The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has worked in partnership with fan-first experience provider Deltatre to extend their Sportec Solutions collaboration out to the global market. DFL, which is responsible for organising and marketing the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, created Sportec Solutions with Deltatre as an independent joint venture in 2016. It was conceived as an […] More
Eleven will become a ‘technology company’ after purchasing the live football streaming firm MyCujoo, the sports broadcaster’s chief executive has said. Speaking to journalists following the announcement of the acquisition last week, Luis Vicente (pictured, below) revealed that he wants Eleven to develop its own technology products and features and that it will do so […] More
Sportcast, the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) subsidiary that produces the world feed for the Bundesliga, has been trialling two new camera innovations on its match coverage: a Railcam that replaced the pitchside Steadicam and a Robotic camera system for single player tracking. Both systems were tested on Borussia Dortmund matches, in fixtures against Schalke 04 […] More
The Premier League has paused its controversial pay-per-view offering in the UK in a move that will see additional live matches shown by existing broadcast rights holders from 21 November. The English top-flight had adopted a paid-for model for the fixtures that weren’t already scheduled to be shown by its rights holders in an effort […] More
The Austrian Football Federation (Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB) has launched an OTT service that will show live and on-demand coverage of men’s, women’s and grassroots football in Austria. Working with StreamAMG, the governing body is hoping that the service, called ÖFB TV, will become the home of football in the country, with output ranging from the […] More
LaLiga has opened an official account on Twitch, becoming the first major European sports competition to join the global streaming service, and is planning to use it to share original programming and content. Going live this week, LaLiga will use the account to launch a new weekly series of compilations, clips and special programmes featuring […] More
DAZN is to launch a new ‘behind the scenes’ football service on TikTok for the German market after teaming up with the short-form-content mobile platform and the football website Kicker. The Football Hub will feature exclusive live streams and hashtag challenges and provide personal insights into the lives of footballers, including Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies. […] More
UK television viewers will be given the chance to pay to watch live Premier League matches that aren’t already due to be shown on Sky Sports or BT Sport after the two broadcasters came to a new agreement with the clubs and the league’s executive. Under the new interim arrangements, the current live match selections […] More
wTVision has worked with Mediapro to develop the visual identity and on-screen graphics for TF1’s new football channel Téléfoot. The company’s creative team are behind all visual aspects of the TV and mobile station, and has implemented its concept into impactful broadcast graphics. Everything from overlay and on-air graphics, video design and augmented reality being […] More
Dutch football fans have had to wait more than six months to watch Eredivisie football after last season was curtailed due to COVID-19. But, when the 2020-21 campaign kicked off earlier this month (12 September), Reality Check Solutions (RCS) was at the heart of the action, delivering its bespoke graphics and data services to Fox […] More
