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Rangers’ Champions League qualifier on BBC

BBC Scotland will have full live television coverage of the second leg of Rangers’ tie against Dynamo Kyiv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The broadcaster will show the match on August 13th on the BBC Scotland channel and on iPlayer as Rangers set their sights on progressing to the play-off stage. […]

August 6, 2024

Little Dot Studios Germany partners with Studio71

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced that its German office has signed a partnership with Studio71, the digital media and entertainment company of ProSiebenSat.1, to launch two channel brands on the free streaming service Joyn. Effective immediately, selected content from Little Dot Studios’ Real Stories Germany and Real Crime Germany channels, will […]

August 6, 2024

Goalhanger sees record audiences

Goalhanger, the independent UK podcast company, has announced a record level of downloads and views over a busy May to July period, led by a worldwide boost in interest across shows such as The Rest Is Politics and The Rest Is Football.  From May 22nd to July 5th, The Rest Is Politics and its companion […]

August 6, 2024

Sky Sports+ goes live on August 8th

From August 8th, Sky Sports subscribers can watch the new Sky Sports+ dedicated channel and numerous live streams at no extra cost. Hundreds of hours of live sport will be available to stream, with four times as many matches from the EFL and all 72 teams featured over 20 times a season. Sky Sports+ will […]

August 5, 2024

Analysis: UK football scores most international sponsorship

Research from the Sponsorship team at Ampere Analysis reveals how powerful the English Premier League (EPL) is at securing international partner brands. The major European football leagues – as a broad rule – are all relatively successful at attracting international investment, but it is the UK’s Premier League that signs the most sponsorship deals with […]

August 5, 2024

Premier Sports free on Virgin TV for August

Throughout August, Virgin Media is offering its TV customers who don’t currently subscribe to Premier Sports access to the channels at no extra cost. Eligible customers will see the sports channels added to their TV line-up, offering them to chance to watch a variety of sporting including La Liga football, Motorsport, MMA, Scottish Premiership football, […]

August 5, 2024

Rhebus TV partners with FAST Channels TV to launch Fancy A Movie

Rhebus TV, the creative force behind the Fancy A Movie channel, has announced its collaboration with FAST Channels TV to introduce their latest venture, a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel, to audiences worldwide. Fancy A Movie is the newest addition to the FAST channel lineup, offering a curated selection of the finest and most […]

August 5, 2024

EVS acquires MOG Technologies; TinkerList investment

EVS, a specialist in live video production technology, has announced the acquisition of Portugal based MOG Technologies. EVS says the acquisition enables it to immediately broaden its premium live production ecosystem by expanding its file-based ingest and transcoding capabilities. MOG Technologies’s expertise in cloud technology will bolster EVS’s Balanced Computing strategy, particularly enhancing its content […]

August 5, 2024

IOC President hails Olympics broadcast operations

During a tour of the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Paris, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach viewed the extensive operations that take place behind the scenes and thanked those responsible for sharing the Olympic action with a global audience. At a press conference ahead of the IBC visit, BACH said: “The Olympic Games […]

August 5, 2024

XR, Roku streaming ad partnership

XR Extreme Reach (XR), a technology company that powers the creative economy, has expanded its partnership with Roku, allowing advertisers to link all ads on the Roku platform to performance outcomes and better capitalise on insights from their data to drive targeting that marries creative with audiences. Leveraging XR’s global network, advertisers can deliver ads […]

August 5, 2024