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Tiledmedia launches Mosaic solution

Imagine being able to decide which camera angle you want to watch during a football game. Imagine being able to follow your favourite F1 driver during the race broadcast. Or – imagine watching multiple sporting events on one screen at the same time. This is exactly the capability that the customers can now deliver in […]

October 8, 2021

Rakuten TV boosts free sports channels

Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, has added a selection of sport-focused channels to its free offering. European League of Football, PlayersTV, SportItalia, SportOutdoorTV and Unbeaten have all joined the platform. They join existing sports channels EdgeSport, ESTV, FTF For The Fans, FUEL TV, Hard Knocks Fighting Championship, Impact! Wrestling, InTrouble TV, Lax Sports Network, […]

October 7, 2021

Eleven Italy relaunches on Group’s global platform

Eleven Italy has relaunched on the Eleven Group’s global streaming service for the 2021/22 season. The local platform will continue to bring fans comprehensive live coverage of Serie C football every matchday, alongside local handball, waterpolo and motorsports. In addition, Italian audiences will now have access to Eleven Sports’ offering of live sport, including thousands […]

October 6, 2021

Japan: SES, SoftBank partner to deliver live sport

SoftBank, a telecom carrier in Japan, has partnered with SES for the aggregation and delivery of live sporting events to its corporate customers, such as TV stations and video distribution companies. Under the new agreement, SES, via its global infrastructure of multi-orbit satellite fleets and fibre network, will aggregate content and deliver it directly to […]

September 30, 2021

W-Sport launches across Sub Saharan Africa

W-Sport, the dedicated women’s sports concept which includes the world’s first 24/7 linear sports channel, has now successfully launched in Sub Saharan Africa. W-Sport is available immediately in 16 territories in the region including Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Uganda, and Ghana. Additional distribution partners will be announced shortly. “W-Sport’s vision is to be […]

September 29, 2021

National Futsal Series signs BT Sport deal

A new three-year agreement between the National Futsal Series and BT Sport will see seven weekends of the 2021/22 National Futsal Series Men’s Tier One and Women’s Super Series season shown live on BT Sport. The National Futsal Series was established in 2019 and incorporates 43 teams in five divisions across England, including both men’s […]

September 22, 2021

France: Canal+ launching Champions League package

Canal+ is launching a dedicated Champions League TV package to celebrate the return of the competition to its screens after it acquired the rights in November 2019. The Canal+ channels, as well as 100 per cent of the Champions League matches on Canal+ and beIN Sports are available for €25.99 per month in the twelve […]

September 2, 2021From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

BBC reveals full Women’s Super League coverage

On the eve of the 2021-22 Women’s Super League starting, the BBC can confirm its full coverage plans across TV, radio and online for what is set to be a memorable season for the women’s game. This Saturday 4 September on BBC One, Everton v Manchester City at Goodison Park will become the first-ever women’s domestic […]

September 2, 2021

MLS audience up 50% on ABC, ESPN

The 2021 Major League Soccer season (MLS) on ABC and ESPN networks in the US has delivered an average audience of 384,000 viewers through 18 matches, a 50 per cent increase compared to the 2020 regular-season average (257,000). Compared to the 2019 regular-season average (277,000 viewers), the audience of 384,000 average viewers for MLS on […]

August 27, 2021

Serie A asks DAZN ‘what went wrong?’

Italy’s Serie A football league has sent a letter to DAZN seeking clarification on the technical problems faced by the streaming platform during the transmission of last weekend’s matches. The country’s top football clubs are also asking for guarantees that these issues will be resolved in time for the next round of matches. Some football […]

August 24, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome