The net is closing in on viewers of illegal pay-TV streams in Spain after a court judge ordered leading internet service providers to disclose the identities of customers suspected of watching pirate football. In a ruling sought by Spain’s top-flight football body, LaLiga, the Commercial Court No. 1 of Córdoba has instructed seven telcos to […]

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a new interactive mobile app feature that will offer football fans real-time access to players. DAZN users around the world will have the exclusive opportunity to chat live with some of football’s biggest names, including Alejandro Balde (Barcelona), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan), Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), and Fermín López […]

BuyDRM, a provider of content security services for premium video, has announced that OneFootball, a specialist in digital football media, is using the KeyOS MultiKey Service from BuyDRM to secure live and on-demand football content across all devices on OneFootball TV, the company’s live and on-demand video distribution platform. More than 30 leading football broadcasters […]

Fox Latin America has announced ans agreement with DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, consolidating Fox as the home of the Bundesliga in Mexico and Central America for a five-year period, spanning from the 2026–27 season through the 2030–31 season. The deal includes a comprehensive rights package that will allow fans to access 309 matches per season, […]

X has announced an exclusive partnership with Real Madrid, the top-flight Spanish football club, to launch Real talks – a new, player-driven X Original series that puts fans in the driver’s seat like never before. The 15-time European champions become the first international football club to join X Originals growing slate of entertainment giving access […]

Fox Sports, the English-language home for FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage in the US, has unveiled its broadcast schedule for this year’s highly global sporting event. From June 11th to July 19th, Fox Sports will present 340 hours of first-run programming, a 100-hour increase over the World Cup in 2022, with an updated record 70-matches […]

LaLiga has stepped up its fight against pirate football broadcasts in bars and restaurants in Spain by introducing a reward scheme for members of the public who submit valid reports of piracy in hospitality venues. Under the initiative, the Spanish football league body will pay €50 to users who provide an effective and verified report […]

France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the organising body that oversees the country’s professional football divisions, has won another legal battle against beIN Media Group, which sees the MENA broadcaster ordered to pay €14.13 million to the body by a Paris Commercial Court. That fee represents a sum that beIN had been withholding from the […]

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) recorded a new global maximum peak traffic of 12.069 Tbps across their Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in UK, US, Africa and the Middle East, fuelled by the recent UEFA Champions League, European League and Conference League games matches and AFCON finals. The milestone highlights the growing role of live sports […]