Okko Sport, the Russian sports streaming service, has selected Verimatrix to assist in preventing unauthorised sports broadcasts. Okko Sport is one of the latest organisations to integrate Verimatrix Watermarking into its own broadcasts. Invisible to viewers, forensic watermarking helps gather real-time information about specific pirated content while also instantly blocking pirated broadcasts. “Okko Sport offers […]
Over the course of two matches at the start of November, the Portland Timbers became the first team in Major League Soccer (MLS) to feature Motion Impossible’s AGITO Sports modular dolly system as part of live broadcast coverage from its home ground of Providence Park. Operating in a dedicated area along the touchline in its […]
Disney’s ESPN will reduce its workforce by about 500 people, network president Jimmy Pitaro has told employees. The US sports network has about 6,000 employees, so the cuts amoun to about 8 per cent of its total workforce. “For some time, ESPN has been engaged in planning for its future amidst tremendous disruption in how […]
MLS football club Inter Miami has claimed two historic firsts, initially by hosting its first match at Inter Miami CF Stadium. That same night, it also made history on the technology front as it became the first MLS club to live stream a match via its own App. Inter Miami, which has football icon David […]
Amazon Prime Video is now the sole digital streaming destination for all non-nationally televised Seattle Sounders FC matches throughout the club’s home broadcast territory in the US, marking just the second time Prime Video has reached a streaming agreement with a sports franchise, and the first deal with a professional soccer club. Starting with Sounders […]
As Major League Soccer (MLS) has returned to action with the MLS is Back tournament, Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) has begun delivering new innovative video experiences for fans to connect with the club after soccer’s hiatus. Using Grabyo, a leading cloud video platform, LAFC is producing and delivering live and real-time video content to […]
ESPN has shared findings from the second wave of its ESPN Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study. The survey of 1,003 US sports fans ages 18+, fielded from June 23rd – 26th, was conducted to explore the latest perceptions around the pandemic and its impact on sports moving forward. With MLS, NWSL, and UFC underway and MLB, […]