BT Sport has announced the release of the first episode of its new animated series: BT Sport Shorts. BT Sport Shorts takes some of the best interviews from the BT Sport archive and presents them through powerful and inspiring animation. The first series of BT Sport Shorts features 6 episodes with each centring around a […]
Sky Sports has announced its best ever day of viewing thanks to a bumper day of live sport on October 4th across the network. Sky Sports’ averaged 933,000 viewers throughout the day which accounted for 11.7 per cent of all TV viewing. In fact, over 14 million people watched Sky Sports on Sunday, with each […]
Digital giant Tencent has agreed a one season deal to broadcast Premier League football in China after the previous local partner, PPTV, stopped paying when the league was suspended during lockdown. The Premier League thus terminated the contract. The league, which kicked off its 2020/21 season last weekend, confirmed that viewers in China will be […]
According to a new YouGov survey, the majority of Premier League fans still dislike VAR – but the percentage who think it has “done badly” has fallen. The percentage of those who think Video Assistant Referees have worked well in the Premier League has gone up from 27 per cent to 36 per cent. There […]
Dugout has announced a partnership with streaming platform Fanatiz as the global media company enters the OTT streaming market for the first time. Dugout’s inaugural live streaming partnership will complement Fanatiz’s current OTT offering and strengthen Dugout’s position in the global football market. Dugout’s live, behind-the-scenes and archive footage will now be amplified to Fanatiz’s […]
All 28 Premier League fixtures in September will be televised live, with Leicester City’s home match against Burnley to be broadcast free-to-air on the BBC, as matches continue to be played behind closed doors. Sky Sports and BT Sport have already selected 17 matches for live broadcast for the first three match rounds of the […]
The FA has confirmed that the Saturday 3pm TV blackout will be lifted when the new season starts, making it likely that all Premier League games will be available to UK viewers – much like as they were during Project Restart. Games will continue to be played inside empty stadiums due to the pandemic, and […]
Sky Sports has announced that Liverpool’s Premier League game against Chelsea and the presentation of the Premier League trophy will be shown free to air on Pick. The broadcaster made the decision to offer the fixture as one of their 25 free to air games as part of Project Restart after discussions with the Premier […]
Global digital media company, Dugout, has announced a partnership with Trans Media-owned digital news giant, Detik, to supply football video content in Indonesia. The collaboration adds Detik to Dugout’s existing premium publisher portfolio in the region. This also includes partnerships with True in Thailand, PP Sports in China, Japan Times in Japan, Rappler in The […]
Televised Premier League matches will return to a normal schedule in the 2020/21 campaign, regardless of whether or not games continue to be played inside empty stadiums. A deal was put in place for all remaining 92 Premier League games to be broadcast live following the league’s return last month, with games being shared between […]