Basketball Australia readies streaming platform for WNBL
Basketball Australia has said the Women’s National Basketball League will receive landmark coverage in 2019-20 as it enters the final season of its current rights deal with pay-television broadcaster F…
Sportdigital set to carry Edgesport content, Schalke secures broadcast licence
German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital is set to carry content from action sports and lifestyle channel Edgesport after successfully applying for a broadcast licence, while Bundesliga football club…
Spark and TVNZ oust Sky with NZ Cricket rights deal
Telcoms operator Spark has landed another blow in its ongoing battle with Sky New Zealand by replacing the pay-television broadcaster as New Zealand Cricket’s domestic rights-holder.
NBC Sports to grant broadcast showcase for Nascar esports series
North American stock-car racing series Nascar has struck an agreement with US commercial and pay-television broadcaster NBC Sports to deliver live coverage of its esports championship for the first time
Rakuten launches dedicated NBA streaming service in Japan
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has launched a new streaming service to showcase its coverage of the NBA basketball league in the country
BeIN’s Al-Obaidly: Sports industry completely unprepared in piracy fight
Yousef Al-Obaidly, chief executive of beIN Media Group, today (Tuesday) increased the pressure on the sports industry regarding the threat posed by pirate broadcasting service beoutQ and piracy in general,…
Genius launches live streaming for betting operators
Betgenius, the sportsbooks supplier arm of sports data and technology company Genius Sports, has launched a live streaming service giving operators access to new content from sports competitions
World Snooker takes Facebook Live partnership into Pakistan
World Snooker has announced that it will extend its event coverage partnership with social media platform Facebook to cover Pakistan
Labour targets Premier League revenue distribution, listed events
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged that his party will ensure that the Premier League will invest five per cent of the income it receives for broadcast rights into grassroots football and add women’s s…
Premier League the focus of Rambler, Setanta anti-piracy effort
Russian media and entertainment company Rambler Group has agreed a partnership with international sports broadcaster Setanta Sports designed to combat online piracy in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries,…