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ITV scores EFL, Carabao Cup highlights

ITV will show highlights of the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One, Sky Bet League Two, Carabao Cup and the Papa John’s Trophy from the 2022/23 season after agreeing a two-season partnership with the EFL. A comprehensive round-up of all the day’s action from across the EFL will be screened in the primetime slot […]

February 23, 2022

Pixellot partners with German football associations

Pixellot, a provider of AI-Automated sports video and analytics solutions, has signed a multi-year partnership with six German state football associations to provide video streaming, capture, data and analysis to revolutionise training and coaching at 5,000 football clubs. Under the new collaboration with Pixellot, the State Football Associations of Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Sachsen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and […]

February 22, 2022

Movistar offers €1.4bn for DAZN football

Spanish platform Movistar is reportedly finalising an agreement with streaming service DAZN whereby the Telefónica-owned platform will pay €1.4 billion to host all La Liga football matches over the next five years. Both Movistar and DAZN jointly acquired the pay-TV football rights for the next five seasons paying €990 million per season each. With the […]

February 21, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Italy: Football TV ratings plummet

Italian Serie A football clubs lost between 20 and 50 per cent of their TV audience during the first half of the  season, compared to a year earlier. The figures come from Auditel data, published by local daily Italia Oggi. The country’s top football club, Juventus, saw its audience fall by nearly 50 per cent, […]

February 21, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

BT Sport airs Life Stories for LGBTQ+ History Month

As part of LGBTQ+ History month, BT Sport will air Life Stories, a series that celebrates the lives and careers of LGBTQ+ athletes and organisations across the UK. Stories from all corners of the sporting landscape will be shared throughout the month-long series, including professional road cyclist’s Pippa York, former British professional boxing champion Nicola […]

February 11, 2022

Sky Sports, Women’s Sport Collective extend partnership

Sky Sports is extending its partnership with the Women’s Sport Collective, the networking group driving positive change for women in sport. The initial collaboration in 2021 was born from a shared desire to help shape the industry to become a more accepting and inclusive environment for women. This continued partnership and investment from Sky Sports […]

February 3, 2022

CAF selects Globecast

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it has been selected by CAF (The Confederation of African Football) for two seasons of satellite distribution for their main competitions. This includes the rescheduled TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 men’s football championship, being held in Cameroon, which kicked off last month. Pierre Ramon, […]

February 2, 2022

Italian Football Federation signs on with WSC Sports

Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC), the Italian Football Federation, has announced a 3-year collaboration with WSC Sports, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven sports video technology, to create AI-powered highlights of the Serie A TimVision, the highest league of women’s football in Italy. FIGC will be using WSC Sports’ full suite of automation tools […]

February 2, 2022

ITV to air women’s Arnold Clark Cup

ITV will show full live coverage of new international women’s football tournament, the Arnold Clark Cup, featuring England Women, next month. The round robin competition will also include Germany, Spain and Canada, taking place at stadiums across England, which hosts the event. ITV’s coverage will be presented by Laura Woods and featuring punditry from guests […]

February 1, 2022

BBC Sport NI to stream GAA Allianz League

Matches in the GAA Allianz leagues will be live streamed by the BBC for the first time this season. A game each weekend will be featured on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport NI website starting on January 29th with Down’s Division Two football match against Derry at Owenbeg. The football coverage continues with Galway’s […]

January 27, 2022