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Dugout moves to live-streamed football content

Dugout has announced the launch of a live-stream broadcast offering that will deliver behind-the-scenes and eSports content to Dugout’s 90+ global publishers and their 350 million football fans. Featuring pre and post-match interviews, live action from the training ground and off-field activities, live-streams from Dugout’s partner clubs, federations and leagues, will serve to complement the […]

June 19, 2020

Analyst: broadcast deals remain key for sports OTT players

For about five years, the sports media landscape has been partially disrupted by new OTT sports-specialised players, such as DAZN and Eleven Sports Network, in terms of price (significantly lower than usual TV packages), accessibility (platform-agnostic) and consumer experience (thanks to shared-viewing tools, or sports betting data integration). But, if they can start as OTT-only […]

June 17, 2020

BT Sport app on NOW TV

BT Sport is giving customers more ways to watch, by making its app available on NOW TV devices effective immediately. NOW TV joins a wide range of large screen devices and platforms on which sports fans can watch BT Sport, including Samsung smart TV, Sony PlayStation, Xbox and Apple TV, as well as mobiles, tablets, […]

June 16, 2020

Forecast: Premier League to see rapid revenue recovery

Premier League clubs’ combined revenues passed £5 billion for the first time in the 2018/19 season, a year-on-year increase of 7 per cent, according to the 29th Annual Review of Football Finance from the Sports Business Group at Deloitte. In revenue terms, the Premier League was 73 per cent larger than its nearest competitor, Spain’s […]

June 11, 2020

La Liga to broadcast with virtual crowd options

Movistar, Orange and Mediaset-owned OTT platform Mitele Plus will resume their TV transmissions of La Liga matches from June 11th with the option of virtual crowds and crowd noise. The platforms will allow subscribers to choose different configurations to watch the games including a virtual experience with images of seated supporters wearing the colours of […]

June 10, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Eurosport to air Norway’s Eliteserien

Eurosport is set to offer exclusive coverage of Norway’s premier domestic football competition – the Eliteserien – from June 16th to coincide with the opening round of the 2020 season. Football fans will be able to watch at least two games live from each matchday – initially for the first three rounds of the Eliteserien […]

June 8, 2020

Scottish Premiership to return with ‘virtual season tickets’

The 2020/21 Scottish Premiership season is set to start in August as part of a new deal with Sky Sports that will include ‘virtual season tickets’ for the country’s top-flight football clubs. The Scottish Professional Football League [SPFL] and Sky Sports have agreed terms that provide a framework for the top flight of Scottish football […]

June 3, 2020

Channel 4 to air 1966 World Cup Final

The most iconic moment in English footballing history – England’s dramatic 1966 World Cup Final 4-2 victory over West Germany – will be broadcast in full on Channel 4 on June 7th at 1.30pm. Viewers will be able to watch the entire match alongside England’s hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst who will give his unique […]

June 2, 2020

Free La Liga for UK viewers

Spain’s La Liga has been given the government green light to resume in June, and UK fans can watch free matches live on LaLigaTV by Premier Sports once the league returns to action. While Premier Sports services usually cost a monthly subscription fee of £5.99, Sky customers can access the channel for free (for a […]

May 29, 2020