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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
COMMENT: Is your business ready for ‘The Great Compression’ of 2021?
Jean-Baptiste Lapeyre, Specialist at Rakuten DX, takes us through the opportunities and potential pitfalls ahead in 2021. Whether you’re a sports fan or not, 2021 is a business opportunity that is simply too big to miss. If you think about it, we’re squeezing two years’ worth of sporting events into one – you could call […]
Premier League reveals initial TV schedule for February
Sky Sports, Amazon Prime Video, the BBC and BT Sport have had their match choices revealed The Premier League has revealed more of its TV schedule for February, confirming that all games weill be televised until at least 1 March. Sky Sports will be happy to have gained several of the highest profile matches, with […]
Amazon Prime Video to air ATP Tennis Tours in February
It will provide full, uninterrupted live coverage from all the courts at Melbourne. Amazon Prime Video is showing live tennis coverage of the Women’s Tennis Tour (WTA) and Men’s Tours (ATP Tour) in the UK and Ireland next month. The schedule for the coverage, which is exclusive to Amazon Prime Video, is as follows: WTA […]
Premier League TV schedule (19 December 2020 – 31 January 2021)
The TV schedule for all the Premier League fixtures from 19 December 2020 to 31 January 2021. Here are the Premier League fixtures for the rest of December 2020 and January 2021. Saturday 19 December Crystal Palace v Liverpool (12:30pm) BT Sport Southampton v Man City (3pm) Amazon Prime Video Everton v Arsenal (5:30pm) […]
Amazon Prime to show all this week’s midweek Premier League matches
All this week’s midweek round of fixtures will be shown live on Amazon Prime Video. For the second year running, Amazon Prime Video has picked up the rights for the first midweek round of fixtures this season. It is streaming 10 live matches during Matchweek 13, beginning tonight, with Wolves v Chelsea, which kicks off […]
Where to watch this weekend’s Premier League fixtures
The TV schedule for this weekend’s Premier League games. There are 10 Premier League matches on this weekend and Monday, which are all live on TV, following the removal of the 3pm blackout while fans are unable to attend stadiums. With the situation likely to remain the same for the next six months, it seems […]
Amazon and Channel 4 score rugby tournament
Rights to Autumn Nations Cup to be shared. Amazon Prime Video and Channel 4 are to jointly air rugby’s inaugural Autumn Nations Cup. The tournament, featuring the Six Nations teams, Georgia and Fiji, kicks off on 13 November and will run until 6 December. Every game in the round-robin, two-group format will be streamed via […]
Amazon Prime Video and Eurosport unveil US Open plans
Amazon Prime Video will show all live matches in the UK and Ireland, while Eurosport has the rights to the rest of Europe, including analysis in the Eurosport Cube (pictured below). Amazon Prime Video is airing all live matches from the US Open Tennis Championships 2020 in the UK and Ireland. Coverage from the tournament, […]
Amazon Prime’s All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur to air 31 August
The series follows the success of All or Nothing: Manchester City in 2017. Amazon Prime Video is releasing the first three episodes of its much-anticipated All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur a week today (Monday 31 August), and has released an official trailer (see below) and a series of ‘sneak-peak’ clips from the docu-series. The series […]
Broadcasters gain 20 extra live matches for 2020/21 Premier League season
It is just for the 2020/21 season, with fans unable to attend stadiums The Premier League has agreed to increase the number of matches broadcast live in the coming season. Originally 200 games were planned to be broadcast, but this will now increase to 220. With fans unable to attend stadiums due to the coronavirus […]
Revealed: Amazon Prime’s 2020/21 Premier League fixtures
Liverpool v Tottenham appears the highest profile game the OTT platform has so far Amazon Prime Video has revealed the Premier League matches it will be showing on its platform during the coming season, reports the Independent. Amazon will broadcast 22 games this campaign, which includes two full gameweeks in December and two other matches […]
Amazon Prime Video signs up local media rights for Seattle Sounders
It’s the second such move from the platform, after an earlier plan to stream the New York Yankees Amazon Prime Video has become the official video streaming partner of MLS side Seattle Sounders. The deal means that the OTT platform will now stream all non-nationally broadcast Sounders matches in their home broadcast territory of Washington […]
Amazon Prime Video unveils Fernando Alonso documentary series
The series goes live at the end of September. Amazon Prime Video is releasing a five-part docuseries about two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso, who is expecting to return to Formula One next season. The docuseries, Fernando, centres on the past year as Alonso took part in the Indianapolis 500, Le Mans 24 hours and […]
Today’s Battle of the Brits tennis tournament (Amazon Prime Video) schedule
Today’s games are listed below. The first behind-closed-doors tennis tournament, Battle of the Brits, is being held this week, with Amazon Prime Video streaming the event in the UK and Ireland. The competition sees Andy Murray making his return to the court. He won yesterday to reach the semi-finals. The tournament runs from Tuesday 23 […]
Amazon Prime Video to air women’s tennis doc, Unraveling Athena
Tennis doc to appear on Amazon Prime Video from 13 July. Amazon Prime Video has secured the exclusive rights to premier Kaleidoscope’s tennis documentary Unraveling Athena in selected European countries including the UK on Monday 13 July. The film, directed by Francis Amat, and named after the Greek goddess of tactics and skill, wisdom and […]
Premier League’s return – The broadcast schedule for first three rounds
Which broadcaster is showing which games, for the first three match rounds, and which games will be free-to-air. Here’s the full list of which broadcasters are showing which games for the first three rounds of the resumed 2019/20 Premier League season. Wednesday 17 June 18:00 Aston Villa v Sheffield Utd (Sky Sports) 20:15 Man City […]
Amazon Prime Video to stream its Premier League games for free
More Premier League games go free-to-air as the top-tier of British football returns from lockdown. Amazon Prime Video managing director, sport, Alex Green, has confirmed via twitter that the OTT platform will make all four Premier League games it is due to stream free-to-air. He said, simply: “Confirming that the four premier league matches given […]
Amazon Prime releases exclusive Andy Murray interview on YouTube
The platform has been hit by postponements to tennis and other sports Amazon Prime Video has released an exclusive interview with Andy Murray while it deals with a lack of live sport. The platform has had to deal with a lack of live sport recently, due to the coronavirus pandemic postponements. In particular, tennis could […]
Amazon Prime Video fields Paris Saint Germain doc
Four-parter will go behind the scenes with the French football team. Amazon Prime Video is to explore the heart of French football club Paris Saint-Germain in an upcoming series. Over four-parts, the series, produced by PSG TV and CAPA, will offer an insight into the team, replete with exclusive footage filmed over a season and […]
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, […]
The future of sport is streaming, says Greg Rusedski
The former UK no.1 is a part of Amazon Prime Video’s tennis coverage Former world no.4 tennis player and current Amazon Prime Video pundit Greg Rusedski believes streaming services are the future of sports broadcasting. Speaking to Broadcast Sport, the 46-year-old explained how younger audiences and affordability will allow streamers to overtake traditional broadcasters. Rusedski […]
Could we be seeing the end of pay-tv packages?
Tomos Jones, senior associate at Reed Smith, takes a look at the future of sports broadcasting models What can we learn from recent developments in the pay television sector? Everything from Disney’s deal with Sky to place the new Disney+ service on Sky’s top boxes, to BT’s new packaging structure and the recent news that […]
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 orders Bastian Schweinsteiger documentary
Documentary is being produced by Til Schweiger and his production company Barefoot Films Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a new documentary about World Cup winner and former FC Bayern Munich player Bastian Schweinsteiger. The documentary, produced by Til Schweiger and his production company Barefoot Films, will launch later this year on Prime Video. Schweinsteiger was […]
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 […]