FITE and Hockey Enforcers USA, a live sporting events and production company, have announced an exclusive agreement to stream Ice Wars International’s first event via Pay-Per-View. Ice Wars is a new combat sport described as prize fighting on ice – taking an age-old part of the game many fans love and making it the main […]
BRAVE Combat Federation, the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, and WSC Sports, a global player in AI sports video technology, have announced a three-year partnership ahead of the promotion’s first-event of the year, BRAVE CF 57, to create and distribute AI-powered real-time fight highlights. BRAVE CF will use WSC Sports’ machine learning technology to auto-detect, […]
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Sky New Zealand have announced an exclusive broadcast partnership for 2022. Sky Sport will become the exclusive PFL content provider in New Zealand, carrying both the PFL’s inaugural Challenger Series and the 2022 PFL Regular Season, Playoffs, and PFL World Championship. Additionally, Sky New Zealand will bring MMA fans exclusive […]
BT Sport will premiere Meatball Molly, the latest documentary from BT Sport Films, on BT Sport 2 on March 15th. The feature tells the incredible story of Molly McCann, from troubled beginnings on Merseyside, to becoming the first English female fighter to win in the UFC. The film examines the highs and lows of McCann’s […]
Although recent reports had suggested that streaming service DAZN was on the verge of clinching a deal to acquire BT Sport, Discovery has emerged as the frontrunner, with confirmation from BT that it has entered into exclusive discussions with Discovery regarding a new joint venture between BT Sport and Eurosport UK. The telco also revealed […]
DAZN, the OTT sports platform, is reportedly on the brink of agreeing a deal to acquire BT Sport and its Premier League rights in a deal worth around £580 million (€695.5m). BT Sport’s initial £385 million deal with the Premier League ran from 2019 to 2022, before a three-year roll-over to 2025. BT Sport holds […]
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and ESPN have announced a new, multi-year media rights agreement that will see expanded coverage on ESPN linear networks and ESPN+ in the US. Under the deal, the entire 2022 PFL Playoffs and majority of Regular Season events will be televised on ESPN, as well as simulcast on ESPN+, with […]
Digital content agency and media network Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has appointed Katie Matthews as Partnerships Director of recently launched specialist label, Little Dot Sport. In this newly created role, Matthews will manage the label’s portfolio of clients, identify new development opportunities and demonstrate how Little Dot Sport’s team of social content, distribution […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, is close to agreeing a deal to acquire BT Sport in an estimated $800 million (€698m) transaction that will give it access to valuable Premier League and UEFA Champions League matches, as well as a host of other sports rights including WWE, UFC and Premiership Rugby. A deal could be […]
UFC coverage will begin on discovery+ in the Netherlands and Eurosport in Spain this January with every UFC event to be made available to watch live and on-demand.UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, has experienced a meteoric rise since its first event was held in 1993 and is now one of the most popular sports […]