Business
Warner Bros Discovery, BT reach ‘definitive agreement’ on BT Sport joint venture
Warner Bros Discovery could buyout BT during the joint venture's fist four years, while BT could sell its stake or enter an IPO
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Media Delivery
Serie A broadcasts first match in the metaverse
"We have chosen to be the first to broadcast a football match in the metaverse because we believe that the frontier of technological innovation...
Media Delivery
Channel 4 scores England’s men’s football games
In total, Channel 4 will air 20 live England matches between 2022 and 2024
Media Delivery
Germany’s Bundesliga scores with personalised interactive feed driven by AWS
The Interactive Feed comprises more than six statistical widgets that feature information ranging from pictures and results to match facts and formations
Media Delivery
Viaplay wins UK rights to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland men’s football matches
Viaplay's new UK streaming service is expected to launch in the second half of 2022
Live Production
Eleven to support production, delivery and distribution for FIFA’s OTT service
Matches from over 90 member associations across the men’s, women’s and youth game will be showcased on the platform
Media Delivery
FIFA kicks off global OTT service
The free platform, named FIFA Plus, promises to provide access to live matches from "every corner of the world"
Live Production
EE, BT Sport “re-imagine” sports viewing with help from 5G
Companies unveil new prototypes for use on rugby, boxing, MotoGP, the arts, and football
Live Production
How new camera technology captured dramatic Carabao Cup final
The match between Chelsea and Liverpool saw the highest peak audience of the 2021/22 football season
Live Production
AWS, Bundesliga kick-off more Match Facts
The two latest additions take the number of Bundesliga Match Facts up to 10
Live Production
How the pandemic changed the way we watch sport
From remote commentary to Watch Together, Vitec's Natasha Bougourd takes a look at the new technology sports broadcasters are employing to keep fans watching
Media Delivery
Goal?!: Can streaming ever catch up with live sport?
As more and more sports fans turn to OTT to watch their favourite sports, how can operators make sure their feed is as close...
Live Production
CAF appoints broadcast services partners for AFCON 2021, 2023
Next month's AFCON 2021 will see CAF work with host broadcaster CRTV in Cameroon
Live Production
Whisper opens UEFA Broadcast Centre in London
Hub has seven Adobe edit suites, one Avid Pro tools sound suite and voice-over booth and an in-house QC suite
Media Delivery
Viaccess-Orca, French football league block football piracy
VO assists Ligue de Football Professionnel in preventing the illegal redistribution of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches
Media Consumption
Study: Piracy falling in Spain, but economic impact still over €2 billion
The report, carried out by GfK, found that of the €2.416 billion of damage reported, film suffered estimated losses of €322 million, football €231...
Live Production
BT Sport looks to gamify content with Innovate 21 winner
AriSports has developed a digital prediction platform, which allows football fans to predict on-pitch events, earning points in the process and competing against friends
Live Production
Sky, Tottenham Hotspur partner on world’s first elite level net zero carbon football match
#GameZero is aiming to be net zero, through emission reductions and offsetting the remaining footprint through reforestation projects
Live Production
Sky Sports aims for greenest Premier League season ever
TVBEurope talks to Jo Finon, manager of responsible productions at Sky Sports, about the broadcaster’s aims to make the new Premier league season as...
Business
Is LaLiga next on Amazon’s shopping list?
LaLiga's current broadcast contract with Movistar Plus and Mediapro runs out at the end of the upcoming season
Media Consumption
Euro 2020 final scores biggest UK TV audience since 1997
Ratings peaked at almost 31 millions as England's men's team missed out on their first major trophy since 1966
Live Production
BT Sport to broadcast ‘most accessible coverage of a football match in the UK’
BT Sport plans to provide live coverage of all the finals on three of its channels with each offering different accessibility features
Business
Huge European football broadcast rights package unveiled
Package includes the top domestic leagues in Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Iceland, Latvia and Kazakhstan
Business
Amazon wins rights to Ligue 1, sparks Canal Plus protest
Canal Plus has refused to broadcast the two matches a week it has been awarded, stating the deal is detrimental to the league's historic...
Live Production
Euro 2020: The man making sure fans don’t miss a single kick
Sunset+Vine’s leading staff match director Jamie Oakford talks to TVBEurope about his role at this summer's Euro 2020 tournament
Live Production
Portugal broadcasts first football matches over 5G
5G has been used on camera feeds, to help create a hologram of one of the players, and to enable a roving reporter to...
Business
Analysts: Europe’s broadcasters to net €8 billion in football revenues
Revenues will bounce back as fans return to stadiums for the 2021/22 season
Business
French football league reportedly considering its own TV channel
LFP said to be considering its own TV channel to broadcast 80 per cent of matches
Business
Premier League rolls over current UK broadcast deal
Premier League renews current agreements with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon and the BBC
Business
Premier League ‘in talk to scrap TV rights auction’
League is said to be in talks with Sky, BT and Amazon and the government in an attempt to stave off an expected decrease...
Business
Sky launches legal challenge over Serie A rights
Sky has cited the so-called Melandri Law, which prohibits the sale of all broadcast rights to a single entity
Business
Broadcasters ‘won’t break current contracts for ESL’ says Mediapro boss
League has reportedly held talks with the likes of Disney, Facebook and Amazon
Business
DAZN denies any interest in European Super League
"Realistically, this could mean fragmentation of rights spend and a reluctance to pay top dollar by broadcasters," analyst Alex DeGroote tells TVBEurope
Audio
Ziggo Sport trials AR commentary on El Clasico
Commentator Sierd de Vos will provide additional content for viewers who access the AR content via their smartphones
Business
DAZN wins Serie A rights, confirms TIM distribution deal
Sports streamer has won the rights to Serie A matches for the next three seasons
Live Production
Sky Deutschland uses cinematic camera for Bayern’s Champions League match
Broadcast will employ ARRI ALEXA Mini for the first time
Media Consumption
NOW TV launches new Sky Sports reruns feature
Fans can rewatch Premier League matches and Formula 1 races for up to seven days after the live event
Media Consumption
Canal Plus offers football fans 360-degree stream of live match
Broadcaster installed four high-resolution 360-degree cameras, one behind each goal and the other two on the touchlines, covering the entirety of the pitch
Business
Sky: DAZN, Telecom Italia deal ‘may harm competition’
Broadcaster is believed to have written to Italian football league Serie A to express its concern
Business
Telecom Italia ‘to pay €1 billion’ to back DAZN’s Serie A rights bid
Streamer has reportedly agreed "an important distribution deal" with a partner in Italy
Business
Is DAZN preparing a Premier League bid?
Bidding on the 2022-2025 broadcast rights are expected to close this week
Media Delivery
Amazon Prime UK nets LaLiga distribution agreement
Distribution deal runs until the end of 2021/22 season