Reading v Sheffield United and Leicester City v Birmingham City will be shown through the platform Facebook has reached an agreement with the FA to stream two FA Cup fifth round matches this week. The social media giant will show Reading v Sheffield United and Leicester City v Birmingham City through its Facebook Watch platform […]
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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 […]
BT Sport shows UK’s first public live 8K HDR sports broadcast
BT Sport tests live 8K HDR and says it will roll it out to BT Sport Ultimate this year BT Sport last night screened the UK’s first public live 8K HDR sports broadcast, showing the second leg UEFA Europa League clash between Arsenal v Olympiacos on a Samsung 82” QLED 8K TV at the Emirates […]
Gravity Media reveals the tech behind 4K Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury 2 coverage
It produced BT Sport’s coverage of the fight Gravity Media has revealed the tech behind BT Sport’s live 4K PPV coverage of last weekend’s heavyweight world title bout between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. The fight, which saw Fury crowned the WBC world heavyweight champion after Wilder’s corner threw in the towel during the seventh […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BT Sport readies Jimmy Greaves documentary
Biopic of football star and sports presenter is latest doc from BT Sport Films BT Sport has greenlit a documentary about legendary footballer and sports presenter Jimmy Greaves. Produced inhouse, Greavsie is the latest in the BT Sport Films series, and will premiere on BT Sport 2 on February 18. Greaves played for Chelsea in […]
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 […]
VIDEO: State of the Nation (Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2019)
The full 35-minute opening speaker panel session The opening panel discussion from the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2019 held at BT Sport studio on 14 November 2019. To find out more about the annual event, head over to http://broadcasttech.co.uk/sports-tech-innovation/ Chaired by sports presenter Gavin Ramjaun, the speaker panel is: Jamie Hindhaugh, COO, BT Sport Gordon […]
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 […]
Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2019: Programme revealed
All the details for Broadcast Sport’s free-to-attend all day event at BT Sport studios on Thursday (14 November) Broadcast Sport is bringing the very popular Tech Innovation Forum back to the vibrant atmosphere of BT Sport’s studios in Stratford, London, this Thursday (14 November). It’s the second year for the event, and this year we’ve gone even […]
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 […]
BT Sport and Rise team up on schools outreach programme
The Rise-Up programme aims to inspire children to consider a career in broadcast, in tech and engineering roles BT Sport has teamed up with Rise – an advocate group for gender diversity – to launch new schools outreach programme, Rise-Up. The aim of Rise-Up is to “inspire and educate children about engineering and technology opportunities […]
BT recruits Andy Haworth to grow viewers and revenue for BT Sport
Former BT Consumer strategy lead takes up new role focused on BT’s sports rights and accelerating the growth of BT Sport BT has appointed Andy Haworth to the newly created role of managing director of Sports Rights and Commercial. He will manage BT’s growing sports rights and commercial business and spearhead the company’s renewed efforts […]
BT Sport broadcasts live 8K rugby at IBC 2019
Broadcaster behind one of the world’s first live 8K sports broadcasts BT Sport used IBC 2019 to demonstrate one of the world’s first live 8K sports broadcasts – of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby 7s tournament. The images were captured in 8K on a single Ikegami SHK-810 8K system camera with Fujinon lenses and displayed on […]
BT Sport moves to remote production for National League
Broadcaster will cover more National League live games than before and create weekly presenter-led highlights show BT Sport is using remote production to dramatically increase its live coverage of the Vanarama National League (the fifth tier of the English football league system) and turnaround highlights from all weekly matches much faster than before. This season, […]
5G technology: A revolution is on the way
The arrival of 5G has the potential to completely change the way sporting events are produced and watched, says Matt Stagg Ask any sport fan about their preference for viewing the game and the answer is likely to be either in the stadium, in the pub with friends, or at home in front of the […]
MotoGP: Full throttle action
Covering the Silverstone MotoGP race meeting for BT Sport is a mammoth operation for North One, with 26 hours of live outside broadcast over three days It’s late on Friday afternoon at Silverstone and production house North One has already been live-to-air on BT Sport for eight hours straight. A premium presentation and commentary team have been busy fronting the show throughout the […]