Technology
La Liga launches AI assistant
Voice assistant provides kick-off times, tables, results, statistics and highlights
football
Production & Post
Blackmagic Design’s URSA Broadcast captures Women’s Super League
Timeline TV employed the camera for remote production
Business
Eleven Sports, Orange extend partnership in Belgium and Luxembourg
Orange to distribute sport channel for another two years
Business
Arsenal Zooms into the Cloud
Zoom to supply the club with Cloud platforms for video, voice, content sharing and chat
Business
Grabyo assists Hashtag United’s social media streaming
Enhances livestreaming with graphic overlays and native polls
TVBEverywhere
PSG illegally stream Champions League match on Facebook
A reported 1.4 million viewers were able to watch the team's victory over Manchester United
Business
German Football League to reassign media rights in Spring 2020
CEO Christian Seifert tells German newspaper Handelsblatt
TVBEverywhere
Premier League ‘planning to launch its own Netflix for live football’
Premier League is currently looking at ways to increase its revenue after the price for domestic rights fell during the last auction
Technology
Intel offers football fans a True View of the match
Includes 360-degree footage taken from 38 5K cameras, capturing 200 terabytes of data per game
Technology
ChyronHego tracks player movements using AR stadium technology
Rolled out at two European football matches
Production & Post
Swansea City’s streaming platform goes live with Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic URSA Broadcast and Smart Videohub 12G 40x40 deployed at Liberty Stadium
TVBEverywhere
La Liga deploys AI-driven match scheduling to maximise ratings
Technology will optimise fixture lists from next month
TVBEverywhere
La Liga 1|2|3 matches made available on YouTube
Second division games can now be watched for free in over 155 countries
Production & Post
Input Media’s FA Cup digital clips service reaches 46 million social media views
All 32 matches made available as world feeds
TVBEverywhere
Football dominates live TV watched on mobile over Christmas
EE reveals the top 10 most-watched live moments
TVBEverywhere
Eleven Sports to live stream Bundesliga match on Facebook in Poland and Portugal
Borussia Dortmund face Borussia Mönchengladbach this Friday
Technology
NAGRA and NOS team up to tackle piracy of Benfica matches
NAGRA's anti-piracy services include monitoring, takedowns and legal and investigative support
Business
Eleven Sports partners with STV to offer free La Liga, Serie A matches
14 fixtures will be available live and on STV Player this weekend
TVBEverywhere
Eleven Sports Portugal to show Bundesliga match live on Facebook
Stream marks the first time a Bundesliga game will be shown on the platform in Portugal
Production & Post
Mediapro employs latest technology for El Clásico
Match coverage will include sound technology that tracks the ball and activates microphones
Business
TVBEurope October issue out now
New issues looks at augmented reality, audio and QVC UK's 25th anniversary
Features
Dialling up the disruption with data-driven sport
By Grant Caley, NetApp chief technologist, on how moving the goal posts can engage the fans
Technology
Media leaders tap AWS for World Cup live streaming
Platform helped deliver streaming experiences for an estimated 3.4 billion viewers
TVBEverywhere
Premier League scores rise in TV viewing figures
Latest BARB findings suggest an increase in traditional TV viewing compared to the 2016/17 season
TVBEverywhere
UEFA developing own streaming service
Footballing body wants to use streamer to promote women's football
Production & Post
NEP pioneers UHD/HDR production for Swiss Football League
Company upgraded two of its OB trucks to meet Swiss broadcast channel Teleclub’s UHD/HDR demands
TVBEverywhere
UK first as EFL matches make live streaming debut
New service iFollow launches tonight
TVBEverywhere
Juventus unveils new in-house OTT service
The Serie A club has cancelled its linear TV channel
TVBEverywhere
BBC releases broadcast schedule for 2018/19 football season
Broadcaster will provide extensive multi-platform coverage
Technology
Ooyala outlines key Premier League tech trends
Jason Johns, VP EMEA, on how producers and broadcasters can improve the fan viewing experience this season
TVBEverywhere
Eleven Sports streams on social media in Portuguese first
French Super cup will be shown on Facebook ahead of the channel's linear launch
Content
Manchester United brings MUTV to on-demand platforms
Follows the channel's launch on iOS, Android and MUTV.com last season
TVBEverywhere
Roma becomes first Serie A club to broadcast live game on Twitter
Club saw over 100,000 fans tune into the game
Content
European broadcasters enjoy record World Cup ratings
24.3 million UK viewers watched England v Croatia on ITV, marking a record high for a football match on a single channel
TVBEverywhere
BBC celebrates record World Cup group stage viewing figures
First round of matches have produced some of the largest viewing figures in the last 10 years for the broadcaster
Technology
Net Insight to help deploy VAR network for European partner
Media transport platform Nimbra will connect 19 football stadiums to a centralised VAR system
Business
La Liga sells rights for €3.14 billion
League has provisionally announced four of its eight packages
TVBEverywhere
England v Tunisia breaks live online viewing records
Match is the most watched TV programme of the year so far, beating the Royal Wedding
Features
World Cup 2018: A look inside the BBC’s dedicated VR app
Head of product – sport, Neil Hall, tells TVBEurope what to expect from the new user experience
Business
Nordic Entertainment Group wins football media rights haul
NENT Group will broadcast up to 1,500 live games a season from five European leagues
Technology
The FA completes world-first virtual advertising deployment
Technology was used to target different worldwide broadcast audiences during England’s recent match against Costa Rica
Features
FIFA World Cup 2026: It’s a bidding process of two halves
Forget this year's event, Brian Morris, general manager and vice president, Media & Entertainment, Tata Communications, is already planning ahead
Business
Premier League win a “massive opportunity” for Amazon
20 live games and weekly highlights packages across the 2019 to 2022 period will be shown on Amazon's Prime Video platform
TVBEverywhere
YouTube: Global World Cup interest greater than ever
Platform has revealed which national teams, players, and football-related videos have trended over the past year