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Virgin Media claims EPL value title

With the new Premier League season kicking off on Friday August 5th, UK multiplay operator Virgin Media claims football fans can net a saving of up to £363 (€433) over the duration of their contract, compared to equivalent Sky and BT bundles, by switching to Virgin Media. For the new Premier League 2022-23 campaign, there […]

August 2, 2022By Colin Mann

Survey: Man City fans most confident ahead of EPL season

With the new Premier League season just days away, BT Sport has launched a campaign which uses cutting-edge science to test whether fans really believe their own predictions for the new season. In Believe It, Now See It on BT Sport, created by Saatchi & Saatchi, BT Sport teams up with Imperial College London, a […]

August 1, 2022By Colin Mann

Brentford FC chooses StreamAMG to power BuzzBox

StreamAMG have been chosen by Premier League football club Brentford to supply the technology behind their new online video service. From the start of the 2022/23 season, the West London club will use StreamAMG’s suite of products to power BuzzBox, a new service that offers on-demand video content and audio commentary to supporters. Following a […]

July 28, 2022

Data: Man Utd most valuable social media brand in EPL

According to a study by Sportslens, Manchester United is the most valuable social media brand in the Premier League. The club has 184, 400,000 followers across its social media platforms. These include Facebook (77 million), Instagram (59.2 million), Twitter (31.9 million) and TikTok (16.3 million). This outpaces second-placed Chelsea FC, which has 118,900,000 followers on […]

July 27, 2022

Man City launches Recast Channel

Manchester City football club has officially launched its Recast Channel for fans around the globe following a successful trial last season. As part of the launch, new documentary series, Together: Champions Again!, will be co-premiered on the Recast Channel and City+ platform when released at 6pm on July 27th. The next live fixture available on […]

July 27, 2022By Nik Roseveare

StarHub unveils broadcast sponsors for Premier League

Singapor’s StarHub has announced that six companies have come on board as sponsors for its broadcast of Premier League, whom it will work with to enthral fans with the most scintillating and immersive football viewing experience. The companies are Presenting Broadcast Sponsor Income; Gold Broadcast Sponsors Ogawa, Carlsberg, IG Asia, Lazada; and Broadcast Sponsor McDonald’s. Income will be supporting StarHub’s broadcast of Premier League for the […]

July 26, 2022

BBC Radio 5 Live ups football offering

Ahead of the new Premier League season, which kicks off on August 5th, BBC Radio 5 Live has revealed its broadcast offering for the 2022-2023 season. As previously announced, BBC Radio 5 Live has secured rights to air the following live Premier League games each week: Saturday – 3pm [1st pick] Saturday – 5.30pm Sunday […]

July 25, 2022

Viaplay adds 766k subs in Q2

Viaplay, the Nordic streaming service, has reported that paying subscribers were up 69 per cent year-on-year to 5,549,000 with 766,000 subscribers added quarter-on-quarter. The company has raised its year end subscriber target from 7 million to 7.3 million to reflect higher expected international subscriber intake. Viaplay reported a total operating income of SEK 205 million […]

July 21, 2022

Viaplay, Canal+ Polska distribution partnership

Viaplay Group and Polish pay-TV operator Canal+ Polska have agreed a DTH distribution partnership in Poland that will make the Viaplay streaming service available to Canal+ Polska’s premium DTH subscribers across the country. Viaplay Group will also sublicense selected Premier League matches to Canal+ Polska for the next three seasons. The matches will be available […]

July 15, 2022

Data: Man Utd most pirated EPL club

With pre-season underway for most Premier League clubs and research from 2021 suggesting that 47 per cent of football fans openly admit to watching their club on illegal streaming websites, IT support company Firewall Technical analysed Google search data to see the most illegally-streamed football teams in the UK. Specifically, they looked at 19 of […]

July 14, 2022By Colin Mann