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Sky’s Game Zero achieves net zero status

Sky has published a case study revealing that Game Zero, the Premier League match held between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea in September, achieved net zero carbon emissions. Working in partnership with Spurs and alongside independent carbon specialists RSK and Natural Capital Partners, Sky set the target of hosting the world’s first net zero carbon football […]

December 1, 2021

Prime Video unveils slate of new sports content

At the Prime Video Presents Sport 2021 showcase in London, Amazon Prime Video unveiled new updates and announcements across its premium live sports, films and TV series, featuring some of the biggest names in UK sport, including Nicola Adams, Thierry Henry and Wayne Rooney. The line-up of on-air talent and key broadcast details for the upcoming […]

October 12, 2021

Neutroon receives funding from Shared Access to boost 5G, LTE network

Neutroon, a Networks-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform that seeks to accelerate private LTE and 5G networks for industry, smart cities and rural areas, has closed a financing round of 530,000 euros. Shared Access, the wireless telecommunications infrastructure company, headed up the investment that will allow Neutroon to continue developing its product and accelerate growth. There are currently […]

October 12, 2021

Portugal: Eleven scores Premier League rights

Eleven Portugal has secured the rights to the English Premier League for three seasons from 2022-23. Eleven will deliver exclusive coverage of every Premier League match across its linear and D2C channels. It will be the first time all 380 games each season will be made available to fans live in Portugal. Jorge Pavão de […]

October 1, 2021

Sky, Spurs team for zero carbon match

Sky has partnered with Tottenham Hotspur to host what they say will be the world’s first net zero carbon football game at an elite level. The September 19th fixture between Spurs and Chelsea is supported by COP26 and the Premier League, and will be branded #GameZero, with the ambition of being net zero carbon. This […]

September 6, 2021

Amazon orders All or Nothing: Arsenal

Amazon Prime Video will offer audiences around the world an unprecedented inside-look at the 2021/22 season with one of the Premier League’s most successful football clubs in All or Nothing: Arsenal. The next instalment in the hit Amazon Original documentary series will launch exclusively on Prime Video next year in over 240 countries worldwide. All […]

July 9, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Premier League pirate jailed

A UK man who ran an operation offering illegal access to Premier League football has been jailed for 16 months. Paul Faulkner appeared in front of Liverpool Crown Court in the northwest of England on July 6th after pleading guilty to multiple copyright and fraud offences, including accessing pirate content for his own use. Faulkner […]

July 8, 2021By Colin Mann

Amazon reveals 2021/22 Premier League games

The Premier League has confirmed the fixture rounds for the 2021/22 season and Amazon has revealed the next 20 fixtures to be broadcast on Prime Video this December. Prime Video’s exclusive coverage will feature every Premier League team in two different matches, as they broadcast all games across two fixture rounds, featuring 20 matches in total. […]

June 16, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Research: 76% say tech has positive impact on TV sport

Instant replays, slow motion and the ability to rewind live TV are fans’ favourite innovations in sports broadcast, according to research commissioned by BT Sport. Meanwhile, teletext and waiting for Match of the Day highlights on Saturdays make more fans nostalgic than any other aspect of sports broadcast. A survey of 2,000 sport fans across […]

May 20, 2021

Bank: “ESL bad news for broadcasters”

The world of football was thrown into turmoil by the announcement of a European Super League, and according to an investment bank report, could be “negative” for Europe’s broadcasters. The bank, Exane/BNPP, says the creation of the Super League – if it happens – could herald the sport’s biggest shakeup in decades and make elite […]

April 20, 2021