DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced the appointment of Charles Ma as Head of Media Rights Sales (APAC) amongst a number of appointments designed to further strengthen its Broadcast Partnerships Division. DAZN is one of the biggest rights holders in sport, with properties such as the Bundesliga, LaLiga, NBA, NFL, Premier League, Serie A […]
NHL team the Arizona Coyotes and Scripps Sports have formed a multi-year agreement to televise all locally broadcast Coyotes games over the air to residents of Arizona and surrounding US states within the team’s broadcast territory. The agreement allows The EW Scripps Company to televise all non-nationally exclusive Coyotes games over the air (OTA). As […]
Cignal TV, the Philippines’ content provider, has expanded its innovative use of Quickplay’s cloud-native OTT platform with the launch of Pilipinas Live, the first international OTT app dedicated to Pinoy sports. Pilipinas Live highlights Cignal TV’s premier sports properties for the global audience, including the UAAP, which kicks off its new season starting with men’s […]
Extreme Sports Channel UK will exclusively broadcast New Japan Pro Wrestling’s (NJPW) Destruction in Kobe 2023 on September 29th, just five days after the live event. NJPW’s Destruction series began in 2007, now taking place multiple times per year across various locations in Japan. Destruction in Kobe will host some of the world’s most renowned […]
Channel 4 has announced its partnership with the Variety Club Disability Sports Awards – the UK’s only annual disability sports awards – at Queen’s Hotel, Leeds on October 30th. Awards will be presented in nine prestigious Awards categories, in addition to a tenth special achievement award presented by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. Hosted by Variety, the […]
BalleBaazi, India’s sports gaming platform, has announced its rebranding to SportsBaazi to demonstrate its commitment towards revolutionising the sports engagement landscape in India while continuing on rapid growth and expansion trajectory. Along with the unveiling of the new brand logo, SportsBaazi also announced the launch of the ‘LIVE Mein Hai VIBE’ campaign to introduce the […]
Simplestream, a provider of Live, Live2VOD, VOD, and VOD2Live streaming services, has announced a new business alliance with Globecast, the broadcast, media and entertainment managed services platform provider. Together with the new collaboration, Simplestream also reveals a full revamp to its Sports Video Platform solution. Globecast plays a key role in providing the fully managed […]
Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced a partnership with the media company The Urban Edge Network (UEN), to orchestrate live events on its Owned & Operated (O&O) platforms and apps. The UEN platform hosts the most high-profile Historically Black College and University (HBCU) teams and conferences. […]
IMG, a specialist in sports, events and media, have announced Sally Brown and Steve Rudge have been appointed as Vice Presidents and Co-Heads of Multisport Content for its production business. In the newly created roles, Brown and Rudge will oversee IMG’s production relationships with the likes of UFC, EuroLeague, Super League Rugby, World’s Strongest Man, […]
The Switch, a provider of production services and global live video delivery, created a unique configuration and workflow for the SlamBall Summer Series after being chosen to curate, produce and deliver all live coverage of the event. Hosted at the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Cox Pavilion throughout July and August – culminating today with […]