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Industry research boosts Premier League’s case for OTT platform

Industry expert believes it could bring opportunities for the competition The Premier League’s case for creating its own streaming service has been boosted by a white paper on the area. Research conducted by CenturyLink and Streaming Video Alliance found that video streaming has continued to grow, with over 80% of consumers streaming more than three […]

Second Spectrum/AWS to usher in sports viewing innovations

AWS tools will help bring new game-watching experiences to fans Optical tracking company Second Spectrum has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and media services provider. Second Spectrum, which provides optical tracking for both the NBA and the Premier League, says its partnership with AWS will […]

Eleven Sports awarded Belgian football rights

Negotiations will continue despite Eleven Sports gaining the rights to show Belgian professional football. Eleven Sports has been allocated exclusive domestic media rights to show the Belgian Pro league, Super Cup, Belgian Cup, and Women’s Super League from the 2020-2021 season until 2025. The General Assembly of the Pro League agreed to the reported €103 […]

Will Carling Six Nations blog #3: Big hits, big Insights

Will Carling’s third exclusive blog for Broadcast Sport, covering the new on-screen graphics unveiled for the Six Nations tournament. This week Carling discusses the analysis of dominant tackles. The second weekend of matches was certainly one to remember, set against the backdrop of dramatic gale force winds and heavy rain caused by Storm Ciara. Scotland […]

Copa90 acquires Indonesian football documentary series

Doc follows the fortunes of young Indonesian players trying to forge professional career Football platform Copa90 has acquired documentary series The Search for Indonesia’s First Wonderkid. Created by UK, Milan and LA based Sent Entertainment, the series follows the fortunes of Garuda Select, a team comprised of 24 Indonesian youngsters, who tour England and Italy […]

Will Carling: How technology is changing our experience of rugby

The first in a series of six weekly blogs from rugby legend Will Carling, written exclusively for Broadcast Sport Last year, for the very first time during the 2019 Guinness Six Nations Championship, fans had access to never-before-seen insights into the great game of rugby through new on-screen dynamic stats powered by Amazon Web Services […]

Copa90 promotes Simon Joyce to chief business officer

Football media group also hires Kate McGregor as head of client services Football media group Copa90 has promoted Simon Joyce to chief business officer. Joyce has been upped from head of global partnerships to the new role, taking over from James Kirkham who has left for a senior role in the music industry at Defected […]

BBC Sport takes on young viewer crisis

Production staff to undergo training in drive to reverse downward social media trend BBC Sport is sending its production staff on a set of courses designed to help tackle the corporation’s youth viewer crisis. In an all-staff email last week, the division’s director Barbara Slater said the upcoming sessions will be designed to improve the team’s […]

ITF selects Imagen to manage content archive

Tennis governing body wants to generate more value from its assets The International Tennis Federation (ITF), the world governing body of tennis, has selected SaaS video platform Imagen to manage and distribute its content archive which dates back to the 1940s. The ITF has digitised its content catalogue of 15,000 assets, which includes Davis Cup […]

Spearheading a cloud video editing revolution

SPONSORED: Blackbird is setting its sights on global domination through its patented, ultra-fast cloud video editing and publishing platform The proposition promised by Blackbird is simple enough – to provide a workstation experience in the cloud – yet it’s an objective almost impossibly complex to achieve. It means matching the capability and functionality of a […]

Curious Films re-teams with West Ham Women for BBC3

Follow-up to Britain’s Youngest Football Boss will place more focus on the players Curious Films will return to West Ham United FC Women football team for a follow-up series to its BBC3 access documentary Britain’s Youngest Football Boss. The indie will switch its focus to the players of the Hammers’ women’s football team in the 6 x […]

EDGEsport expands distribution to 50 countries

Action sports channel strikes broadcast deals around the world EDGEsport, the 24/7 action sports TV channel owned and operated by IMG, has secured a number of new broadcast and distribution agreements. New deals include Xumo and Stirr in the US, Samsung TV+ in the US and the UK, Youku in China and the launch of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Australia’s Optus Sport signs three-year Women’s Super League deal

Exclusive Barclays FA Women’s Super League deal starts this weekend Australia’s Optus Sport has picked up the exclusive live rights for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League, the top-tier of English women’s football. The deal is for the next three years and covers around 50 live matches a season. It begins the weekend (Sunday 17 […]

Facebook eyes niche sports

Social media giant’s strategy is to focus on live events that are ‘under-served’ by broadcasters Facebook is concentrating its sports strategy on “underserved” events that are not being shown by the traditional broadcasters, according to the US tech giant’s head of global live sports. Peter Hutton cited sports including surfing and Ironman as appealing […]

GOLFTV reveals details of its first Japan Skins event

The 18-hole challenge features Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Maysuyama and some of the world’s biggest rugby stars GOLFTV has revealed further details of its inaugural Japan Skins event, which features four of golf’s finest – Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Maysuyama – going head-to-head over 18 holes. The […]

Kipchoge marathon reaches 500m+ TV viewers

The INEOS 1:59 Challenge gets 4.9m YouTube views and reached 500m+ TV viewers Host broadcaster Sunset+Vine has revealed viewing figures for Eliud Kipchoge’s successful attempt at breaking the 2-hour marathon on Saturday morning. The marathon, which took place in central Vienna, saw Kipchoge finish in just 1h59m40s. It was streamed live on YouTube, broadcast on […]

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 […]

Vodafone survey reveals high expectations for 5G innovation in sports

5G anticipated to drive improvements in fan engagement and open up new revenue opportunities Vodafone has released research revealing sports organisations believe the rollout of 5G will drive new and innovative fan experiences. The telco questioned 250 decision-makers in the sports sector across the UK, with 76% of respondents saying they will use 5G as […]

Yahoo Sport reveals video hub dedicated to US sport

Yahoo Sport Presents…Tailgate aims to be the home for the UK fanbase of American major league sports Yahoo Sport UK has launched a new platform focused on American sports, called Yahoo Sport Presents…Tailgate. Tailgate is a collection of “premium video content, with fans at the heart of the experience,” says Yahoo. It’s presented by TV […]

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 […]

The European Tour launches innovation competition to “enhance golf”

New contest is aimed at start-ups and is seeking innovations that will appeal to golf fans The European Tour has launched an innovation contest for start-ups aimed at developing new creative concepts to enhance golf. The European Tour Innovation Hub competition is being run with Tata Communications and is seeking ideas that can be developed […]

ITV creates ‘window on the world’ for its Rugby World Cup studio

Broadcaster’s studio set uses mixed reality to show stylised Japanese cityscapes out of huge panoramic ‘windows’ ITV has turned to mixed reality to create a ‘window on the world’ for its Rugby World Cup 2019 studio. The studio builds on the approach it took for the men’s football World Cup studio in Russia, where augmented […]

The journey from YouTuber to global sports superstar

COPA90 chief business officer James Kirkham on how modern sports fans are turning social media influencers into world-dominating sports stars Modern sports fans are the new bastions of power. They’re the reason a YouTuber will star in the biggest pay-per-view boxing event of the year. Where once our sports viewing schedule was dictated by men in […]

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 […]

Eurosport serves up live Laver Cup coverage

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer among players at this month’s three-day competition Eurosport is to broadcast live and multi-platform coverage of this year’s Laver Cup tennis competition across Europe. A new agreement grants Eurosport rights to the Laver Cup in more than 50 European markets, including Switzerland, where this year’s event will be hosted at […]

Rugby World Cup 2019 to offer fan-controlled 3D highlights

Seven matches from the tournament, which kicks off on Friday 20 September, will have highlights created by Canon’s Free Viewpoint Video System Seven Rugby World Cup 2019 matches will offer fans post-match highlights with viewpoints and angles not possible with conventional cameras. Canon’s Free Viewpoint Video System is being used to create replays the company […]

Eurosport to broadcast World Urban Games

BMX freestyle, parkour, breaking and 3×3 basketball among competition events at this month’s Games Eurosport is to broadcast live coverage from the inaugural World Urban Games Budapest 2019. The World Urban Games takes place from 13-15 September 2019 and features six competition events – BMX freestyle, parkour, breaking, 3×3 basketball, flying disc freestyle and roller […]

Streaming: Taking the direct route

Both established and niche sports are testing the waters of serving fans via their own D2C services The rollout of high-speed broadband, smartphones and SVoD services such as Netflix has created a technically literate audience that’s familiar with the direct-to-consumer (D2C) model. Sports organisations are beginning to test the waters in different business models around OTT […]

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 […]

Six Day Series: Fast track to success

Revitalising one of cycling’s first ever track events, the Six Day Series is making innovative use of data to educate first-time fans and grow its audience The growth in shorter TV sports formats, marrying cutting-edge on-screen technologies with rousing in-stadium entertainment, continues at full pace. Cycling’s version – the Six Day Series – hit its […]

INTERVIEW: Alex Green, Amazon Prime

With two blocks of Premier League matches to sit alongside its ATP Tour tennis coverage, Amazon is emerging as one of the key players in the future of sports broadcasting Alex Green, head of sports and channels, Europe, at Amazon Prime Video, would love to have the rights to Wimbledon. “If only that were possible,” […]

COPA90 reveals exclusive content for Women’s Super League

Matchday previews and social media ‘takeovers’ make up COPA90’s content this weekend COPA90 has created a mixture of content to mark the kick off of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this weekend. COPA90 has produced a matchday preview for the Manchester City vs Manchester United game, featuring City’s captain Steph Houghton, which is now […]