Tag: Sports

  • New Apple Sports App Lets Fans Better Keep Up With Their Favorite Teams

    New Apple Sports App Lets Fans Better Keep Up With Their Favorite Teams

    Apple has a new way for sports fans to stay in step with their favorite teams. The free Apple Sports app includes real-time scores, stats, and more for leagues currently in season like MLS, NBA, Men’s and Women’s NCAA basketball, NHL, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Liga MX, Ligue 1, Premier League, and Serie A. MLB, NFL, NCAAF,…

  • NBC Will Soon Use AI in Its Live Sports Productions

    NBC Will Soon Use AI in Its Live Sports Productions

    NBC is further incorporating artificial intelligence into its sports offerings. The TV network’s sports division, NBC Sports, said it has partnered with tech startup MOVRS to test its generative AI-enabled platform to “create more engaging content and visualizations” for its productions. This comes after NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine announced last month that it would start…

  • Could the ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports JV Get Snagged By Regulators?

    Could the ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports JV Get Snagged By Regulators?

    While the joint venture between Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch a new sports-centric streaming service may not be blocked by Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission, there are enough vocal companies affected by the deal that it could see some hurdles. That’s the opinion of Blair Levin, a former…

  • Max Will Now Stream Live Sports in Dolby Vision

    Max Will Now Stream Live Sports in Dolby Vision

    Sports are about to look better on Max. The streaming service on Tuesday said its live sports offerings on the B/R Sports add-on will now be available in Dolby Vision, the brand name for 4K HDR video format. Max is the first streamer to offer live sports in Dolby Vision, the company added. Dolby Vision…

  • Tubi is Adding More Live & Free Sports With Liga MX and Liga MX Feminil Live Soccer Matches

    Tubi is Adding More Live & Free Sports With Liga MX and Liga MX Feminil Live Soccer Matches

    Tubi, Fox’s free ad-supported streamer, will stream Mexico’s top professional soccer league matches. The platform released its slate of 2024 Liga MX and Liga MX Feminil live sports tournaments for the 2024 season. Liga MX Clausura matches will feature teams including Santos Laguna, Club Tijuana, and Club Atlético de San Luis. The first match will…

  • The ESPN, FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Bundle Will Reportedly Cost More Than $30

    The ESPN, FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Bundle Will Reportedly Cost More Than $30

    The monster sports bundle between Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery will likely cost more than $30 a month, CNBC reported on Wednesday. The companies announced the joint venture a day earlier, with the intent to launch the standalone service in the fall. The so-called skinny bundle of 14 cable channels would offer…

  • Eurovision Sports Launches a Free Live Streaming Service Available Worldwide

    Eurovision Sports Launches a Free Live Streaming Service Available Worldwide

    The European Broadcasting Union, an alliance of more than a hundred public service media organizations, on Monday launched Eurovision Sports, its first direct-to-consumer streaming service hosting free coverage of live sporting events that anyone can access. Eurovision Sport will work with the EBU’s network of public service members to provide audiences with complete coverage of…

  • NBC is Tapping AI to Help Power a New Sports Streaming Service

    NBC is Tapping AI to Help Power a New Sports Streaming Service

    NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine and production company Pixellot are teaming up to stream amateur and youth sports with assistance from artificial intelligence. SportsEngine Play — SportsEngine’s new sports subscription service — will offer Pixellot’s AI-automated cameras to local sports venues. Streaming games via Pixellot’s cameras will cut costs and improve streaming quality, according to Sports…

  • Right Now TV Strikes New Sports Deal

    Right Now TV Strikes New Sports Deal

    Right Now TV announced a new partnership with the International Football Alliance, IFA, an American football minor league that operates in the U.S. and Mexico. The sports network said on Tuesday it would start broadcasting the IFA’s regular season, playoff, and championship games as well as coaching clinics and team tryouts in 2025. The games…

  • Warner Bros. Discovery Rebrands Its Sports Division As TNT Sports

    Warner Bros. Discovery Rebrands Its Sports Division As TNT Sports

    Warner Bros. Discovery has given its sports division a new name. The media company rebranded WBD Sports as TNT Sports in the United States. This comes after Warner Bros. Discovery rebranded the division in the United Kingdom and Latin America. This comes as more media companies are investing in live sports to draw in viewers.…