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If you've ever sat through a club's end-of-season review, you'll know the drill. A coach pulls out a folder of notes, someone half-remembers what a player was like back in Round 3 and a parent quietly wonders what they actually got for their rego fees beyond a team photo. Football club platform…
AI-powered camera technology has moved another step closer to mainstream sports broadcasting. This comes after it was deployed for the international tactical feed of the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The system, supplied by Broadcast Solutions, combined…
Yahoo Sports and Apple TV have announced a partnership to deliver alternate broadcasts of select Friday Night Baseball and MLS games on the Yahoo Sports website and app, featuring commentary
beIN SPORTS deployed Skyline Communications’ DataMiner xOps platform during the FIFA World Cup 2026 to manage live media streams across multiple operational teams. The platform provided a centralized view of
Telemundo has acquired exclusive U.S. Spanish-language media rights to the Serie A Championship, Coppa Italia, and Supercoppa Italiana for three seasons beginning with 2026/27 through 2028/29. Coverage will air across
A landmark anniversary for Sportcast, the broadcast subsidiary of the Bundesliga (formerly known as the Deutsche Fußball Liga – DFL), is a chance to reflect on past achievements and look
Sportradar has expanded its partnership with Polymarket, extending its sports data, streaming and integrity services to the prediction market platform across more than 20 leagues and competitions. The expanded US agreement adds properties including the Bundesliga, Euroleague Basketball, Chinese…
The National Women’s Soccer League and Roku have announced an expanded partnership, with the Roku Sports Channel becoming the exclusive streaming home of eight Sunday Night NWSL matches during the
Introducing the Bundesliga’s latest showcase of technological innovation, Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) CEO Steffen Merkel put the emphasis firmly on AI. “AI is not just another tech trend for us,”
After terminating its rights agreement with free streaming platform Victory+, the NWSL has found a new home for its Sunday Night Soccer matches: The Roku Channel, one of the biggest free streaming services. Roku will carry eight matches this season, starting Aug. 30, and it will have a package of…
The NWSL has found a new home for its Sunday-night package, expanding its relationship with Roku to place exclusive matches on the Roku Sports Channel through the end of the
DAZN has renewed its Serie A broadcast rights in the UK and Ireland for the 2026/27 season. The agreement ensures that every Serie A match will continue to be available on the platform for viewers in the UK and Ireland throughout the upcoming campaign. During each round of fixtures, seven matches…
From host-broadcaster and rightsholder support in June and July to MLS, NWSL, USL, Leagues Cup, Super League, and All-Star Week in Charlotte, the company’s soccer docket hasn’t slowed down For
YouTube star KSI, DAZN and Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club have agreed a broadcast and distribution partnership for the 2026/27 season designed to bring supporters closer to the action than
LaLiga has renewed broadcast agreements with ESPN and DSports covering Spanish-language rights across South America through the end of the 2031/32 season. The deals cover Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Vivaro deployed Appear’s X20 Platform to process and transport live video during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, supporting broadcasters and streaming platforms in Canada, the U.S., Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador,
Live spectacles ranging from the Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup to the Oscars and Grammys command enormous global audiences — and in a media landscape more fragmented and fiercely
The Pac-12 has announced that home Olympic sports broadcasts throughout the fall season will be available free on the conference’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/pac12. Coverage includes women’s soccer, men’s soccer,
The CSN co-founder details its ‘network and affiliate’ model, how creator windows are structured, why the 2026 FIFA World Cup should settle the cannibalization debate As leagues and rightsholders look
Appear’s X Platform supported what the company describes as Chile’s first large-scale cloud-based 4K FIFA World Cup distribution workflow, helping Chilevisión and ClaroVTR deliver a 4K UHD channel to subscribers
