Mediaset’s OTT service Mitele Plus is suffering from a significant decline in subscribers, 25,000 down in the third quarter to 138,000 versus 163,000 in June. The subscriber loss is largely attributed to the lack of pay–TV football and the gamble on TV reality content by the platform. By contrast, its rival Atresmedia’s OTT service AtresPLAYER, […]
La Liga has become the first European football league to launch its own Twitch stream. The Spanish league will release a new suite of compilations, videos and special programs with players, league ambassadors and symbols every week. La Liga will also publish original broadcasts produced by La Liga North America, the league’s operations in the […]
La Liga TV advertising revenues for this season are up 20 per cent on the previous season, as fans unable to attend live matches watch on TV, boosting audiences worldwide. La Liga has secured revenues from short ads and sponsorships worth €110 million for the 2020-2021 season, said Oscar Mayo, La Liga’s International Development Director, […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, is now available on Vodafone’s GigaTV platform in Germany. The companies say it is the “first of multiple partnerships integrations” anticipated between them as they respond to “customer demand for frictionless, richer viewing experiences”. The DAZN app has launched on the GigaTV 4K Box for cable TV customers, and the […]
Orange Spain will offer all football for free during 2020-2021 season to new subscribers who sign up before September 30th. La Liga, La Liga SmartBank (second division), the Champions League and Europa League will be available for free for all new customers in an attempt to boost subscriptions and stem the loss – in the […]
Global investment platform Aser Ventures has launched its new streaming platform LIVENow. LIVENow offers flexible pay-per-view access to a host of live events including sport, music, fitness and industry conferences. Content will be available through LIVENow’s D2C platform as well as through a global network of digital platforms, social channels and mobile companies. Andrea Radrizzani, […]
Eleven Sports Portugal has extended its partnership with La Liga Santander for the next three seasons. Eleven has also secured exclusive rights to LaLiga SmartBank and will broadcast over 100 games a season from the Spanish second league. Fans will be able to enjoy comprehensive coverage of Spanish football across Eleven’s OTT and linear channels. […]
Eleven Sports, the OTT sports platform, is marking its fifth anniversary with a rebrand that is says lays the foundations for its ambitious growth plans. Under the new Eleven brand umbrella, the group’s ‘2.0 strategy’ will see Eleven expand its offering with a host of new content streams and plans to grow its digital ecosystem […]
Movistar has been ordered to continue sharing its premium TV channels with other operators for an additional three years following the CNMC’s decision to extend the period. The conditions were initially imposed five years ago, allowing Telefónica and Canal Plus to add the channels to their own pay-TV offerings. Channels with exclusive content or premium […]
The Singapore High Court has granted an order sought by BBC Studios, Discovery, the Premier League, La Liga and broadcaster TVB for Singapore’s Internet Service Providers to block access to seventeen domains associated with popular piracy streaming sites and forty-one domains associated with popular illicit streaming device (ISD) applications. These apps, which flagrantly infringe copyright […]