Tokyo, Japan– WOWOW announced its first batch of para-athletes appearing in Who I Am, a para-athlete sports documentary series, in collaboration with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), as part of a five-year agreement leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The series will focus on the stories of a number of para-athletes following their journey to the Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018, and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The eight athletes first up to appear include Daniel Dias, … [Read more...] about Who I Am – sports doc series
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Singtel TV’s Home of Football
Singtel TV’s Home of Football gains huge momentum with football fans making mio Stadium the number 1 channel on Singtel TV during Premier League season. Premier League matches have been the top performing programmes on Singtel TV with an average of 378,000 viewers tuning in. With the ease of viewing content anytime, anywhere, Over-The-Top (OTT) viewing has increased tremendously with 57% of live viewing traffic and almost 4 million Singtel TV GO streams viewed via personal devices. mio … [Read more...] about Singtel TV’s Home of Football
Eleven Sports appoints director
Singapore– Eleven Sports Network has announced the appointment of Fang Ye Ting as Director of Finance and Administration for Singapore. Fang joins a burgeoning Eleven its operations across Asia in the future. Based in the network’s Singapore office, Fang will begin her role immediately and will report directly to Asia Managing Director Joyee Biswas. Having led the Financial Planning and Analysis team at ESPN Star Sports, and subsequently Fox International Channels for 18 years, Fang is a … [Read more...] about Eleven Sports appoints director
Zig Zag and V9 sign doc deal
London / Leicester- Zig Zag Productions announced an agreement with Leicester City and Jamie Vardy’s V9 Academy to produce a TV documentary series. Jamie Vardy’s Having an Academy (3 x 60’) will follow the hottest name in English football as he seeks to discover non league talent and promote them to the professional game whilst providing them with a unique educational experience into what it takes to play at the sport’s top level. The V9 Academy will hold its first intake of players in May … [Read more...] about Zig Zag and V9 sign doc deal
deltatre and DataStadium partner
Turin, Italy- Sports digital and broadcast firm deltatre have struck a commercial deal with Tokyo-based sports data provider DataStadium. The two will act as partners for the delivery of innovative sport solutions to enhance the digital and broadcast content offering across the Japanese market. Under the deal, deltatre and DataStadium will join forces to help Japanese Broadcasters, Federations and Leagues to locally amplify their audience – and notably create immersive First and Second Screen … [Read more...] about deltatre and DataStadium partner
MP & Silva and Dorna WSBK announce acquisition deal
Dorna WSBK Organization, the commercial rights holders of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship, and MP & Silva, an international media rights company, have announced a five-year media rights acquisition deal for WSBK in all territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, excluding Brazil. Via the agreement with Dorna WSBK, MP & Silva add a new sporting category to its extensive portfolio of sports media rights. The eni FIM Superbike World Championship is one of the top motorcycle … [Read more...] about MP & Silva and Dorna WSBK announce acquisition deal