Rising sports programming costs could have consumers crying foul. Nearly half of the monthly cable or satellite bill goes to sports channels. Escalating prices are triggering worries that subscribers will start walking away someday. The owners of baseball’s Dodgers were expected to receive US$6-billionplus for the TV rights to their team’s games. That may be a big win for the home team, but consumers won’t be doing high-fives once they see their pay-TV bills. The average household … [Read more...] about Sports content: the evolution, cost and popularity
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SPI International / FILMBOX Channels Group reach the Caribbean
SPI International / FILMBOX Channels Group offer a portfolio of TV channels featuring sports, fashion, lifestyle, documentary and music programming. Some of the channels are already carried by Green Dot, the provider of innovative telecommunications and technology-based services in Trinidad & Tobago and Grenada. More operators are already in the process of adding up SPI's channels. “Our channel offer is very diverse, so are the target groups and audiences we are serving. Our two sports … [Read more...] about SPI International / FILMBOX Channels Group reach the Caribbean
UEFA EURO 2016 in Ultra HD
Paris / Rome– The first quarter-final of the UEFA EURO 2016 marked the kick-off of seven matches that Rai, Italy’s national public broadcaster, and Eutelsat (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) are offering Italian TV homes. The initiative with Eutelsat marks Rai’s most ambitious foray into Ultra HD that represents the next big leap forward in broadcasting. Images of the match were filmed by 14 Ultra HD cameras located by UEFA at the Vélodrome Stadium in Marseilles and sent to the International … [Read more...] about UEFA EURO 2016 in Ultra HD
Toggle partners Eleven Sports
Singapore– Following the success of a recent partnership to provide UEFA EURO 2016 to local football fans, Toggle and Eleven Sports Network have inked a landmark, multi-year partnership to offer a selection of the highly popular Premier League, as well as a wide range of international football and other sports content anytime, anywhere. Eleven Sports’ coverage of the Premier League on Toggle will be specially curated making a selection of highly rated matches available to football fans, with … [Read more...] about Toggle partners Eleven Sports
Cricket Festival in Mumbai
Mumbai- Ten Sports Network brings a four-month long uninterrupted Cricket Festival to the cricket-crazy Indian sub-continent. While fans are treated to spectacular cricketing shots from top international players, Ten Sports Network has roped in major sponsorship deals with Micromax as the presenting sponsor for the Festival, Gillette and FOGG as the co-presenters and Kent RO as the studio sponsor for Straight Drive - Ten Sports Network’s popular cricket analysis show presented pre-match, during … [Read more...] about Cricket Festival in Mumbai
MSC and PRIME partner
Prime Entertainment Group just finalized a new package deal with My Sports Channel for 11 territories including France, Belgium, Switzerland and Portugal. MSC picked up the Jessica Smith Collection 5x60’ and 17 more episodes from the series Fitness First Class 72x60’. Due to the success of the series Fitness First Class another 9 episodes have been produced since the beginning of the year. … [Read more...] about MSC and PRIME partner
