Swerve TV, an independent programmer of live sports on FAST, has announced the close of its $2.5 million Series A financing round, led by entrepreneur Scott Galloway. Swerve TV operates Swerve Combat, a combat-sports FAST channel in the U.S., and Swerve Sports, a channel dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. Together, the channels deliver hundreds of […]
Dizplai, the strategic growth partner, has released the Anonymous Fan Index, an industry report exposing the financial impact of ‘anonymous fandom’ across global sport. The findings, taken from a group of senior industry experts, reveal a rapidly widening gap between the attention sports organisations generate and the revenue they can actually capture, with one in […]
Sports Studio has announced that its streaming platform, Free Live Sports (FLS), has secured seven new global distribution deals that will extend the platform’s reach to more than 75 million households worldwide. The new agreements include six global CTV distribution partnerships with VIDAA (including Hisense Channels), Rakuten TV, Titan OS, Whale TV, Anoki (LiveTVx) and Swift TV. Additionally, FLS has signed an agreement with 3SS, a […]
With one month to go until the world comes together in Italy to mark the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has revealed the full line-up of Winter Olympians set to be part of its coverage across Europe of every event. The Home of the Olympics in […]
BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing, the professional bare-knuckle boxing promotion, has announced the acquisition of Bad To The Bone (BTTB), the independent bare-knuckle promotion in the UK. As part of the agreement, BKB has completed a full reorganisation of its UK business, including the addition of new personnel under the direction of Joe Brown, who now […]
BBC Sounds has reported another record-breaking year with over 2.5 billion plays of radio, music and podcasts between January and November 2025 – an increase of 8 per cent compared with the same period last year. There was a total of 2.8 billion audio plays from across the BBC, including BBC Sport, BBC News, BBC […]
Commonwealth Sport has confirmed that Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has secured the exclusive UK live broadcast and digital media rights for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. TNT Sports will bring live coverage to viewers via a dedicated linear channel in the UK and Ireland. More than 600 hours of live coverage will be offered to […]
wedotv, the free ad-supported streaming network, has announced a distribution agreement with Samsung TV Plus APAC. Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung TV Plus will launch three of wedotv’s FAST channels in the Asia Pacific market in early 2026: wedotv sports, wedotv movies, and Time2Rlx. “Since launching in Asia in February of 2024, wedotv has made significant progress […]
Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is helping TV providers sustain engagement between viewers and a universe of sports programming extending beyond live games. New enhancements to the Gracenote On Sports solution covering 160+ popular sports leagues – including the NFL, NBA, Premier League and Formula 1 – and competitions in 50+ countries […]
Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has been selected by both Charter Communications and Cox, in separate deals, to help create, manage and distribute linear channels for out of market games from top US sports leagues, including MLB, NHL and NBA. Specifically, Cox and Charter now rely upon Comcast MediaOrigination, part of the Comcast Media360 product portfolio, […]