LaLiga has reached an agreement with UK broadcaster ITV that will see weekly highlights and a live fixture from each matchday shown on the free-to-air channel ITV4. The agreement started with Sunday’s game between Levante and Real Madrid (24 February 2019). The move follows another UK and Ireland deal, announced last week, that gives Premier Sports […] More
Premier Sports has secured rights to show Spain’s LaLiga in the UK and will air four games per round across its Premier Sports 1 and 2 channels. The broadcaster will also show the weekly magazine programmes LaLiga World and the LaLiga Show, as well as a weekly highlights show. The OTT streaming service Eleven Sports also […] More
Italian public service broadcaster Rai will begin broadcasting 4K and 8K content from next year, starting with the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The announcement was made at a conference called “Open access, for free access to scientific research” at the Sala del Cenacolo of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome this week. During the […] More
Delegate registration for Nordic Summit 2019, sponsored by Limelight Networks, will close on Friday 22 February 2019. More
Fights featuring British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury will be shown live on ESPN and BT Sport after the lineal champion’s promoter Frank Warren agreed a multi-year, multiple fight contract with the two broadcasters. Warren, working alongside Bob Arum’s Top Rank, will push Fury’s fights in the US on ESPN. BT Sport will show his bouts in […] More
RaceTech, the technical facilities provider for horse racing coverage in the UK, is embarking on a recruitment drive that will see 20 new positions added to its workforce. More
Brightcove has bought Ooyala’s online video platform (OVP) business in a $15m (£11.7m) deal that includes its technology and IP and much of its staff. More
BBC Sport head of operations Charlie Cope has been added to the speaker line-up for next month’s Nordic Summit at Media City Bergen. More
Formula 1 has agreed a new two-year deal with Sky Deutschland that will see the German broadcaster show all F1 Grand Prix weekends live in Germany and Austria for seasons 2019 and 2020. The move, which also includes German-language rights in Switzerland, follows a one-year hiatus that saw Sky Deutschland withdraw from Formula 1 stating that it […] More
Eleven Sports has secured long-term distribution agreements with all four TV operators in Portugal, allowing the live sports streaming service to be made available in 3.9m homes. The deal sees Eleven Sports carried on Altice, NOS, Nowo and Vodafone from tonight (12 February) coinciding with the start of the UEFA Champions League last 16. Marc Watson, […] More
