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Haaland Conquers England premieres on Viaplay

An exclusive feature interview with Manchester City and Norway’s superstar striker Erling Haaland will premiere on Viaplay on today [December 20th]. Having taken the Premier League by storm in his debut season, the 22-year-old Haaland meets Liverpool and Denmark legend Jan Mølby for an open conversation about life at the top of global sport and […]

December 20, 2022

Usportfor automated cameras for Sparta Rotterdam

Usportfor has introduced video scouting for amateur footballers at Sparta Rotterdam in the City of Rotterdam. Sparta Rotterdam has one of the best scouting and youth academies in the Netherlands. Many of their talents played at the World Cup for the Dutch national team. In total 300 cameras will be installed in the Rotterdam region […]

December 15, 2022

Malaysia: “Landmark” ruling in EPL copyright case

The High Court of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur has issued what pay-TV operator Astro describes as a “landmark” ruling determining a local commercial premises to have acted illegally by showing pirate broadcasts of sports and entertainment content, including Premier League football. The Directors of 42 East Pub and Restaurant in KL were showing content in their […]

November 24, 2022By Colin Mann

Linius appoints McNeill as director

Linius has annnnounced the appointment of Barry McNeill as its new director. McNeill has over 20 years of experience in Sports Management and Sports Technology. He has led multiple sport-tech companies through rapid growth phases as CEO at Catapult Sports and Prozone, which was acquired by StatsPerform in 2015. Linius has clients across a wide […]

November 24, 2022

Premier League pirate faces jail term

A UK man who ran an operation offering illegal access to Premier League football has received a suspended eight-month prison sentence. Peter Dilworth, from Wirral, Merseyside, in the northwest of England, who operated a service offering illegal access to sports and entertainment content appeared in Liverpool Crown Court, having pleaded guilty to the charges brought […]

November 3, 2022By Colin Mann

Snapchat renews Sky Sports content deal

Snap has renewed its content partnership with Sky Sports to host made-for-mobile, short-form content on Snapchat Discover in the UK. Sky Sports, a content partner since 2015 with over 1.8 million Snapchat subscribers, will publish highlights from every single Premier League football match, Women’s Super League highlights, behind the scenes content, clips from Soccer AM, […]

November 1, 2022

DAZN appoints Premier League’s Johnson

DAZN, the global sports streaming service, has announced that Dan Johnson has joined the company as SVP, Group Communications. Johnson’s previous experience includes Premier League Director of Communications, and Executive Director, Digital, Marketing and Communications for Sport England, as well as senior advisory roles for Dow Jones and the NHS. As SVP, Group Communications, Johnson […]

October 31, 2022

FDC expands data partnership with Genius

Genius Sports, the official data, technology and broadcast partner that powers the ecosystem connecting sports, betting and media, has expanded its Official Tracking Data partnership with Football DataCo (FDC), the data rights holder of UK football, to capture sub-second and skeletal tracking data across the Premier League. Genius Sports will continue as the Official Tracking […]

October 27, 2022

Little Dot Sport supports West Ham YouTube channel

Little Dot Sport, Little Dot Studios’ sport specialist label, has been awarded the social media and digital content account for West Ham United Football Club, starting with immediate effect. The three year contract will see Little Dot Sport complementing West Ham’s in-house capabilities with its digital expertise, bringing more content from the men’s, women’s and […]

October 27, 2022

Viaplay hits 6.4m subs

Viaplay has reported a 78 per cent year-on-year growth in subscriber numbers, with the pay-OTT service reporting a total of 6.4 million subscribers in Q3 2022. Viaplay reported net sales of SEK3,972 million (€360.8m) in the quarter, up from SEK3,054 million in the same period last year. It had a net loss of SEK86 million, […]

October 25, 2022