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 […]
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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 […]
OneFootball acquires Dugout to create huge digital football media business
Together, the companies provide OTT streaming, highlights, behind-the-scenes and archive video football content, news, scores and statistics. Football media specialist OneFootball has acquired football content platform Dugout to form what it says is the world’s largest owned and operated digital football media business. Together the businesses offer live OTT streaming, highlights, behind-the-scenes and archive video […]
Anthony Joshua launches sports content company SBX Studios
The boxer has teamed up with PR company SoapBox London (which also represents Joshua) to create the production house. PICTURED (L-R): Freddie Cunningham, Andy Bell, Anthony Joshua, Rowan Wilkinson Anthony Joshua has teamed up with sports PR and content specialist SoapBox London to launch content studio and production house, SBX Studios. SBX Studios will develop […]
Report predicts huge growth in sports content on mobiles, paid by DCB
Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) set to become a popular way to pay for sports content on mobile devices. A new report says revenue from Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) for sports content on mobiles, such as instant highlights, streamable matches and behind-the-scenes footage, is set to grow significantly in the coming years. The report, The Future […]
COMMENT: How to handle archives of sports content
Nick Pearce-Tomenius, sales and marketing director, Object Matrix explains how and why it pays to make archives accessible. When COVID-19 restrictions started being introduced, the cancellation of sports fixtures was greeted with respect from fans who fully understood that the health of the community was the priority. But sports broadcasting hasn’t been easy to replace. […]
Arsenal launches TikTok account with exclusive content and mini-series
The football club will use the platform to target a younger audience. Arsenal has launched an official account on social media platform TikTok. The club aims to use TikTok to target a new audience and younger demographic with “exclusive access to first-team stars, behind-the-scenes content, current trends, challenges and exclusive mini-series.” Arsenal has 70+ million […]
LaLiga unveils three new programme formats during lockdown
Spanish football league is rolling out new programming to its domestic and international audience. LaLiga is creating three new programmes to enable fans to get closer to LaLiga stars. The shows – LaLiga StayAtHome, LaLiga Clubs and LaLiga Nations – will air on LaLiga’s national and international broadcasters, including LaLigaTV. LaLiga StayAtHome is a 30-minute […]
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 […]
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 […]