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FanDuel and Main Street Sports Group, owner of FanDuel Sports Network, the largest holder of local sports media rights, announce the launch of Bet Tracking, an interactive viewing feature that
Euroleague Basketball has announced a new collaboration with the anti-piracy affiliate of Sportian to protect its competitions against piracy and boost the integrity of its international broadcast offering. Using Piracy Guard services, based on technology from LALIGA, Euroleague Basketball will be…
Tissot has expanded its support of FIBA and the global basketball community by becoming an official partner of eFIBA, starting with the upcoming Season 4. The Swiss brand will benefit from a primarily digital presence, including being featured prominently across eFIBA’s social channels, as well as…
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Behind The Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s
When Amazon Prime Video inked a massive 11-year deal for NBA media rights in July 2024, it tapped Game Creek Video — which also built the streamer’s Prime One and
Behind the amazing action of Spain’s premier basketball league lies a sophisticated media infrastructure that captures, manages, and distributes content to millions of fans worldwide. Liga Endesa (ACB) relies on
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, ESPN sees most watched NBA game
Genius Sports Limited has struck a new partnership with FanDuel Sports Network to provide brands with the first nationwide intelligent content platform to build meaningful connections with U.S. sports fans.
This Friday marks a new high point in Amazon Prime Video’s live-sports journey. The streamer will deliver its largest single-day slate of live sports programming to date. The roughly 15-hour
The 2025 SVG Summit is only three weeks away and the day two sessions, set for Dec. 16 on the third floor of the New York Hilton Hotel, will feature
Basketball Austria has partnered with ScorePlay to create a centralized digital media hub connecting the Basketball Superliga, the Austrian national teams, and 3×3 basketball under one unified ecosystem. The collaboration
beIN MEDIA GROUP announces the renewal of its broadcast partnership with the NBA to air games across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The renewal builds on beIN and
Disney, ESPN, and the NBA are teaming up once again to present Dunk the Halls on Christmas Day – the second annual real-time, animated NBA game using Sony’s Beyond Sports
ScorePlay has become the official multimedia asset management platform of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB). With more than 3,600 clubs and over 440,000 federated players, FEB oversees one of Europe’s most dynamic basketball ecosystems,
Beginning with games on Nov. 1, NBA referees are using headsets to communicate in real time with one another and the NBA Replay Center. The rollout is the first in
The ESPN NBA studio in Los Angeles recently introduced technological enhancements, including Virtual Reality 2.0 for the NBA Countdown and NBA Today analysts. The VR technology takes fans into a
Gray Media announces an agreement with the Ohio Valley Conference (“OVC”) to broadcast OVC basketball across 20 Gray markets in five states. As part of the Conference’s multi-year contract with
After a nearly 18-month hiatus, the NBA 2K League has risen from the ashes with a wholly revamped format that is being described as an “immersive entertainment ecosystem centered on
