SIS appoints RFL’s Simon Johnson as new Chair
Sports Information Services (SIS) has hired the current Chair of the Rugby Football League (RFL), Simon Johnson, as its new Chair.Johnson, who joined the...
Cheltenham 2021 opening day nets record viewership
The first day of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival drew in a record average audience, with free-to-air broadcaster ITV drawing in 1.1 million viewers, as...
Stats Perform enhances WTA coverage with Sportradar
Stats Perform has announced a collaboration with Sportradar with a view to broadening the coverage of official match data provided by the WTA –...
Cheltenham Festival 2021 forecast for decade-high viewership peak
The 2021 Cheltenham Festival has been forecast to net its biggest viewing audience for 10 years, with fans unable to attend the live event,...
Sports piracy costing rights holders $28.3b a year, report finds
Sports rights holders and streaming services have lost around $28.3 billion due to piracy, new research by Synamedia and Ampere Analysis has found.The report, titled ‘Pricing...
DCMS calls for justification over the BBC’s venture into MMA
The UK government has called on the BBC to justify its broadcast arrangement with mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Bellator amid the current debate...
Channel 4 England Test coverage brings in nine million viewers
Channel 4’s coverage of England’s four-Test series against India, which spelled defeat for England, reached nine million viewers across all matches, the Daily Mail...
ESPN secure seven-year NHL broadcasting agreement
Disney-owned sports media network ESPN has secured a seven-year contract with the National Hockey League, confirming reports which surfaced on 9 March.The agreement will...
DAZN holds Persidera talks to enhance Serie A rights bid
Digital sports streaming service DAZN has entered into discussions with Italian media company Persidera SpA over renting digital frequencies to ‘boost its broadcasting power...
UEFA opens bidding process for official data collectors
European football governing body UEFA has initiated the bidding process for the collection of official match data for the 2021 to 2024 cycle.Prospective bidders...