Both speaker sessions from yesterday’s Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club are now available to watch on-demand. The second Broadcast Sport Virtual Breakfast Club took place yesterday (Wednesday 17 February) on event platform Hopin. The focus of the Breakfast Club was on sports on social media. Facebook’s Anna Chanduvi joined us for the first session to talk […]
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LAST CHANCE: Registrations close today for Breakfast Club with Facebook and FA
Today is your last chance to register your place on the Broadcast Sport Breakfast Club on Wednesday 17 February. REGISTER NOW The second Broadcast Sport Virtual Breakfast Club takes place tomorrow live on the event platform Hopin. The focus of the Breakfast Club is sports on social media. Facebook’s Anna Chanduvi joins us for 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 […]
WATCH: Day 2 of the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2020
WATCH AGAIN: Sessions with The FA, LaLiga, MyCuJoo, Extreme E, Sail GP, F1, BT Sport, Sky Sports, and more. The Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum 2020 was held on the online conferencing platform Hopin on 11-12 November 2020. It was an exclusive event for the sports production sector where attendees could engage with live sessions, […]
The FA and LaLiga on rights holders’ OTT future
Keegan Pierce, international development UK&I, La Liga, and Matt Brown, broadcast product manager, The FA, were speaking at the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum FA broadcast product manager Matt Brown and La Liga international development, UK&I, Keegan Pierce have spoken on the importance of OTT platforms for rights holders and the possibility that they could […]
The FA reveals online content plan for football hiatus
The governing body will be attempting to keep the public entertained while stuck at home The FA has launched #FootballsStayingHome, its plan to keep fans entertained while stuck at home. With football matches postponed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic, the governing body has announced a weekly content programme including archive footage, […]
FA to stream retro #ReLions series after England matches postponed
Archive encounters against Denmark and Italy will be shown while the matches would have been happening The FA is to launch the #ReLions series in the time slots that the England men’s national team would have been playing against Italy and Denmark over the next five days. With the live matches postponed due to the […]
Sports Content Summit: How the FA integrated esports into its digital channels
FA senior content innovations manager, Damien Cullen, explained how the governing body has revolutionised its digital output, at the Broadcast Sport Content Summit The FA has seen its online output grow in popularity and quality in recent years, and this has been in part thanks to its tie in with esports competitions. Speaking at the […]
Premier League and UK football suspended until 30 April, season extended
This will give broadcasters more idea of how long they will have to plan for The Premier League, EFL, WSL, and FA have decided to further postpone their competitions until 30 April at the earliest. In addition, the FA’s board has agreed to alter the rule that states “the season shall terminate not later than […]
FA looks to monetise women’s football rights for first time
It has brought in media rights specialists, Women’s Sport Group The FA is looking to monetise women’s football rights for the first time. Since 2011, the BBC and BT Sport have shown the Women’s Super League (WSL), only covering production costs in return – reports The Telegraph. The FA also launched the FA Player – […]
Coronavirus could force free-to-air Premier League and pause of 3pm blackout
Administrators and broadcasters have met to discuss options The FA is likely to allow the screening of games during the 3pm blackout if the coronavirus forces games to be played behind closed doors. In addition, Sky and BT could be asked to make games free-to-air, reports The Times. However, steps would also be taken to […]