Versus Systems has entered into a definitive agreement with Xcite Interactive to acquire 100 per cent of Xcite’s capital stock. Xcite is a specialist in interactive audience engagement, having worked with over 150 professional teams across the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB as well as the World Cup, Formula1, and other live events worldwide. Xcite […]
Genius Sports, the official data, technology and commercial partner that powers the ecosystem connecting sports, betting and media, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Second Spectrum, a provider of data tracking and visualisation solutions. The aggregate purchase price for the acquisition is $200 million, subject to customary adjustments. The purchase price will be […]
Through four games, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball is averaging 1,709,000 viewers in the US, up 38 per cent compared to the 2020 season average and up seven per cent from the 2019 season average, according to Nielsen. Additionally, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball is up double-digits in every key demo, including up 21 per cent in […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) will continue to broadcast in China through media giant Tencent, which has shown games from the US league since 2018. The two sides have agreed to a three-year deal that will also bring MLB games to Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia for the first time. The agreement gives Tencent rights to broadcast […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) and YouTube have announced the return of MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube, featuring 21 games delivered directly and free of charge to fans around the world throughout the course of the 2021 regular season. This marks the third season of this deal. The first two seasons reached viewers […]
fuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st 2020. The company closed its strongest fourth quarter and year in its history, topping $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time ($105.1 million actual). fuboTV ended 2020 with 547,880 paid […]
Extreme Networks, a cloud-driven networking company, is the Official Wi-Fi Solutions Provider of Major League Baseball (MLB). Beginning with the 2021 MLB season, Extreme will deliver in-stadium Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi analytics in 16 MLB ballparks to improve the fan and media experience, with installations scheduled through 2026. Further, Extreme will power the network at MLB’s […]
Research from Parks Associates finds 55 per cent of pay-TV households in the US report availability of live sports is important in their decision to keep their pay-TV service. “The churn rate for pay-TV services continues to trend significantly lower than the rate for OTT services,” said Steve Nason, Research Director, Parks Associates. “This is […]
Parks Associates research finds that, as of May 2020, 8 per cent of US broadband households cancelled at least one video service due to the Covid-19 pandemic, including 4 per cent of that cancelled a traditional pay-TV service, due in large part to the cancellation of sports programming. “The lack of sports programming had a […]
fuboTV, the US sports-first live TV streaming platform, has announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30th 2020. The company, which closed its public offering on October 13th, delivered the strongest quarter in its history and exceeded previously raised guidance with solid growth in revenue, subscription and viewership. Q3 2020 highlights […]