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Extreme Networks partners with NHL

Extreme Networks has announced a multi-year partnership with the National Hockey League to become the Official Wi-Fi Analytics Provider and an Official Wi-Fi Partner of the NHL. The NHL and Extreme will work together to create a more personalised and memorable gameday experience for fans. Several teams in the NHL currently leverage Extreme’s wired and […]

January 27, 2022

Survey: US sports viewers frustrated with ‘live’ streams

US sports viewers are frustrated with latency issues when watching a ‘live’ sporting event according to research conducted by Phenix, When shown a video that depicts delays at various intervals compared to the live feed at the stadium, US sports viewers were frustrated with the delays in the stream while watching the game. Of those […]

January 26, 2022

Russia: Yandex renews NHL rights

Yandex has entered into a multiyear renewal agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to continue to broadcast all regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs games in Russia through the 2023-24 season. As part of the deal, Yandex will deliver NHL games live and on-demand as part of its Yandex Plus subscription via the Kinopoisk […]

January 26, 2022

NHL, Interwetten agree multiyear partnership

The National Hockey League (NHL) has welcomed Interwetten as an Official Partner of the NHL in Austria and Germany. Founded in Vienna, the online sports betting pioneer will leverage its NHL partnership to increase brand awareness, establish individualised entertainment experiences and provide secure betting products for fans. “As a reliable sports betting provider, we focus […]

January 25, 2022

Spain: Movistar+ scores NHL rights

The NHL (National Hockey League) will once again be available via Movistar+ in Spain.The platform has reached a multi-year deal for the rights to broadcast the US competition to its subscribers. Ice hockey fans will have weekly access to two of the best games on Movistar Deportes, with further options in the playoffs where, starting […]

January 10, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Turner Sports delivers hybrid NHL studio powered by disguise

On the opening day of the 2021 NHL Season on its new home on TNT, Turner Sports unveiled its new broadcast studio for the hockey league for the next three years, all powered by disguise. To welcome the start of the season, a quartet of disguise vx 2 media servers and five rx II render […]

December 14, 2021

Premier Sports on Amazon Prime Channels

Premier Sports and Amazon have agreed a distribution deal that will see all five channels under the Premier Sports umbrella made available to residential customers on Prime Video Channels in the UK – Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports 2, LaLigaTV, FreeSports and BoxNation. Amazon Prime members can access all five channels as an add-on subscription […]

December 13, 2021

FreeSports on Samsung TV Plus

Premier Media Broadcasting and Samsung have announced that FreeSports is now available on the Samsung TV Plus platform in the UK, where viewers can watch free live sports every day from around the world featuring football, cricket, motorsport, rugby union, rugby league, pool, ice hockey and more. The free, ad-supported service is available to all […]

December 9, 2021

Setanta Sports, WSC Sports bring AI highlights to OTT platform in Eurasia

Setanta Sports, a sports broadcasting company in the Eurasia region, has partnered with WSC Sports, the global leader in AI sports video technology, to bring automated highlights to its new OTT platform serving sports fans in 13 countries across Eurasia. For the first time ever, fans from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, […]

December 1, 2021

Eurovision Sport engages with Blackbird

Blackbird, the technology licensor, developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, announced that Eurovision Sport has engaged with Blackbird to drive cloud native video production workflow efficiencies for its members in a multi-year deal. Eurovision Sport is utilising Blackbird for professional, collaborative and scalable cloud native video editing and publishing […]

November 16, 2021