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Verizon Media partners NFL to innovate fan experience

As the latest NFL season kicks off, Verizon Media has announced the launch of two new features, Watch Together and Sports PlayA, for fans watching games through the Yahoo Sports app. The new Watch Together is a co-viewing experience designed to innovate live events by providing fans the ability to co-watch, interact and immerse themselves […]

September 11, 2020

AWS powers next-gen stats for NFL

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, and the National Football League (NFL) have announced they will debut six new insights through the NFL’s Next Gen Stats platform powered by AWS during the September 10th season kick-off game between the Houston Texans and the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs. The new advanced stats will […]

September 10, 2020

Channel 5 scores live NFL deal

In a new three-year partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), Channel 5 will bring live Monday Night Football back to free-to-air television and air a brand new Sunday morning magazine programme. The multiplatform deal, made in partnership with Velocity, VCNI’s branded content studio, will also see new and unique […]

September 8, 2020

NFL and YouTube sign new carriage agreement

NFL Media and YouTube TV have announced a new carriage agreement to bring the two NFL-based channels to YouTube TV subscribers in the US, ahead of the new season that kicks off on September 11th. NFL Network is available on YouTube TV’s base package. NFL RedZone is also available now, as part of YouTube TV’s […]

September 7, 2020

Germany: DAZN launches on Vodafone’s GigaTV

DAZN, the sports streaming service, is now available on Vodafone’s GigaTV platform in Germany. The companies say it is the “first of multiple partnerships integrations” anticipated between them as they respond to “customer demand for frictionless, richer viewing experiences”. The DAZN app has launched on the GigaTV 4K Box for cable TV customers, and the […]

September 1, 2020By Nik Roseveare

fuboTV Q2 revenue up 53% despite no live sport

fuboTV, the US sports-focused OTT service, has reported Q2 revenues of $44.2 million (€37.4m), a 53 per cent increase year-over-year on a pro forma basis. Growth was driven by a rise in subscribers, an increase in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and growth of advertising sales. Subscription revenue increased 51 per cent year-over-year to $39.5 […]

August 14, 2020

Sky Sports launching dedicated NFL channel

Sky and the NFL have agreed a new five-year deal to broadcast the NFL, and for the first time ever the US league will partner with an international broadcaster to launch a channel entirely dedicated to the sport. The agreement marks the 25th anniversary of live NFL coverage on Sky Sports and will see the […]

August 12, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Report: Global streaming consumption up 63%

Conviva has published its Q2 State of Streaming Report which shows that global streaming time was up 63 per cent year-on-year, with April up 81 per cent, May up 58 per cent, and June up 49 per cent as national lockdown measures were relaxed. Globally, ad demand dropped 28 per cent in a single quarter, […]

August 7, 2020

ESPN: 78% support sports resuming without fans

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, […]

July 23, 2020

Disney signs first-look deal with Kaepernick

Ativist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is set to feature in an exclusive docuseries produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company. The deal between Kaepernick’s production arm, Ra Vision Media, and Disney will focus on telling scripted and unscripted stories that explore race, social injustice and […]

July 7, 2020