Monthly Archives: January 2020
BBC Sport creates pop-up channel on iPlayer for FA Cup fourth round
Written on January 24, 2020 at 11:36, by Will Strauss
BBC Sport will make a pop-up channel available this weekend to show action from the fourth round of the FA Cup. The channel will show live games, classic matches, highlights […] More
Eurovision Sport seeks to expand winter sports audience for Beijing 2022
Written on January 24, 2020 at 11:25, by Heather McLean
Eurovision Sport has been continuing its work to extend the worldwide reach of winter sports with strong results in China, ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympic & Paralympic Games. Starting […] More
Asian Football Confederation steps up fight against match-fixing
Written on January 24, 2020 at 11:17, by Heather McLean
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Sportradar have renewed one of the longest standing integrity partnerships in world sport through to the AFC Asian Cup China 2023. Under the agreement, […] More
Premier League champions Man City unveil new OTT subscription service
Written on January 23, 2020 at 15:34, by Will Strauss
Manchester City FC has launched a new subscription-based OTT streaming service that will show full match replays, live academy matches and original content. City+ is being made available online, via […] More
Mountain Attack goes for Mediahaus to track the strongest athletes in skiing
Written on January 23, 2020 at 14:09, by Heather McLean
Every January the world’s best cross-country skiers head to Saalbach Hinterglemm to tackle Austria’s biggest and toughest touring race. This year, on 17 January, 1,200 competitors from 24 countries took […] More
Austrian Ski announces six-year partnership deal extension with Eurovision Sport
Written on January 23, 2020 at 13:00, by Heather McLean
The Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) has confirmed that its media rights partnership with Eurovision Sport will be extended until 2024. This means that European audiences will continue to be able […] More
German Racing and Riedel join forces to enhance horse racing coverage
Written on January 23, 2020 at 12:34, by Will Strauss
Riedel Communications is teaming up with German Racing and German Tote in a joint effort to devise new ways of covering horse racing. Through the partnership, the three organisations are […] More
LiveU announces AbemaTV as new customer in Japan
Written on January 23, 2020 at 11:37, by Heather McLean
LiveU has announced Japanese video streaming channel, AbemaTV, is implementing LiveU cellular bonding technology to produce its online news and entertainment business. AbemaTV is using over 20 LiveU field units, […] More
ATEME awarded grant for AI video delivery innovation
Written on January 23, 2020 at 11:35, by Heather McLean
ATEME has been announced as a recipient of the i-Nov Innovation Contest grant for the IA4SEC project, involving its state of the art video technologies. The project is operated by […] More
Guinness Six Nations Championship teams up with AWS to enhance game coverage for fans
Written on January 23, 2020 at 11:23, by Heather McLean
Rugby’s Six Nations Championship is to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) machine learning and data analytics to help further explain the on-field action to TV viewers. Working with AWS, the […] More