SportBusiness Media staff

Multi-sport

SportsTribal TV, a free, ad-supported sports streaming service that will use Red Bee Media’s OTT platform, is to launch later this year.
Multi-sport

Eir has removed its sports channels from the platforms of Virgin Media in an escalation of the dispute between the Irish telecoms operators
Football

German media company Sportainment Medien, the parent company of German subscription broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball, has developed a ‘dynamic live atmosphere’ generator to enhance television broadcasts of …
Football

Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the Canadian Premier League top-tier football competition
Cricket

James Warburton, chief executive of Seven West Media, owner of the Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network, has called on Cricket Australia to provide more clarity on its plans for the summer season…
Football

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland will provide ultra high-definition coverage of 68 football matches from the top two Bundesliga competitions during the 2020-21 season – twice as many a…
Football

Subscription OTT streaming service DAZN will broadcast Bundesliga matches in Germany next season, following uncertainty caused by the impact of a rights dispute between the German Football League (DFL)…
Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired the exclusive global media rights for Sri Lanka Cricket in a three-year deal from 2020 to 2023
Motorsport

International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across the African continent to Extreme E, the electric off-road motoring series scheduled to debut in 2021
Football

The English Football League and its domestic broadcaster, Sky, are reportedly in talks to allow clubs to livestream all matches on their own websites in the 2020-21 season