Eliud Kipchoge’s historic 1:59:40 marathon run on October 12th, which saw him become the first human in history to run under two hours, was watched around the world as the INEOS 1:59 Challenge recorded landmark viewing figures. Some 4.9 million viewers watched the YouTube stream of the event alone, with a live peak of 779,000 […]
Research from Amdocs Media which explores the media consumption preferences of UK consumers suggests that the television is the most popular means of accessing their media subscription services (video, music and gaming). Fifty per cent of consumers surveyed selected
Basketball Champions League has signed a three-year agreement with sports streaming service DAZN ofor the period 2019-2022 in Spain The agreement comes into effect immediately, with DAZN set to carry full coverage of the Basketball Champions League, running each season from October to May. With this agreement, DAZN will provide its viewers the opportunity to […]
Mediaset and Atresmedia are involved in a new football TV war to acquire TV rights to the Euro 2024 tournament and Qatar’s Football World Cup in 2022 for their respective OTT platforms Mitele and Atresplayer, according to El Economista. Currenty, they are the two main bidders as Movistar has refused to make an offer, and […]
John Skipper, executive chairman of DAZN, has said the OTT sports service would need to acquire Premier League football rights before considering a UK launch. Despite being based in London, the platform currently only operates in the US, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Italy, Spain and Brazil. DAZN also holds rights to Champions League football […]
MediaCom’s 2019 Connected Kids research has revealed the extent to which young people are recognising the negative impact of social media on their lives, with nearly 1-in-5 (18 per cent) teens saying they have deleted social media apps off their devices. The annual report, which investigates the media habits and attitudes of kids and teenagers […]
For the first time ever in golf, every shot by every player will be live-streamed from a full-field tournament when The Players Championship returns to TPC Sawgrass, March 12th – 15th 2020, allowing fans to follow any player in the elite field, all four rounds. All of this revolutionary coverage will be available to PGA […]
Verizon Fios and Movies Anywhere – the digital movie collection app – have announced that Movies Anywhere is now available to Fios TV customers in the US. Movies Anywhere is a free app that allows customers to seamlessly bring their eligible movie purchases together into a robust digital collection that can be accessed across multiple […]
Discover.film, a global platform solely devoted to making quality short movies and series available on mobile, TV and web, has gone live. Over 80,000 people from 216 countries have already subscribed to the beta version Discover.film has signed partnerships with some of the world’s largest airlines, including British Airways, American Airlines, Virgin Trains, Eurostar and […]
ESPN and Quibi have reached an agreement for daily sports programming on the mobile-first platform when it launches in April 2020. As part of the new deal, ESPN will be the exclusive US multi-sport content provider for Quibi’s curated news and information programming, Daily Essentials. The new ESPN show, available only on Quibi, will feature […]