Premier League

Business

Is Apple ready to take a bite out of English football?

The next auction of Premier League rights is due to take place next year, and will cover 2025-28

Business

BT Sport unveils dynamite new name

The new brand will launch before the start of the 2023/24 football season, and unites the sports rights currently owned by BT Sport and...

Business

DAZN set to bid for Premier League rights

"I am very, very confident that in the mid to long-term we can be a big player in the UK." DAZN CEO Shay Segev...

Media Delivery

StreamAMG scores with Brentford FC’s new OTT service

From the start of the 2022/23 season, Brentford will utilise MediaPlatform, StreamAMG’s core online video platform to deliver content across a wide range of...

Case Studies

Goals mined as Premier League digitises archive

COVID-19 spurred a huge digitisation effort as rights holders looked to preserve and safeguard their archive and meet the demand for content from broadcasters...

Business

Warner Bros Discovery/BT JV ‘will increase competition in the UK sports rights market’

"The financial resources of the business would certainly allow it to invest more in Premier League packages at the time of the next tender,"...

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

Business

Discovery/BT Sport tie-up could be ‘first tangible threat to Sky’

Analyst Conrad Wiacek suggests the UK may become the first battle ground in the battle to become the dominant European sports broadcaster

Business

Discovery confirms exclusive talks with BT Sport on Joint Venture

BT Group said it is aiming to conclude the exclusive discussions with Discovery, in the early part of Q1, with a view to the...

Business

DAZN ‘set to pay £582 million for BT Sport’

According to reports, the deal could finally be agreed this month

Business

Is the sale of BT Sport going into extra time?

Discovery is reportedly keen on acquiring the sports broadcaster

Media Delivery

Amazon’s Premier League coverage scores UK network traffic peak

BT said it saw the highest peak yet on its fixed network, 25.5Tbps, around 25,000gb of data every second

Business

BT in talks with ‘small handful’ of interested parties over Sport sell-off

"We are in no rush, we want to do the right thing for everyone," said Philip Jansen

Business

DAZN deal to buy BT Sport ‘could be struck within weeks’

Reports suggest the two companies are in discussions over price and a licensing agreement

Media Consumption

BT Sport gets into Hype Mode for new Premier League season

New feature includes enhanced graphics around key plays, players and shot speeds

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...

Media Delivery

Tokyo Olympics gets underway as Sky adds 4K HDR

Sky is today rolling out 4K HDR options for its coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which it will continue to deploy for...

Business

DAZN ‘targeting stock market debut’ to fund expansion

Streamer could look to list this autumn

Business

NENT Group extends EPL rights territories

Deal runs from 2022 to 2028, and is addition to the company's rights deals in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway

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

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

DAZN mulls going public

Co-CEO James Rushton also confirms streamer "will review" Premier League tender

Business

Is DAZN preparing a Premier League bid?

Bidding on the 2022-2025 broadcast rights are expected to close this week

Audio

Amazon Prime adds Dolby Atmos, expands stats technology for Premier League matches

Selected matches will be available in Ultra HD with Dolby Atmos audio, kicking off with this weekend's match between Liverpool and Wolves.

Media Consumption

Norway’s TV2 to kick off EPL 4K broadcasts next month

First match will be Manchester United's game against Arsenal

Business

Broadcasters rule out allowing Premier League clubs to sell PPV matches

Clubs want to stream matches that aren't available on pay-TV channels as a way to recoup some of their lost revenues

Media Delivery

Premier League gains ‘Super Block’ powers against the pirates

New orders are described as "a reworked and enhanced system" that will enable the League to block more pirate streams than ever before

Production & Post

Premier League relents on September broadcast schedule

BBC and Amazon gain one match each, Sky Sports six and BT sport a further three

Live Production

Sky Sports goes sustainable for new Premier League season

Liverpool v Leeds will be the first live Premier League broadcast to achieve certification

Live Production

Extra 20 Premier League matches to be broadcast during 20/21 season

12 additional matches will be broadcast on Sky Sports, six on BT Sport and two on Amazon Prime

Media Delivery

How broadcasters can give viewers the live sport experience at home

As live sport resumes, Ariff Sidi, general manager and chief product officer, Media Platform, Verizon Media, explains how broadcasters can make viewers watching on...