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Eleven Sports streams on social media in Portuguese first
French Super cup will be shown on Facebook ahead of the channel's linear launch
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Content
Manchester United brings MUTV to on-demand platforms
Follows the channel's launch on iOS, Android and MUTV.com last season
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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
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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
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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
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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
Technology
Fox Sports to incorporate AI into World Cup coverage
IBM's technology will be used to launch "The Highlight Machine"
Content
Mediapro reveals plans for Ligue 1 channel
Company won the broadcast rights to the French league from Canal+
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Champions League knockout stages attract five million illegal streamers
Web-based streams continue to be the main vehicle for illegal distribution
Business
Sunset+Vine and BT Sport extend partnership
BT’s live Premier League and UEFA Europa League football, along with its complete live rugby offering, are included within the deal
Content
BBC announces World Cup broadcasting schedule
Audiences can personalise their experience and rate players’ performance in every match
Content
Quest partners with EFL for Football League highlights
Four-year deal will see Quest provide 90 minutes of match highlights during primetime every Saturday night
Business
Eleven Sports secures UK and Ireland rights to LaLiga
Sports provider yet to announce exactly how it will broadcast in the UK
Content
Sky Deutschland secures UHD rights for 2018 World Cup
Broadcaster will show 25 matches of the tournament in Ultra HD
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Danish telco hooks up with TV2 for 4K World Cup channel
National commercial broadcaster will provide 4K UHD coverage for TDC’s YouSee cable arm
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AI football chatbot ‘could replace commentators’
Technology will be employed to provide game updates and detailed player statistics for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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La Liga teams up with Mediapro to provide VAR tech from next season
A centre for VAR’s video operations has been installed in Madrid’s Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas
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Bundesliga green lights use of virtual advertising
Will be in place for first and second division matches for 2018/19 season
Business
Premier League rights deals go into extra time
League reportedly unlikely to announce deal until April
Production & Post
Input Media retains Football Association broadcast production partner contract
New three year deal means Input Media has been FA's broadcast partner for 13 years
Business
FA and Carabao Cups to trial Video Assistant Referee
Monday's FA Cup tie between Brighton and Crystal Palace to mark VAR debut
Data Centre
Football still king of sports programming
Accounts for 27 per cent of sport content on generalist channels
Business
Netflix to launch Juventus docuseries
Series will follow 'the most compelling stories and characters in the club'
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YouTube extends French football deal
YouTube said August views of the LFP channels reached 18 million, more than twice the number in the same period in 2016
Features
The (video assistant) referee is always right
Slow motion replays have become an intrinsic part of live sports broadcasts today, but imagine if the system that captured that footage was of...
Opinion
The Premier League piracy problem
NAGRA's Christopher Schouten looks at the on-going problem of illegal streaming
Production & Post
Eurosport to ‘bring viewers closer to the action’ at Women’s Euros
Eurosport to employ up to 14 cameras for the final
Business
Intel acquires VR startup Voke
Intel has completed its acquisition of virtual reality startup Voke as it looks to expand into immersive sports. Voke, founded in 2004, is based...
Business
FA agrees £820 million FA Cup deal
The Football Association has agreed a new six-season overseas broadcast rights deal for the FA Cup. The agreement – reportedly worth £820 million -...
Production & Post
Sky Deutschland employs AR tech for Bundesliga
Sky Deutschland is looking to enhance its live coverage of the German Bundesliga football championship by using real-time camera tracking technology to generate augmented
News
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Twitter pens Premier League highlights deal with Sky
Twitter has partnered with Sky Sports to deliver ‘near-instant’ highlights from Premier League matches on its social media platform. Users in the UK and...
News
Production & Post
Uefa picks Gearhouse for Euro TOCs
Uefa has selected Gearhouse Broadcast to deliver its technical operations centres (TOCs) and cable interconnection room (CIR) as part of its installation at each...
News
Business
Hispasat and MEO agree UEFA Euro 4K deal
Spanish satellite telecoms operator Hispasat and Portugal Telecom television’s MEO platform have reached an agreement to broadcast the Champions League Final and
News
Business
Sky Sports breaks records with 2015 online video views
Sky Sports has emerged as the UK’s most popular digital sport platform after seeing a 175 per cent increase in its online video views