As per an SEC filing, Disney paid $900 million to Major League Baseball (MLB) earlier this month to buy out the league’s remaining 15% stake in the streaming firm BAMTech. Disney is now a 100% owner of the streaming company that powers Disney+ and the firm’s other consumer services. The SEC filing noted […]
FanCode to broadcast Bundesliga matches in India
DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has partnered with FanCode, India’s first multi-sport aggregator platform by Dream Sports, to show Bundesliga matches every week. With this exclusive multi-year partnership, FanCode becomes the destination for sports fans in India to experience comprehensive coverage of the Bundesliga, one of the world’s most popular sports leagues. For the first time, […]
DAZN has launched on Vodafone’s GIGATV in Germany
DAZN, the global sports streaming service, is now available to millions of customers on Vodafone’s GigaTV TV and entertainment platform in Germany. It’s the first of multiple partnerships integrations anticipated between DAZN and Vodafone as the businesses respond to customer demand for frictionless, richer viewing experiences. The DAZN app has launched on the “GigaTV 4K […]
LaLiga partners Mediapro to enhance viewing experience on Facebook Watch in India
LaLiga has partnered with Mediapro to enhance the viewing experience for the Indian Subcontinent on Facebook Watch. Given the security and mobility restrictions and the impossibility for both presenters and the show’s other pundits traveling to Barcelona, the programme had to reinvent itself through a group video call, mixing the three signals and creating a […]
LaLiga and the Danish Rights Alliance wins case on blocking of illegal live Sports
Following a collaboration between LaLiga and the Danish Rights Alliance, the high court of Denmark has ratified that the live sports service Rojadirecta is illegal and must be blocked by Danish ISPs. The Spanish company that administers Rojadirecta, Puerto 80 Projects SLU, appealed the district court’s ruling claiming that the site is not illegal, as […]
BeIN Sports pulls out of Seria A coverage post Saudi dispute
BeIN Sports has pulled its coverage from the air over a dispute with the Serie A league post WTO ruling and Saudi Arab cracking down on illegal streaming websites. Subscribers to the Qatar-owned network who tuned in to watch Saturday’s comeback match between Torino and Parma were greeted with blue screens and that continued for […]
Saudi Government to block 231 illegal streaming websites post WTO ruling
Days after WTO ruled Saudi government actively promoted and supported the beoutQ pirate operation since its beginning, the Saudi Authority For Intellectual Property has today announced strings of measure to target illegal streaming in the country. On their Twitter handle they tweeted: “Within the framework of the Kingdom’s efforts to reduce violations of rights, we […]