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 […]
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Rakuten TV unveils Davis Cup, which will go free-to-air on 26 November
The documentary focuses on last year’s tournament, when Spain triumphed over Canada. Rakuten TV has unveiled a documentary about the biggest international team competition in tennis, the Davis Cup. The film, Break Point: A Davis Cup Story, has been produced by Kosmos Studios with the participation of players including Rafa Nadal, Roberto Bautista, Andrey Rublev […]
Rakuten to air 70min version of Zambian National Football Team doc
Award-winning doc to be shown on free-to-air strand, Rakuten Stories. Rakuten TV is to air an extended version of Eighteam, a documentary telling the story of the Zambian National Football Team’s 18-year road to recovery, following the death of 18 members of the team in a plane crash in 1993, to winning the Africa Cup […]
Rakuten unveils free 80-min motorcycle doc, Ride you Dream
The documentary tells the story of Ana Carrasco, the only woman to date to win a world motorcycle championship. Rakuten TV has released Ride your Dream, its documentary about motorcycling world champion, Ana Carrasco, which was first announced in June. The 80-minute film tells the story of the first and only woman in history to […]
Rakuten unveils Andrés Iniesta documentary
Rakuten has revealed a new documentary detailing the rise of Andrés Iniesta from wonderkid to Barcelona legend. VoD service Rakuten has released details of its latest doc, Andrés Iniesta – An Unexpected Hero, which includes unseen footage of the Spanish midfielder reflecting on his milestones, as well as interviews with teammates Lionel Messi, Neymar, Xavi, […]
Lauded mountaineer Kilian Jornet gets Rakuten TV doc
Rakuten TV unveils free-to-air doc about record breaking mountaineer, ultramarathon and extreme sports star Rakuten TV is launching a documentary – Inside Kilian Jornet – that follows mountaineer and extreme sports athlete Kilian Jornet on his 2019 international tour. The documentary was shot throughout last year across 10 cities in Europe, Asia and the United States. It […]