Football distribution revenues in Latin America tumbled by close to 40% last year, with only limited signs of improvement in 2021, according to analysis by Dataxis. According to the research outfit, football generated US$900 million across the region in 2020, down by 38% in dollars. Although 2021 is expected to be a recovery year, the […]
Spanish football league La Liga has launched new FanCam tech to provide an enhanced experience for housebound viewers. The league said that it has installed new cameras – FanCams – at either end of each of the LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank grounds, with the aim to give fans “a closer and more personalised experience […]
Disney-owned ESPN has confirmed that its streaming service ESPN+ will broadcast more than 300 matches from the upcoming Bundesliga season when it kicks off next month. ESPN initially signed a deal with the German football league last year, and has just announced additional details of its coverage across its streamer and linear channels. The US$5.99 […]
European football governing body UEFA has announced plans for the return of the continent’s top club football competition the Champions League. With leagues around Europe either scrambling to finish their seasons – eg. Germany and England – or being curtailed altogether – such as France and the Netherlands – the status of the Champions League […]
LaLiga champions FC Barcelona have launched a new SVOD called Barça TV+. The club will hope that it can build on its online base of over 350 million followers to create a successful subscription streaming product that “offers fans personalised experiences and content while also boosting this new line of business, which is expected to […]
Following news that the German Bundesliga will resume after a 61-day hiatus, UK rights holder BT Sport has announced that it will broadcast all of the season’s remaining matches. Starting with the Revierderby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke at 2:30pm on May 16, BT said that it will broadcast every match for the remainder of […]
With the sporting world seemingly brought to a halt, broadcasters have turned to an unlikely source for live content: Belarus. As reported by Reuters, the Belarus Football Federation (ABFF) has signed deals with broadcasters from countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Israel and India as the league continues to play. The little-known Belarusian Premier League is […]
Iconic Spanish football club Real Madrid has launched a channel on Amazon-owned video game streamer Twitch. The channel was launched to coincide with La Liga’s esports tournament which attracted more than a million viewers and happened to be won by Real Madrid striker Marco Asensio. A sports team operating a Twitch channel is not a […]
Football in England will not resume before April 30. In a joint statement from the FA, Premier League, EFL, the women’s professional game, the PFA and LMA, the bodies have indefinitely pushed back from the initial April 3 resumption date. The statement also says that the FA has agreed to not enforce its rule that […]
Gambling firms in the UK have been violating the FA’s Saturday broadcast blackout rules, claims a new report. According to i, Brits have been able to access live streams of La Liga, Seria A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 games through betting companies bet365, Paddy Power and Ladbrokes during the two-and-a-half-hour blackout window between 14:45-17:15 on […]
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