Pixellot, a provider of AI-automated sports video and data solutions, and the Bavarian Basketball Association (BBV) have announced a partnership whereby Pixellot has been selected as the official AI camera solution for the BBV and will be used across all youth selection teams. The BBV is the governing body for basketball in the German federal […]
The Patriot League, the collegiate athletic conference, and ESPN have reached a multi-year extension that will keep ESPN+ as the exclusive digital home for live and archived Patriot League sporting events. The sports streaming service will be home to more than 750 annual events, including college football and men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and […]
Ahead of the 2023/24 season, the British Basketball League has extended its broadcast partnership with Sky Sports to continue to air British Basketball League and Women’s British Basketball League action for the fourth consecutive season. Fans will see one game from the UK game’s top professional league live each week on Sky Sports’ linear and […]
Season 2 of the Emmy nominated series Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward premieres on NBC on October 7th with a Telemundo premiere of season 1 of Harlem Globetrotters: Ganando Con La Comunidad on the same day. Both shows are produced in an exclusive partnership with Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG). The 30-minute weekly series, hosted […]
Spanish operator Movistar has acquired the pay-TV rights to EuroLeague Basketball for the next three years. After four years being broadcast by DAZN, the EuroLeague will be now air on Movistar with five matches every week on Movistar Plus (channel 7), Vamos (channel 8), and sports channel 63. With this move, Movistar now has the […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro is relaunching OTT service Gol Mundial to stream all matches from the FIBA Basketball World Cup which takes place in the Philipines, Japan and Indonesia starting today (August 25th) until September 10th. Gol Mundial will offer 92 basketball matches – 76 of which are on an exclusive basis, whilst the other […]
Magnifi by VideoVerse – an AI-driven video technology company and powerful video-editing SaaS platform – has announced the support of the 2023 season of the Vietnam Pro Basketball League (VBA) with AI-powered video highlights of the matches, video on demand and social media features. Magnifi’s offering for the VBA league includes full match highlights and […]
Analysis from Omdia reveals the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be the most valuable women’s competition globally in terms of media rights with revenues of $70-100 million expected in 2023. The research published ahead of the tournament which kicks off on July 21st identified seven of the top-11 most valuable women’s events are football league championships, reflecting […]
New documentary, Play Hungry, has launched on WaterBear, the free streaming platform dedicated to the future of the planet. The documentary follows basketball team the UP Fighting Maroons’ first championship win in 36 years after experiencing involuntary hunger. Highlighting the complex relationship between basketball, poverty and community in the Philippines, the documentary explores how basketball isn’t […]
WSC Sports and Fedcom Media have announced a partnership that will see Skweek, Fedcom Media’s basketball-focused OTT streaming service, benefit from WSC’s AI-powered technology for the next three years. Skweek, which launched in October 2022 and provides exclusive coverage of men’s EuroLeague and EuroCup games, EuroLeague Women French clubs games and LDLC ASVEL Féminin’s EuroCup […]