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Recast appoints Cook as Commercial Director

Recast, a direct-to-customer video platform, has announced the appointment of James Cook as Commercial Director. Cook will join Recast in mid-April from TGI Worldwide, a multiple-discipline sports infrastructure, technology and media rights business. Cook’s background working with world leading rights’ holders, brands and athletes means that he is ideally positioned to help drive Recast through […]

April 7, 2021

The Collectv appoints Shadbolt as Operational Coordinator

The Collectv, the Emmy award-winning broadcast solutions and workflows consultancy, has announced the appointment of Fiona Shadbolt as Operational Coordinator. With extensive experience in television and digital platforms, she will coordinate operational movements on projects and take charge in dealing with The Collectv’s clients, scheduling equipment and crew, and all logistical movements. With over fifteen […]

March 11, 2021

BT TV adds Eurosport

BT TV has bolstered its TV packages with the addition of Eurosport. Effective immediately, Big Sport and VIP customers will be able to watch snooker, cycling, tennis, athletics, winter sports and motor racing, as well as this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. The monthly price for both packages will stay the same. Eurosport on demand content […]

March 1, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Discovery, Snap Olympics team-up

Discovery and social media enterprise Snap have formed a new content and advertising partnership around the Olympic Games to bring the sporting spectacle to a new generation of fans. The collaboration will showcase the best of discovery+ and Eurosport’s Olympic Games content and coverage, shared through a new Eurosport Olympics daily Show on Snapchat’s Discover […]

February 11, 2021

discovery+ on Samsung TVs, Amazon Fire TV in UK

discovery+, the streaming service from Discovery, is now available on Samsung Smart TVs and Amazon Fire TV devices in the UK & Ireland, following its launch direct-to-consumer and on Sky Q in November 2020. It will also be coming to Roku and Vodafone mobile customers in the UK & Ireland this year and on additional […]

February 10, 2021

Survey: Strong business support for Tokyo Olympics

A survey of Japanese businesses, by public broadcaster NHK, found that 60 per cent of 100 major companies were firmly in favour of the Olympics Games going ahead this summer, in direct contrast to the generally negative opinions of the public. However, the 60 per cent is somewhat divided. While 13 of the businesses stated […]

January 29, 2021By Chris Forrester

Italy: discovery+ launches on TIMvision

discovery+ is now available to TIMvision’s subscribers in Italy. The streaming service from Discovery gives access range of entertainment, lifestyle, true crime, nature and adventure programming. The discovery+ offer is part of a broader renewal which also covers Nove, Real Time, DMAX, Giallo, Food, HGTV – Home&Garden, MotorTrend, Frisbee and K2, and the platform also […]

January 27, 2021

Survey: Growing objections to Tokyo Olympics

The number of Japanese citizens now objecting to this year’s planned Olympic Games is growing. Not helping enthusiasm is a state of emergency declared last week for the Tokyo prefecture and three surrounding areas. A surbey from Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reveals almost 80 per cent feel the Games should be either postponed or cancelled […]

January 14, 2021By Chris Forrester

Report: “Success stories for TV sport amid pandemic”

With major international events such as the Summer Olympics and the European Football Championship, the 2019/20 season looked set to become an exceptional year. Before these events were cancelled, other major international competitions had marked the start of the season, such as the Rugby World Cup, from September 20th to November 2nd, which was a […]

December 21, 2020

Discovery, Radio France signs Olympic Games deal

Radio France has been announced as the Official Radio Partner in France for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024. The agreement between Discovery, Home of the Olympics in Europe, and Radio France sees the French public service broadcaster assume non-exclusive radio rights, covering all aspects of its home Olympic Games […]

December 7, 2020