthly pass
Viewers can watch Champions League and Premier League football without need for a long term contract BT is launching a monthly pass for BT Sport, allowing fans to watch its sport without a contract. Available from today for £25 per month, the BT Sport Monthly Pass will offer sport such as Champions League and Premier […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 recent […]
Eleven Sports to give fans ‘seconds after live’ social media clips
Broadcaster partners with cloud editing platform Blackbird to speed up content delivery to sports fans Eleven Sports has agreed a two-year contract with cloud video editing platform Blackbird for the rapid editing and publishing of sports content online. The broadcaster’s OTT platform delivers thousands of hours of sports content to its global subscriber base. It […]
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 […]
Amazon catches Aussie cricket doc
Local producer prepares multi-part series Justin Langer: Australian cricket coach Amazon has gained exclusive access to the Australian cricket team at a time of change for the former world number one side. Australian indie duo CA Film and Whooshka Media, in association with Cricket Australia, is producing The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team, which […]
Straightforward guide to low-latency streaming
Kyle Goodwin of Vecima Networks explores, in layman’s terms, how the industry is preparing to tackle low-latency streaming During the 2018 World Cup, media measurement company Conviva recorded 75.8 million attempts to stream the quarter-final games. More than 15% of those attempts failed – that’s more than 11 million unsuccessful attempts. Those delivering OTT services are […]
All Formula E races to go free-to-air on the BBC
Fans in the UK can watch live Formula E races on different BBC platforms as well as Eurosport and Quest The BBC is to televise all of this season’s Formula E races live, on free-to-air TV and online. The Marrakesh e-prix in Morocco on 29 February and Rome e-prix on 4 April will go out […]
BT Sport retains Champions League rights in £1.2bn deal
Broadcaster fended off bids from ITV and Sky BT Sport has retained the rights to broadcast Champions League games for another three seasons in a deal worth £1.2 billion. The new deal is worth £400m a year, slightly up on the 2018-2021 rights cycle which is worth £394m a year. As such, UEFA has protected […]
Red Bull freestyle football contest to air in 4K HDR on Insight TV
Competition to be live streamed in 4K UHD HDR for the first time Global 4K broadcaster Insight TV is to live stream Red Bull’s Street Style Football World Championship on 15 November in 4K UHD HDR. The live broadcast of the 90-minute event takes in Miami, Florida, will be in partnership with Red Bull […]
Australia’s Optus Sport signs three-year Women’s Super League deal
Exclusive Barclays FA Women’s Super League deal starts this weekend Australia’s Optus Sport has picked up the exclusive live rights for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League, the top-tier of English women’s football. The deal is for the next three years and covers around 50 live matches a season. It begins the weekend (Sunday 17 […]
Dazn enters the ring with Sylvester Stallone
Boxing series is first fruits of sports streamer’s partnership with Balboa Productions Sports streamer Dazn has inked a global creative partnership deal with Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions, kicking off with a feature doc series about boxing. One Night is a set of films looking back at indelible nights in recent boxing history, kicking off with analysis […]
Six Day Series reveals broadcast plans for 2019/20 season
Global cycling event will be televised by Eurosport and through OTT app FloSports Madison Sports Group’s cycling tournament, the Six Day Series has revealed its broadcast deals for the 2019/20 season across linear, subscription, OTT and streaming platforms. The series will be available in 100+ countries with Eurosport (a long-term partner of Six Day Series) […]
SquashTV to broadcast Men’s Squash Championship live to 3m global fans
D2C coverage, together with Facebook streams, will see squash tournament reach large audience worldwide SquashTV will broadcast the Men’s World Team Squash Championship (held 15-21 December in Washington D.C.) for free globally, after reaching an agreement with the World Squash Federation (WSF) and tournament hosts Squash on Fire. The D2C platform Squash TV, which is […]
Facebook eyes niche sports
Social media giant’s strategy is to focus on live events that are ‘under-served’ by broadcasters Facebook is concentrating its sports strategy on “underserved” events that are not being shown by the traditional broadcasters, according to the US tech giant’s head of global live sports. Peter Hutton cited sports including surfing and Ironman as appealing […]
Red Bee launches women’s football streamer
OTT service will launch early next year Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media has partnered with Red Bee Media to launch the world’s first women’s football streaming service. The duo have formed Wnited, which will launch early next year with more than 300 live matches across its first 12 months, along with a range of […]
GOLFTV reveals details of its first Japan Skins event
The 18-hole challenge features Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Maysuyama and some of the world’s biggest rugby stars GOLFTV has revealed further details of its inaugural Japan Skins event, which features four of golf’s finest – Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Maysuyama – going head-to-head over 18 holes. The […]
Kipchoge marathon reaches 500m+ TV viewers
The INEOS 1:59 Challenge gets 4.9m YouTube views and reached 500m+ TV viewers Host broadcaster Sunset+Vine has revealed viewing figures for Eliud Kipchoge’s successful attempt at breaking the 2-hour marathon on Saturday morning. The marathon, which took place in central Vienna, saw Kipchoge finish in just 1h59m40s. It was streamed live on YouTube, broadcast on […]
Premier Sports launches LaLigaTV streaming service
Channel dedicated to Spain’s La Liga is available in the UK and Ireland from today. Premier Sports has launched its dedicated English-language channel dedicated to Spain’s LaLiga. LaLigaTV is available from today in the UK and Ireland via the Premier Player OTT streaming service, costing £5.99 per month or £49 annually. Premier Sports began broadcasting […]
One in 10 UK residents illegally stream Premier League games
Onepoll survey, commissioned by Finder.com, reveals both the legal and illegal sports streaming habits of UK viewers A Onepoll survey has found almost one in 10 UK residents have streamed Premier League football illegally over the last 12 months. The survey, commissioned by personal finance website Finder.com and based on responses from 2,000 people across […]