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Alibaba signs exclusive 6-year deal with UEFA for AI services and 360-degree replay technology across Champions League, Europa League and Euro 2028.
Swiss broadcaster Canal Alpha has deployed Harmonic’s award-winning, software-based XOS Advanced Media Processor to modernize playout operations across cantons in French-speaking Switzerland. Harnessing AI-powered compression, the XOS media processor enables
This weekend (31 May 2026), the gold medal game of the 2026 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, with host broadcaster
Tennis is a game of patterns, momentum and marginal gains. As artificial intelligence begins to unlock the sport’s deepest data, those patterns are no longer just analysed – they are being translated, visualised and, increasingly, predicted in real time. Patrick Mostboeck, Senior Vice President…
In today’s fragmented sports-media landscape, access to the game is no longer enough. For broadcasters, leagues, and digital platforms alike, the real battleground has shifted to how the game is
Genius Sports Limited (“Genius Sports”), a global leader in real-time sports data, has struck an exclusive, multi-year technology and AI partnership with the Swiss Football League, the governing body of the Brack Super League and dieci Challenge League. This agreement executes upon Genius Sports’…
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a multi-year partnership renewal with DAZN DACH, covering Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. DAZN DACH will broadcast live PFL Global events alongside
Sportradar has secured a multi-year agreement with Liga Nacional de Basquete to manage data, betting and integrity services across Brazil’s top basketball competitions. The agreement grants Sportradar worldwide audiovisual betting and gaming rights, along with betting data collection and…
With most of its clients already offering both online sports betting and casino, Sportradar views Playradar as a natural progression.
Sportradar has extended its agreement with the German Football Association for DFB-Pokal data and streaming rights from the 2026/27 season. The multi-year deal covers exclusive betting data and audiovisual streaming rights for all DFB-Pokal matches outside the DACH region, alongside non-exclusive…
Sportradar has released a new report, Innovation in Sports Media: The Next Era of Sports Viewing, examining how the sports viewing experience in the U.S. is evolving across broadcast and
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced an agreement with Sportradar for global betting data and streaming rights. Under the deal, Sportradar becomes the PFL’s official betting data and streaming
SRF, the Swiss public broadcaster, has taken a strategic step forward in its live production workflow by introducing JPEG XS compression and Media Pro App functionality on its existing Nimbra
Riot Games has unveiled the opening brackets and match schedule for the VALORANT Masters Santiago Playoffs. A live draw was held after the conclusion of the Swiss Stage, with the regional first seeds getting the opportunity to select their opponents. To decide the matchups, all Swiss Stage teams…
Reigning VALORANT Champion NRG and fellow Americas team G2 Esports have secured the final Playoffs slots at VALORANT Masters Santiago. As a result, their respective Swiss Stage opponents, Team Liquid (EMEA) and T1 (Pacific), have been eliminated from the first global VCT event of the year. NRG…
Esports tournament organiser ESL FACEIT Group has been appointed as the operator of the 2026 eMLS Cup, an EA Sports FC tournament hosted by Major League Soccer (MLS). The tournament will feature all 30 MLS clubs, each fielding a player who will compete in a Swiss stage from March 7th to 8th. Of the…
VALORANT Champions 2024 winner EDward Gaming and fellow VCT China representative Xi Lai Gaming have been eliminated from VALORANT Masters Santiago. The two Chinese teams lost their respective Swiss Stage matches against Pacific’s T1 and Americas team G2 Esports, which remain in the running for the…
VCT Pacific’s Paper Rex and EMEA team Gentle Mates have qualified for the VALORANT Masters Santiago Playoffs thanks to their undefeated Swiss Stage runs. As a result, their opponents, Americas representative NRG and EMEA’s Team Liquid, must survive another round of Swiss Stage matches to secure one…
Riot Games has revealed that it made a mistake during the live draw for the second Swiss stage matches of VALORANT Masters Santiago that are set to commence today (February 2nd). During yesterday’s live broadcast, a team was placed in the wrong position, resulting in the incorrect placement of the…
Day two at VALORANT Masters Santiago saw VCT Americas giant G2 Esports and Pacific’s T1 suffer 0-2 sweeps in their opening matches. Meanwhile, Paper Rex (Pacific) and Team Liquid (EMEA) scored their first victories in Chile and will face NRG and Gentle Mates in their respective Swiss Stage winners’…
