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Record technical deployment for El Clásico

La Liga, Movistar Plus and Mediapro will make the largest technical deployment in the history of El Clásico to broadcast the Real Madrid vs Barcelona match on March 20th, distributing its signal to 83 international TV operators. Produced in 4K HDR, the event will be filmed by 34 cameras, of which ten will be super […]

March 18, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Eleven Italy, OneFootball sign Serie C deal

Eleven Italy and OneFootball have announced a distribution partnership for Serie C to make Italian football’s third tier more accessible to fans. The deal will see OneFootball supplement Eleven’s package of Serie C football with a mix of paid and free content. The distribution agreement begins immediately will run until the end of the 2022-23 […]

March 16, 2022

Sky Sports partners with Sporting Equals

Sky Sports has announced a partnership with Sporting Equals to support the charity’s ambition of inspiring more opportunities for British South Asians in football. The partnership forms part of Sky’s £30m commitment to tackle systemic racism and make a difference in communities across the UK and will see Sporting Equals receive a six-figure donation as […]

March 11, 2022

EE, BT unveil new 5G viewing experiences

EE and BT have unveiled new ways to watch or experience sports and the performing arts using the power of 5G technology which re-imagine the experience of watching and performing sports, dance, music and theatre through virtual, augmented and mixed reality applications. Using everyday devices such as smartphones, tablets and TVs, as well as the […]

March 10, 2022By Colin Mann

Indian Super League chooses Tellyo

The Hero Indian Super League, India’s top tier football league, has turned to Tellyo and the Tellyo Pro solution to help optimise their social media content strategy. “We needed a robust, efficient and cost effective media solution that would allow us to facilitate the dissemination of our match content across different social media platforms quickly,” […]

March 8, 2022

DAZN expands subscription options in Italy

Sports streaming platform DAZN is planning to offer more subscription options in Italy, starting in time for the 2022/2023 football season. Instead of the single monthly fee of €29.99 (although many are still paying the promotional price of €19.99), there will be a wider tariff portfolio possibly based on the number of registered devices, streams […]

March 4, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Rangers FC partners with Grabyo

Rangers Football club, the 55-time Scottish champions, has partnered with Grabyo to move social and digital video production to the cloud, bolstering video programming and real time content output . Rangers will use Grabyo’s live clipping and editing tools to create more videos around matchdays. “Partnering with Grabyo gives us the flexibility to scale our […]

March 3, 2022

Sky Sports: Record audience for League Cup Final

The Carabao Cup final on February 28th saw the highest in-home peak and average viewing figures on record for a League Cup Final on Sky Sports. The match averaged 3.16 million viewers and peaked at over 4 million – the highest in-home peak for any match since the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Manchester […]

March 2, 2022By Nik Roseveare

DAZN Spain hikes prices; appoints CEO

Sports streaming platform DAZN is already preparing for the next football season following the acquisition of La Liga rights and a potential shared content deal with Telefónica giving access to all matches. The company has appointed former Vodafone executive, Bosco Aranguren, as CEO in Spain (effective April 18th) as it hedges its bets on the […]

March 1, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

DAZN: $1.3bn losses in 2020

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has filed its accounts for 2020, showing recorded total losses of $1.3 billion (€1.16bn) – similar to the previous year – as it dealt with coronavirus lockdowns shutting down global sports leagues. “When sports content resumed in the latter half of the year, the group saw improved subscriber and revenue […]

February 24, 2022