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Southampton’s YouTube sensation is a timely reminder not to take things too seriously

Southampton Football Club have a reputation in the Premier League for great producing young footballers. Now they’re gaining a reputation for producing quirky social media videos. One of this summer’s

Man City join Real Madrid and Juventus as online race hots up

As online streaming around sport gathers pace, the live action aspect is only one part of a growing trend. Earlier this year, Real Madrid produced a documentary series called Hala

Man United chief predicts major development in TV rights landscape

Amazon and Facebook will join the bidding for Premier League broadcast rights, or so predicts Manchester United chief Ed Woodward. On a regular conference call with investors, Woodward made the

Will the threat from live-streaming force broadcasters to pay even more for the Premier League

As the Premier League kicks off this weekend, and we tune in to watch on Sky Sports and BT Sport, with highlights on BBC’s Match of the Day over the

Amazon secures tennis in first major live sports deal outside of US

Amazon will be the ‘Prime’ destination for tennis fans from 2018 when the current deal with Sky comes to end according to The Guardian. In its first sports move outside

Could the Premier League ever ditch broadcasters and stream live games itself?

As the Premier League media rights bidding process heats up, could rights holders ever ditch the broadcasters and sell their product themselves?

Arsenal and Man City show that football clubs are becoming content curators too

It’s all about curating news, at the moment. Not only does it seem like Facebook and Twitter have become curators of all of the day’s news, but sports teams are

Arsenal Football Club bring live match commentary to a connected device near you

“Alexa, open Arsenal!” As Amazon’s Echo, the wireless speaker which connects you to your home entertainment systems from across the room, becomes more and more widespread, we’ll see its use

Amazon’s NFL deal paves the way for a sports rights arms race between streaming companies

After its season-long stretch of streaming Thursday Night Football on Twitter, the NFL’s new online home for midweek games will be Amazon from next season, after the online retail company

Thursday Night Football attracts new proposals

After a successful first year, the NFL is looking to sell streaming rights to Thursday Night Football again. According to close sources, there are at least four major suitors—Twitter, Facebook,