Sky Sports will become the exclusive live broadcaster of the Masters golf tournament in the UK after securing a new deal that starts in 2020. All four days of tournament action from the Augusta National in April (9-12) will be broadcast live on Sky Sports’ dedicated golf channel, with coverage also on Sky Sports News […] More
BT Sport will continue to be the exclusive home of all top-flight European club football in the UK until 2024 after securing the rights to all 420 games of UEFA’s Champions League, Europa League and the new Europa Conference League in a three-year deal worth £1.2bn. The contract includes 77 more games from the current […] More
SVG Europe is supporting a major new initiative devised by the DPP to promote environmentally sustainable practices among broadcast industry suppliers and content providers. The DPP ‘Committed to Sustainability Programme’ provides a self-assessment checklist that enables companies to record their progress in implementing sustainability policies, and awards them a score out of five. Completion of […] More
Liverpool FC may currently be eight points clear at the top of the English Premier League table but it is four other clubs that lead the way when it comes to environmental sustainability. According to data collected by Sport Positive, North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur and the two big Manchester clubs, City and […] More
Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) global media, legal and business affairs boss Andrew Ryan has joined DAZN Group as managing director of FIBA Media, the joint venture with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Reporting directly to Stewart Walker, EVP global rights partnerships, Ryan will be responsible for driving FIBA Media’s growth strategy, to create opportunities to […] More
Eleven Sports sprinkled its ‘Watch Together’ service with a touch of footballer stardust at the weekend when it gave subscribers in Belgium the chance to enjoy Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund in the virtual company of two former international footballers. Watch Together enables fans to watch live sporting action together with friends and family in […] More
ATP Media chief technology officer Shane Warden will lead a discussion at FutureSPORT 2019 (26 November, Chelsea FC) on the potentially thorny subject of virtualised hardware. The seminar, called ‘Virtualised Hardware for Sports Production: Breaking the Deadlock’, will take its lead from the desire of several tier-one sports rights owners, service providers and broadcasters to […] More
Masstech Innovations, the storage and asset management company, has appointed a chief digital officer for the first time. James Whitebread takes up the newly created tole having previously been at MarcoPolo Learning, the online children’s educational technology and media company, where he was chief technology officer. Whitebread has a 15-year background in product design and […] More
Eurosport has reached a two-year TV and digital rights partnership with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to show the Davis Cup finals in six of its markets. Viewers in the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland will be able to watch the men’s tennis finals live on Eurosport and Eurosport Player and on-demand via […] More
Eurosport has signed a five-year deal with the British Speedway Promoters’ Association (BSPA) that will see it screen British Speedway live in the UK both on TV and online from next year. Starting in 2020, Eurosport will broadcast live on-site coverage from 18 rounds across the domestic SGB Premiership League season. Highlights from each round […] More
