La Liga’s crackdown on pirate streaming platforms is an unwanted impact on Movistar Plus+ and several Spanish football teams’ websites that are facing outages preventing fans from accessing services and buying game tickets. The websites of both Valencia and Girona football club experienced outages for several hours that in the latter case made it impossible […]
FotMob, the essential matchday football app, is once again set to revolutionise the way fans experience the highly sought after Sidemen Charity Match, providing professional-grade coverage for the 2025 edition at Wembley Stadium, delivering FotMob Player Ratings, together with live stats, automated graphics, and in-depth match analysis powered by Opta and Opta AI. Opta is […]
Google could be made to compensate La Liga, Telefónica and Mediapro as a result of La Liga football matches broadcast via illegal app, New Play, which sells advertising. Representatives of Google Ireland and Google Commerce Limited have been summoned to testify in court as Google is alleged to make a share of the ad revenue […]
The Icons Series has partnered with Dizplai to build out their interactive audience strategy for their upcoming Icons of Football event at Reignwood, Bangkok. Featuring a who’s-who of football talent, the Icons Series pulls together elite titans of sport with a high-level golf game, to play off in a Ryder-Cup-style event that looks to invigorate […]
The Semi Finals and Final of Spanish football’s premier cup competition, the Copa del Rey, will be screened live and exclusive in the UK on Premier Sports. Spanish titans Barcelona and Real Madrid face Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad respectively in their two-legged Semi Final ties and in early April. The Copa Del Rey Final […]
Prime Video is expanding the selection of live sports available in the UK by launching a Pay-Per-View (PPV) marketplace to purchase live football matches with no Prime membership or long-term commitment required, beginning with the arrival of Ligue 1 McDonald’s from February 22nd. Football fans in the UK will be able to purchase the biggest […]
OneGate Media today announces it has picked up the global distribution rights to the documentary series FC Hollywood. The series, which first aired on ZDF Mediathek on January 10th, has quickly become one of the most successful programmes on the platform this year, surpassing 6 million views since its launch FC Hollywood dives into FC […]
Netgem has announced a collaboration with FIFA+, the official streaming platform of FIFA. The partnership brings access to free football content to Netgem TV viewers across Europe via their telcos’ TV services, starting with the UK and Ireland this February, followed by France and other regions in the near future. Netgem users in the UK […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN has threatened not to pay part of the due sums to the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), citing growing Ligue 1 football piracy. The LFP has urged an emergency meeting of its administration board. This week, DAZN is scheduled to pay the fourth contracted instalment in a deal signed in summer […]
The European League of Football (ELF) and DAZN, the sports streaming platform, have signed a new eight-year partnership that will see DAZN broadcast all 101 games of the 2025 season. DAZN will become the exclusive OTT provider with a new ‘ELF Game Pass’ product and will become the single destination where fans of the competition […]