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 […]
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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 […]
Copa90 investigates darker side of women’s football
Facebook Watch doc examines sexual abuse scandal in the Afghan national women’s team Copa90 is investigating the darker side of women’s football in its Facebook Watch show The Other Half. Host Caspar Lee examines the sexual abuse scandal that engulfed the Afghanistan national women’s team – and the wider issues it raises for the women’s […]
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 […]
Peter Crouch turns comedy host for BBC1
Fulwell 73 nets 14-part studio show for next summer’s Euros Peter Crouch’s position as key BBC talent could be enhanced by a greenlight for a comedy entertainment show from Fulwell 73. The former England footballer and podcast host is fronting BBC1’s Crouch’s Euro Fest 2020 next summer. The BBC describes the 14 x 45-minute series as a “live post-match festival […]
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 […]
EVS AI-driven offside line wins FIFA seal of approval
The tech in VAR product Xeebra uses machine learning to create an offside line overlay EVS’s AI-driven offside line tech has received certification from FIFA for meeting its standards for dealing with the complexities of precisely determining the offside line The offside tech – which is integrated into EVS’s Xeebra VAR system – uses machine […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Amateur football channel ‘Give Me Five’ launches
The channel will air through digital platform Alchimie French digital distribution company Alchimie has launched TV channel, Give Me Five, which will focus on live coverage of amateur football leagues. The channel will report from the amateur six-a-side and five-a-side leagues across Europe, with original programme Too Good To Miss providing a mix of the best […]
J.League introduces AI-created personalised highlights
Japanese soccer league is providing fans with bespoke highlight clips, using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) The top-flight of Japanese soccer, J.League is using AI to create personalised highlight clips of Japanese football content. AI specialist WSC Sports is working with J.League to automatically generate and distribute tailored sports video content in near […]
Copa90 launches dedicated women’s football show
That’s The Tea looks to build on momentum of Women’s World Cup Football platform Copa90 is launching its first show devoted to the women’s game, That’s The Tea. Sports presenter Nicole Holliday presents the first episode of That’s The Tea (TTT), hosting guests: DJ and former Chelsea player Monki; West Ham midfielder Julia Simic; and […]
EVS introduces AI-driven football automation system Overcam
The product automates robotic cameras covering football, with natural looking framing of the action EVS has revealed automation product Overcam, marking the sports tech giant’s first major move into AI-driven camera automation. Overcam automates key camera positions, delivering additional camera coverage at lower cost. It uses machine learning techniques to mimic traditional camera framing, providing […]
Man City, Intel launch immersive highlights
Fans can watch key moments of a match from any angle on their phone Intel and Manchester City have launched an immersive highlights experience that can be viewed on mobile phones. Intel’s True View technology allows fans to watch key moments of a match from any angle on their phone. Immersive highlights are captured with […]
Salsa Sound launches AI audio mixing for football matches
Automated system creates real-time immersive audio mixes using patented artificial intelligence (AI) Salsa Sound has launched an innovative, automated system that creates live audio mixes of football matches. It is based on Salsa Sound’s patented AI technology, which takes the audio from standard broadcast microphones at a venue and automatically creates a real-time mix. This […]
Sling TV expands relationship with La Liga
US streamer signs up as official sponsor of Spanish league in North America US streamer Sling TV has become the official sponsor of LaLiga in a deal which will see it step up its coverage of the Spanish league. Sling TV curently broadcasts all LaLiga regular season matches via beIN Sports and beIN Sports en […]
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, […]
Input Media to produce Premier League show for Mola TV
Indonesian broadcaster will broadcast its Premier League show from Input Media’s West London studio Input Media is producing a new studio-based Premier League football show for Indonesian broadcaster Mola TV. It is looking after the broadcaster’s studio wrap-around show, which goes out during a selection of live games throughout the Premier League season. Input Media […]