Infront has secured several long-term broadcast agreements for the Wanda Diamond League from 2025. These include new free-to air deals to ensure broad global coverage of the sport following the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Free-to-air agreements have been signed in Latvia with LTV, Switzerland with SRG and Germany with ARD and ZDF (via SportA) who […]
Rakuten TV, the European streaming platform, is celebrating the arrival of the Olympic Games with a range of content linked to the world of sport. Audiences will be able to enjoy a line-up of exclusive Originals, movies and FAST channels focussed on sport. Rakuten TV’s Originals collection presents stories of optimism, empowerment, and diversity through […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a five year broadcast partnership with the eSkootr Championship (eSC), the micromobility racing series. Under this multi-territory agreement, DAZN will broadcast the Championship to audiences across their global markets. DAZN’s coverage of eSC’s content will comprise of both live and on-demand broadcasting, and will live in DAZN’s free […]
TGI Sport, a specialist in sports technology and media rights, has announced an agreement to acquire Supponor, the live media virtual advertising company, with proprietary technologies and software that delivers virtual ads across live sports broadcasts worldwide. The deal is scheduled to close mid-summer. Since 2019, TGI Sport has been a Supponor minority shareholder, collaborating […]
The new SPORT1 in-car apps for Renault provide users interested in sports with an even more attractive entertainment experience on board: The video offer includes, for example, soccer highlights, videos from international and national motorsport racing series such as the FIA WEC or the ADAC GT Masters as well as highlights from SPORT1 formats such […]
Supponor, a technology provider in virtual advertising for sports, has announced record deployment figures for its award-winning AI-based virtual advertising platform Supponor AIR. In a successful 2023-24 sports season, the technology was implemented in over 10,000 feeds at almost 3,000 live events at 200 stadiums and arenas across every continent, encompassing a wide variety of […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and the Esports World Cup Foundation have announced a partnership that will see coverage of the multi-genre eSports competition on WBD platforms across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Harnessing WBD’s network, the partnership will lean on the Eurosport and CNN brands to help the Esports World Cup reach new audiences […]
TV measurement company, iSpot.tv, has released the first in a series of data-driven research reports that highlight the need for more precise ad buying during live sports programming. Every Second Counts, authored by Dave Coletti, iSpot VP of Sports Insights and Strategy, examines the differences between the industry-standard Average Commercial Minute (ACM) measurement of ads […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and X Games, a specialist in action sport, have signed a multi-year global broadcast partnership which will see DAZN become a global streaming partner for X Games’ distribution of live events. This partnership will offer fans the opportunity to enjoy all the best action from the live events as well […]
MotoGP has extended its agreement with Ziggo Sport for a further five seasons. The Dutch broadcaster will continue to bring fans across the Netherlands exclusive, live coverage of the sport, including all practices, qualifying sessions, the Tissot Sprint and Grand Prix races. The new agreement will see fans continue to enjoy live coverage of MotoGP, […]