The streaming service will show UEFA Champions League matches featuring Italian sides every Wednesday night. Amazon has won the rights to exclusively broadcast 16 UEFA Champions League matches on Wednesday nights live in Italy, for three seasons from 2021-2024. The deal also includes the UEFA European Super Cup, which is played by the winning teams […]
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Twitch unveils sports category with exclusives from leading football clubs
The Amazon-owned platform is moving beyond its traditional esports/gaming heartland. Twitch has moved its sports content to a standalone category (/Twitchsports), and has announced forthcoming exclusive content from Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain will be released on their Twitch channels. Amazon-owned Twitch’s new sports category will also include channels from the NBA, NHL, […]
Amazon announces Fernando Alonso documentary
The series will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the Formula One champion Amazon Prime Video has announced the creation of a new documentary about two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso, named Fernando. The series will follow the driver and his team’s journey over the last year in five episodes. His manager Luis Garcia Abad, […]
Amazon Prime Video releases trailer for cricket doc, The Test
The documentary will show behind-the-scenes footage from the Australia test side Amazon Prime Video has released a new trailer for The Test: A New Era For Australia’s Team, ahead of its March release. The documentary will follow the Australia national cricket team from the aftermath of the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in 2018, to […]
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 […]
Noah Media Group forms global sales arm
Sports doc indie kicks off launch with Amazon and BBC sales of cricket feature film The Edge Sports documentary specialist Noah Media Group has hired a former Atlantic Productions exec to head an international sales division. The London-based sales arm is led by Catherine Quantschnigg, formerly head of sales at factual indie Atlantic Productions. […]
INTERVIEW: Alex Green, Amazon Prime
With two blocks of Premier League matches to sit alongside its ATP Tour tennis coverage, Amazon is emerging as one of the key players in the future of sports broadcasting Alex Green, head of sports and channels, Europe, at Amazon Prime Video, would love to have the rights to Wimbledon. “If only that were possible,” […]