This is the first Super Bowl for CBS Sports HQ. The 24/7 streaming sports network, which launched in February, will be all over Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. All this week CBS Sports HQ is offering four daily shows that capture the drama of the NFL’s biggest day. Kanell and Bell, at 10-11 a.m. ET, […] More
Live sports streaming took off in 2018, but viewers still found plenty of issues holding it back. While viewers liked having easy access from any device, they didn’t like the quality concerns that often went along with it. Content-delivery network (CDN) Limelight’s year-end State of Online Video report examined both the growth and the issues. […] More
The US sports digital, cable and satellite service Pac-12 Networks is on course to produce 850 matches during the 2018-19 season and has found what it considers to be the perfect production partner in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Using a variety of AWS Elemental media solutions, Pac-12 Networks (Pac-12 Conference’s production wing) has transitioned to a […] More
In June the PGA Tour and Discovery announced a 12-year partnership to create a streaming service for the international market but included few details. Now they have unveiled GolfTV, available to viewers in every country except the USA starting 1 January. GolfTV is a links-lover’s wish list, combining live tournament coverage, an on-demand library, and […] More
“SportsCenter has been a huge success: over 17 million people a month tune in to SportsCenter on Snap,” said Nick Bell, vice president of content, Snapchat. “What’s more impressive actually is that, of the 2.5 million people that watch every single day, 70% of those come back at least three times a week. It’s really […] More
For the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis this week, viewers both at home and on the course will have all the golf they can handle. Turner Sports, which manages the digital platforms for the PGA, views every high-profile event as a chance to make the online experience even bigger. The event’s […] More
With more than 550 games in the regular season alone, creating clips for all the United Soccer League’s various social platforms is daunting. When hiring additional video editors stopped being a feasible solution, the USL went looking for a different path. And that path was AI. Artificial intelligence is proving itself in the world of […] More
