BT Sport has secured the exclusive UK rights to the Solidarity Challenge, a virtual football tournament that will bring together some of the biggest names in sport to raise money for the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO. Featuring BT Sport pundits Steve McManaman and Jermaine Jenas and commentator Darren Fletcher, the tournament will see […]
Ruptly, the global news and media agency, has announced a strategic partnership with Wochit, the video library and creation platform. Under the deal, Wochit clients will be able to draw on material from Ruptly’s extensive archive catalogue and immediately edit and create their own videos within the Wochit platform. Matt Tabaccos, Chief Commercial Officer at […]
Research from Ampere Analysis has revealed that one in seven online video households worldwide are ‘borrowing’ an account. Ampere defines an account borrower as anyone who says they are using a login for a subscription online video platform from someone outside of their household to access a service. Borrowed services might include mainstream TV and
Highlights from every Test and One Day International this summer will be shown on BBC Two from July, marking the first time Test Match cricket has been broadcast on BBC TV in over twenty years. 2009 Cricket World Cup-winner Isa Guha will be lead presenter for BBC TV’s cricket coverage. Guha will front the highlights […]
Leading Spanish football club FC Barcelona has launched its new streaming service – Barça TV+ – together with its CULERS Premium Membership programme. Both offerings are part of the club’s new digital strategy and reflect the new ways in which fans are engaging with sports and entertainment brands worldwide. Barça claims to be the current […]
Video software provider Synamedia has unveiled the first in a series of reports designed to broaden understanding of global sports piracy in order to protect the value of sports rights. The Charting Global Sports Piracy report draws on results from a 10-country study of over 6,000 sports fans conducted
Amazon Prime will make its four Premier League fixtures free to air when the season restarts. Viewers will not require a Prime membership to watch the games on the streaming platform when the campaign resumes from June 17th. Every one of the remaining 92 Premier League fixtures will be broadcast live across Sky Sports, BT […]
An important challenge facing media industries today is whether and how copyright policy should be adapted to the realities of the digital age. The invention and subsequent adoption of filesharing technologies has eroded the strength of copyright law across many countries, and research has shown that digital piracy reduces sales of music and motion picture […]
beIN Media group, the global sports and entertainment group, and IndyCar has announced a multi-year media rights agreement which will see beIN Sports exclusively broadcast the NTT IndyCar Series 2020 and 2021 across 24 territories in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The first NTT IndyCar Series 2020 race broadcast exclusively on beIN Sprts […]
As of August 2020, for the long-awaited return of France’s premier football championship, La Ligue, French football will have a new home; the Telefoot channel. Content producer and rightsholder Mediapro Group and French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group have signed what they say is an “unprecedented” agreement. This four-year, renewable partnership is based on three fundamental […]