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QPR signs with Recast

Supporters of Queens Park Rangers (QPR) can now directly fund the club by watching live matches, highlights, interviews and behind the scenes content featuring club players and staff through a partnership with Recast. The West London football team are the latest team to join OTT platform Recast in a bid to provide new opportunities for […]

July 1, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Foxtel, beIN Sports extend rights deal

The Foxtel Group and beIN Sports have announced an extension to their partnership with a new multi-year agreement providing coverage of the best in European football, Northern Hemisphere rugby and international tennis to watch on Foxtel and stream on Kayo. beIN Sports will continue to deliver premium football, tennis and rugby content including: Football – […]

June 28, 2021

Japan: DAZN scores AFC Champions League rights

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has entered into an agreement with global sports streaming service DAZN to be the exclusive media rights partner to broadcast the next eight seasons of the AFC Champions League. The deal will see DAZN provide comprehensive coverage of Asia’s premier club competition to fans in Japan, beginning with the Group […]

June 21, 2021

Canal+ quits Ligue 1 broadcasting; Amazon swoops

In a last minute bid, Amazon Prime Video has acquired the rights to eight Ligue 1 fixtures a week for three seasons in France, for a reported €275 million a year. These are the games previously owned by Mediapro. As a result the league’s long-standing broadcaster Canal+ has pulled out of its agreement to broadcast […]

June 14, 2021

Italy: Eleven scores Copa America rights

Eleven has secured comprehensive live rights to the 2021 Copa America in Italy. The 47th edition of the iconic South American tournament is currently taking place in Brazil and runs until July 11th. Eleven Italy subscribers will have the chance to watch all 28 Copa America matches live and on-demand on Eleven’s OTT platform. Fixtures […]

June 14, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Research: Millions have missed a goal due to broadcast lag

Nearly 15 million people have had goals spoiled because the broadcast they were watching was lagging behind the live action, according to research by Uswitch, the comparison and switching service. Most broadcast methods result in delays to the live action, as devices have to decode huge packets of data before it reaches the viewer. The […]

June 10, 2021

Rakuten TV launching free women’s football docuseries

Rakuten TV, the European VoD platform, has announced the stars of their new sports free documentary series Champions, which features six European leading women’s football players. With women’s football enjoying a sharp rise in popularity in recent years, the documentary series will explore the highs and lows of the sport. Leading players from a selection […]

June 10, 2021

DAZN content deal with Brazil’s Ronaldo

DAZN, the global sports destination, has secured a multi-project development deal with Brazillian football superstar and global icon, Ronaldo, to headline its global original content slate for 2021. DAZN will produce three original content series telling the definitive story of ‘O Fenômeno’ that will launch globally on DAZN between 2021-23. The first project in the […]

May 5, 2021

StreamAMG partners with European League of Football

The European League of Football has partnered with OTT agency StreamAMG to provide live match streaming and on demand content for the European League of Football (ELF) competition. The ELF is a new American Football competition for the European continent, established to introduce a professional top tier league and serve the continent’s growing interest in […]

May 4, 2021

LiveScore launches Watch global video hub

LiveScore, the global sports media business, has launched Watch, new global video content service and the latest innovation on the LiveScore app. Watch will initially publish more than 500 pieces of video content each month. The majority of content will be available within more than 200 global territories, representing the first time users outside of […]

April 28, 2021