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Eleven Belgium scores new package of international football

Eleven Belgium has agreed a new rights deal to broadcast the UEFA Nations League, alongside the UEFA Euro 2024 and FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers. Eleven’s UEFA Nations League coverage will get underway again in October with the semi-final clashes Belgium vs France and Italy vs Spain. Eleven will go on to bring fans all […]

July 14, 2021

Evertz helps Russia’s Channel One transition to IP

Channel One, Russia’s premier television broadcaster, has made the leap from HD-SDI technology to full IP after installing an Evertz Mediator playout and content distribution system at its Ostankino Technical Centre in Moscow. The system, which incorporates the latest state of the art broadcast technology, is a powerful and highly integrated ecosystem that spans a […]

July 7, 2021

Sunset+Vine, ICCTV deliver ICC World Test Championship

The UK independent TV sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine, will assist in providing host broadcast services in partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final 2021. India and New Zealand meet in a one-Test final at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton, England, starting June 18th. As the […]

June 18, 2021

Poland: NENT acquires Women’s World Cup 2023

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has secured the exclusive media rights to show the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 on its Viaplay streaming service in Poland. All 64 matches from the biggest tournament in international women’s football will be available to Polish fans live on Viaplay, which is the home of Europe’s best women’s football […]

June 16, 2021

Greece: Antenna TV scores World Cup 2022 rights

Following the tender process in Greece to acquire the media rights to the World Cup 2022, FIFA has awarded them to Antenna TV. Antenna TV will provide daily free-to-air coverage of the tournament, with at least 32 matches, including the opening match, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, to be shown via its primary channel, Ant1TV. All […]

May 25, 2021

fuboTV launches content studio; LiveRamp partnership

At 2021 IAB NewFronts, fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform in the US, announced the launch of a branded content studio for advertisers, and a partnership with LiveRamp to enhance its addressable advertising capabilities. Through the new studio, advertisers can collaborate with fuboTV’s creative team to create custom branded content to air on Fubo […]

May 4, 2021

Hisense sponsors World Cup 2022

Chinese technology giants Hisense is to sponsor the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Hisense gets the rights to present to its customers specially-created, video-on-demand programming using past FIFA World Cup content, delivered through its integrated VIDAA smart TV platform. The Qatar World Cup is due to take place from November 21st until December […]

May 4, 2021By Chris Forrester

Research: “Digital channels paramount for Olympics engagement”

The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are now 100 days away. Research from GWI reveals that – with global sporting events now being broadcast on multiple digital channels, from social media to streaming services – consumers across the world will keep up with the Games via multiple different ways. US Millennials appear to be “all […]

April 15, 2021

RAI nets exclusive Italian TV rights to 2022 World Cup

Contrary to initial Italian press reports, RAI has been awarded the exclusive Italian multi-platform (TV, digital, radio) rights to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Italian public broadcaster will broadcast all 64 matches, of which at least 28, including the opening match, the final and both semi-finals, will be carried on flagship channel Rai […]

April 10, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

South Africa: SuperSport acquires World Cup 2022 pay-TV rights

All 64 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022, to be held in Qatar, will be broadcast live on SuperSport after the broadcaster concluded a broadcast deal with FIFA. SuperSport’s pay TV broadcast rights extend to all platforms across sub-Saharan Africa. HD coverage will be across multiple channels with expert analysis, in-depth digital offerings, supplementary […]

April 9, 2021