Tag "Broadcasting"
Is OTT the inevitable future of football on TV?
It would be a gamble, but you can see the Premier League having its own direct to consumer OTT platform by 2030.
2017: The year Twitter brings internet live broadcasting to the main stream
2016 was the year when Twitter pushed the limits of its engagement with live sport. Ever since its inception, Twitter has been the one social network that lends itself perfectly
Eurosport renews AFCON deal with rights to 2017 and 2019 tournaments
Eurosport has won the UK and Ireland broadcast and digital rights for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2017 and 2019, as the Ivory Coast look to defend their title
Take off for Drone Racing as Sky invest $1m
Sky has announced an investment of $1m to deliver live drone racing to its UK viewers. The broadcaster’s partnership with the Drone Racing League (DRL) will include ten one-hour episodes on
Twitter announces new partnership for major leagues in USA
Twitter announced today that it will live stream weekly games from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Hockey League (NHL). 120 Sports, the OTT network, will also produce an
Copa90 creates unique Euro 2016 animations
Content creators in sport don’t need broadcast rights to be successful, and the remarkable rise of Copa90 is testament to this. The global football network – owned by Bigballs Media
Dave continues sports push with cricket deal
Cricket is back on free-to-air television in the UK, in the form of the Caribbean Premier League on Dave. Coverage of the tournament is moving from BT Sport to UKTV’s
French broadcaster uses bizarre digital innovation at Euro 2016
From holograms to teleportation, French broadcaster M6 has decided to stand out from the crowd with a range of bizarre live visual effects. Ahead of France’s goalless draw with Switzerland a simple pitch-side
ESPN unveils its Virtual 3 Technology
The NBA fixture between the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs last Saturday marked a new era in sports broadcasting with the introduction of the Virtual 3. Rolled out by ESPN,
FC Porto and Altice sign record deal
Portuguese football giant FC Porto has signed the largest TV broadcast rights deal in the history of Portuguese sports, breaking the previous record held by fellow Portuguese football club Benfica.
