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Rakuten TV adds Tennis Channel, USGA Golf

Rakuten TV continues to expand its free ad-supported channel offering and strengthens its sports content proposition with the addition of Tennis Channel and USGA Golf. With these latest acquisitions, Rakuten TV now offers over 100 free linear channels. Sports fans can now watch USGA Golf and Tennis channel 24/7 alongside the broad portfolio of content […]

June 23, 2021

Zoom partners with European Tour

The European Tour has announced a multi-year partnership with Zoom Video Communications.   As the European Tour’s Official Unified Communications Partner, Zoom will provide communications services including virtual and collaborative experiences for media, commercial partners, hospitality guests and the Tour’s global fanbase, through exclusive live-sport experiences.  Zoom will deliver virtual press conferences and facilitate key stakeholder […]

May 11, 2021

Zig Zag partners with The R&A & Egoli Media on Seve doc

Zig Zag Productions has partnered with The R&A and Egoli Media to create a feature length documentary film, charting the amazing life of Severiano Ballesteros Sota. From his humble beginnings to becoming one of greatest and most loved golfing and sporting icons of all time. ‘Seve’ explores the life of Ballesteros from learning the game […]

May 5, 2021

AWS official cloud provider of PGA Tour

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, has announced that the PGA Tour has selected AWS as the Official Cloud Provider of the Tour. AWS and the Tour are partnering to transform the way golf content is created, distributed, and experienced, bringing fans closer to the action on the course while also helping the Tour […]

March 2, 2021

ESPN’s PGA coverage sets US cable viewing record

ESPN’s live coverage of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco finished as the most-viewed edition of the event on cable since 2010, with younger viewers helping drive increases in several demographics. The final round coverage on August 9th averaged 1,965,000 viewers, up 60 per cent over TNT’s final-round telecast from 2019 […]

August 11, 2020

The Open for The Ages to determine golf’s greatest

The R&A is inviting golf fans around the world to take part in a special celebration of golf’s original championship following the cancellation of The Open this year. ‘The Open for The Ages’ will bring together many of golf’s greatest champions for the first time to compete against each other over the Old Course at […]

July 7, 2020