The third of Broadcast Sport’s free Virtual Breakfast Clubs takes place on Wednesday 24 March on the virtual conferencing platform, Hopin. BBC Sport, Aurora Media Worldwide, Base Media Cloud and Hashtag United (whose Breaking the Net YouTube documentary is pictured above) are joining Broadcast Sport for the third of its Virtual Breakfast Clubs. The event, […]
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Amazon Prime Video to broadcast WTA & ATP Miami Open
The tennis tournament runs from 23 March until 4 April Amazon Prime Video is live and exclusively broadcasting the WTA and ATP Miami Open to UK & Ireland viewers. Running from 23 March until 4 April, with the finals taking place on the 3-4 April, the competition is taking place at the Hard Rock Stadium […]
LiveNow appoints head of sports
Peter Leible joins the company from Bundesliga International, where he was head of global audiovisual rights LiveNow has appointed Peter Leible as its head of sports. Leible joins the company from Bundesliga International, where as head of global audiovisual rights he was resonsible for $250 million (£179m) of media rights sales. He was previously head […]
UFC to deliver weekly livestreams on TikTok
UFC is the third most followed sports league on the platform, with over 6.3 million followers UFC and TikTok have agreed a ‘multi-year’ deal that will see the former deliver exclusive weekly livestreams to the platform. Starting this week with content created around the 20 February Blaydes v Lewis Fight Night in Las Vegas, the […]
REGISTER NOW: Facebook and the FA at Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club #2
The second of Broadcast Sport’s Breakfast Clubs takes place on Wednesday 17 February and is focused on social media sports content. Facebook and the FA are joining Broadcast Sport for the second of its Virtual Breakfast Clubs. The event, which is free-to-attend, will take place on Wednesday 17 February (10am- 11:20am) on the virtual conferencing […]
Formula E launches new esports competition, Formula E Accelerate
Open qualifying for the competition has already started Formula E has launched a new esports competition, Formula E Accelerate, to try and build on the success of its Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of UNICEF last year. Formula E Accelerate will feature 24 rising stars from the world of motorsports and esports […]
Eleven Sports plans global launch after acquiring MyCujoo
Sports streamer purchases non-elite football OTT platform, which becomes part of a new global streaming platform. Eleven Sports has acquired non-elite football live streaming platform MyCujoo. MyCujoo was launched in 2015 by co-founders Pedro and João Presa, making it possible for football federations, leagues, clubs and players to showcase their games live to a global […]
Hereford FC installs multicam HD production facilities to live stream home games
The facilities are being crewed and managed by CJP Broadcast. Hereford Football Club has invested in multi-camera HD live production facilities to enable it to stream home league fixtures direct to fans. The club brought in CJP Broadcast to provide it with the production system, crewing, and streaming platform. The system at Hereford is based […]
AVOD SportsTribal TV to offer 24/7 free streaming sports channels
The service launches later this year, having been built around Red Bee Media’s managed OTT platform. Ad-supported, free-to-air 24/7 sports streaming service, SportsTribal TV is set to launch later this year, after setting up on Red Bee Media’s managed OTT platform. SportsTribal TV is aimed at traditional and non-traditional sports rights owners, niche and micro-niche […]
Nearly 60% of UK sports fans open to exclusively streaming sport
The coronavirus lockdown has accelerated the turn to online streaming A study from cloud video platform Grabyo has found that 59% of UK sports fans would be willing to switch to exclusively streaming their sport. The UK At Home Video Trends 2020 report surveyed over 2,000 UK consumers on their video consumption and purchasing habits, […]
NBA turns to LiveLike for playoff watch parties
The organisation and broadcaster Turner Sports are trying to allow fans to watch the games together during coronvirus stay-at-home restrictions NBA and Turner Sports have turned to interactive technology company LiveLike to bring virtual watch parties to fans for the playoffs. LiveLike’s social viewing technology is now integrated into the NBA app and NBA.com, as […]
Mediapro kicks off new channel for French and European football
Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Champions League, and Europa League matches are available on the channel Mediapro has launched its own channel for live football in France, Telefoot, kicking it off on 17 August. The Spanish production and media rights business has moved into broadcasting, offering fans in France the opportunity to watch the ten best […]
West Brom partners with StreamAMG to boost WBA TV
The Baggies are back in the Premier League and looking to improve their offering to fans West Bromwich Albion has announced a new partnership with StreamAMG ahead of its return to the Premier League. From the start of next season, the Baggies will use StreamAMG’s technology to power WBA TV. The D2C offering allows fans […]
New streamer Peacock picks up Premier League live rights in the USA
NBCUniversal-owned service to air 175 live matches in the Premier League 2020-21 season, and offer full match replays for all 380 games. NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock has picked up live rights for the Premier League 2020-21 season in the US. It will stream 175 live Premier League matches on the paid-for Peacock Premium strand. Meanwhile, […]
Promethean TV creates Sports Stats Overlays for mobile streams
The overlays offer insights, sponsored messages and real-time information during a game. Promethean TV has created a Sports Stats Overlay to enable broadcasters to add real-time statistics and information about a game or league to mobile streams. The data includes live scores, league table updates, team line-ups, individual player statistics, head-to-head statistics, polls, sponsored messages […]
The return of sports brings with it the return of streaming pirates
Carlos Rocha Gonçalves at Jscrambler on what’s being done to try to keep the pirates at bay. At last, sport is slowly but surely returning — albeit looking very different to what we all remembered. The global lockdown has seen OTT streaming services soar in popularity and usage, and the return of the sports we […]
LiveScore to add live football streaming to app and website
Popular scores app aims to become a major sports streaming service. Sports scores app LiveScore is working with OTT specialist StreamAMG to add live football streaming to its website and app. The platform will host live matches and on-demand content from football clubs and media outlets, and says it will become “a major new sports […]
DAZN owner looks to sell an equity stake in the company
The pandemic sports cancellations are having a huge impact on the sports streamer. The owner of DAZN is reportedly looking to sell a stake in the company to raise revenue. According to a report in The Financial Times, DAZN owner Len Blavatnik is “exploring ways to inject new money into the loss making business”. It […]
Former ESPN CEO joins board of interactive streamer Maestro
The company adds Steve Bornstein to its advisory board during a period of growth. Live interactive streaming platform Maestro has added Steve Bornstein, the former CEO of ESPN and former CEO of NFL Network to its advisory board. He will help guide Maestro as it aims to grow from its heartland of esports to traditional […]
DAZN picks up WWE for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Sports streamer adds live and on-demand WWE content to its sports content across these territories. WWE has agreed a multi-year deal with DAZN for live and on demand programming of weekly WWE content for DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Beginning this week, WWE Raw and SmackDown shows will go out with the original US […]
The future of sport is streaming, says Greg Rusedski
The former UK no.1 is a part of Amazon Prime Video’s tennis coverage Former world no.4 tennis player and current Amazon Prime Video pundit Greg Rusedski believes streaming services are the future of sports broadcasting. Speaking to Broadcast Sport, the 46-year-old explained how younger audiences and affordability will allow streamers to overtake traditional broadcasters. Rusedski […]
DAZN to expand to over 200 territories in 2020
It will include the UK and Ireland for the first time Sport streaming service DAZN is to expand to over 200 territories in 2020, focusing on boxing first. The first phase of the expansion will include an English language service focused on boxing and other fight sports. It will include fights from promotional companies such […]
Research reveals substantial live sport streaming opportunities
Although viewers demand a high-quality service Research from Verizon Media has revealed that there could be significant opportunities for sports streaming platforms in the current market. Conducted with over 5,000 fans across the US, UK, France, Germany, and Holland, 63% of the respondents said that they would be open to paying more for a sports […]
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 […]
Straightforward guide to low-latency streaming
Kyle Goodwin of Vecima Networks explores, in layman’s terms, how the industry is preparing to tackle low-latency streaming During the 2018 World Cup, media measurement company Conviva recorded 75.8 million attempts to stream the quarter-final games. More than 15% of those attempts failed – that’s more than 11 million unsuccessful attempts. Those delivering OTT services are […]
All Formula E races to go free-to-air on the BBC
Fans in the UK can watch live Formula E races on different BBC platforms as well as Eurosport and Quest The BBC is to televise all of this season’s Formula E races live, on free-to-air TV and online. The Marrakesh e-prix in Morocco on 29 February and Rome e-prix on 4 April will go out […]
Red Bull freestyle football contest to air in 4K HDR on Insight TV
Competition to be live streamed in 4K UHD HDR for the first time Global 4K broadcaster Insight TV is to live stream Red Bull’s Street Style Football World Championship on 15 November in 4K UHD HDR. The live broadcast of the 90-minute event takes in Miami, Florida, will be in partnership with Red Bull […]
1.25m tune in to live finals of mobile esports competition
Summoners War World Arena Championship 2019 finals gets 10 times the views of last year’s tournament The finals of the Summoners War World Arena Championship 2019 picked up its highest online viewing figures to date, with 1.25m tuning in to the live stream, via YouTube and Twitch. This was 10 times the cumulative views from […]
Dazn enters the ring with Sylvester Stallone
Boxing series is first fruits of sports streamer’s partnership with Balboa Productions Sports streamer Dazn has inked a global creative partnership deal with Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions, kicking off with a feature doc series about boxing. One Night is a set of films looking back at indelible nights in recent boxing history, kicking off with analysis […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DAZN unveils virtual production facility
First hub opens in Madrid, with Leeds broadcast centre next to be connected Sports streamer DAZN has launched its first virtual production facility. The facility, which is based on NEP’s production platform, makes a variety of production resources including live logging, editing, commentary, and graphic design accessible remotely from any location around the world, all […]
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 […]
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,” […]
STV to stream 24-hour sports feed
Broadcaster partners with Premier Sports and FreeSports for on-demand offering STV is to offer an ‘always on’ sports channel on STV Player after partnering with pay TV sports broadcaster Premier Sports and free-to-air sister channel FreeSports. By streaming FreeSports, STV becomes the first broadcaster to operate a VoD service providing a free-to-air, 24-hour sports feed. […]