NBC Sports to integrate PointsBet odds into NBC Sports Predictor gameplay
NBC Sports has announced that it will begin to integrate PointsBet odds into gameplay of its free-to-play sports gaming app NBC Sports Predictor
Tencent working with World Rowing on streaming of ‘virtual’ Indoor Championships
The Tencent Cloud division of Chinese digital media company Tencent has agreed a deal with World Rowing to provide global live streaming of the federation’s upcoming World Indoor Championships.
Skipper, Le Batard to debut Meadowlark Media
Former ESPN colleagues John Skipper and Dan Le Batard have officially formed a new content company called Meadowlark Media.
BeIN ‘hopeful’ over Saudi return after end to blockade
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has said it has received no “official communication” from Saudi Arabia, amid some reports that the beIN Sports channels have returned to the air in the country.
PP Sports ‘countersues Premier League over collapsed deal’
Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is following through on a threat last year to sue the English Premier League over their collapsed media rights deal, according to a report in the Financial Times
StarTimes picks up CHAN rights, Morocco to host Women’s Afcon
Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) national team football tournament
Micropayment-based streaming platform Recast to launch in UK
A new direct-to-customer video platform has been unveiled that claims it can transform the sports broadcasting landscape, with its backers revealing that talks have already been held with several “high-profile” rig…
Extreme E turns to Al Kamel Systems for TV graphics, data and timekeeping
Extreme E has agreed a deal for Al Kamel Systems, the Madrid-based supplier of graphics, data processes and timekeeping to the motor sports industry, to support its broadcast with timekeeping, TV graphic…
SA Rugby comes out fighting for exclusivity amid regulatory overhaul
Jurie Roux, chief executive of South Africa Rugby, has pushed back against proposals from the country’s broadcast regulator, ICASA, that would impose restrictions on media-rights contracts.
Abu Dhabi Media takes UFC Arabia to StarzPlay SVOD subscribers
Pay-television broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has agreed a carriage deal with subscription video-on-demand service StarzPlay to further widen coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Middle East…