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Hong Kong: Now TV extends Premier League rights

Now TV, the media entertainment arm of HKT, has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for Premier League football on pay-TV for the seasons 2022/23 to 2024/25 in Hong Kong, making it the city’s Premier League broadcaster for 12 consecutive years. Now TV will continue to deliver live coverage of all 380 matches for every season, […]

February 17, 2022

Recast hosts top eSports teams

A number of top eSports teams have joined video platform Recast. The OTT platform, which sees fans directly contributing to the teams and sports they enjoy by watching content, will host updates, including exclusive content, from Viperio, LDN UTD, Team Gullit and Katana Gaming. Viperio, with players battling it out in competitions across titles such […]

February 3, 2022

ESPN extends Premier League rights in South America

Disney-owned ESPN has retained the Premier League TV rights in South America after agreeing a new three-year deal, from 2022 to 2025. The value of the deal is reportedly £250 million (€219.4m) across the three years, representing a 35 per cent increase, and covers Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. […]

January 18, 2022

fuboTV scores Premier League rights in Canada

fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, will be the exclusive home to the Premier League in the Canadian market for the next three seasons beginning in 2022/2023. fuboTV will exclusively carry all 380 Premier League matches each season and shoulder programming on its platform through the 2024/2025 season. All content will stream live on […]

January 14, 2022

Premier League on Paramount+ in LatAm

Paramount+ is the new home of the Premier League in Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama as the ViacomCBS brand adds live sports to its content portfolio in these regions. The three-year deal with the Premier League also includes rights on a non-exclusive basis in Belize and the Dominican Republic. Paramount+ subscribers […]

January 13, 2022

Premier League wins $212m in China TV ruling

Hong Kong’s PPLive Sports TV streaming service has been ordered to pay the English Premier League (EPL) at least $212 million (€186.5m) by a London High Court judge. PPLive signed a deal with the the EPL to show both live and delayed football matches and game highlights throughout China. The deal was set to run […]

January 12, 2022By Chris Forrester

Sony “well-positioned as creative entertainment company”

Sony’s Chairman & CEO Kenichiro Yoshida opened the company’s Press Conference at CES in Las Vegas on January 4th by stressing Sony’s continuing thrust to get ever-closer to people and “fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology”. He touched on Sony’s work with artists such as Adele on her latest […]

January 5, 2022By Chris Forrester

Millwall FC signs with Recast

Millwall FC is the latest name to join sports video platform Recast. The English Football League (EFL) side joins a growing list of rights holders on the OTT platform, with fans now able to directly contribute to The Lions by watching content. Recast says the partnership will “give affordable, flexible access to match action, reaction, […]

January 4, 2022

Six FA Cup Third Round matches on BBC, ITV

The Emirates FA Cup Third Round returns to the BBC and ITV in January with six live matches on the FTA channels as Premier League clubs join the knockout competition. ITV’s January 9th coverage, which includes both the West Ham v Leeds United and Nottingham Forest v Arsenal matches, will also include the FA Cup […]

December 9, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Analyst: Prime Video continues to boost EPL reach

In Q3 2019, research firm Ampere reported that the reach of live English Premier League (EPL) coverage had increased to nearly three-quarters of domestic fans as Amazon Prime Video acquired rights to 24 matches per season. Two years later, those with access to live coverage at home has increased from 72 per cent of UK […]

November 25, 2021By Colin Mann