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Can Eleven Sports Disrupt the UK Sports Video Landscape?

Alistair Taylor

19 Jul 2018

Allsvenskan

broadcasters

Eleven Sports is a global sports content provider intent on global expansion. Already established in Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan and the US. Eleven is systematically acquiring...

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Ego and Digital Disruption Drive S4 Capital and 21st Century Fox To Shore Up for the Future

Tim Mulligan

11 Jul 2018

21st Century Fox

Comcast

Fox

Today’s increased bid by 21 st Century Fox for the 60.5% of Sky which it does not currently own comes the day after media company S4 Capital successfully won the bidding war for Dutch creative agency...

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Facebook deal with the English Premier League concerns traditional broadcasters

Alistair Taylor

10 Jul 2018

Amazon

BBC

broadcasters

Facebook, the latest tech major to get involved with sports streaming, last week agreed its first ever rights deal with the English Premier league (EPL). This deal signified another step towards the transition...

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Corporate Mergers and the Battle for Fandom

Zach Fuller

22 Jun 2018

Comcast

corporate mergers

Disney

Back in 1999, the Cluetrain Manifesto appeared across the nascent web as a predictive gospel of what this new technology meant for commerce. Still revered among software entrepreneurs, the ebook outlined...

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Telcos, Media, and the Battle for Monopsony

Tim Mulligan

14 Jun 2018

AT & T

Comcast

Disney

This week has seen the culmination of unprecedented moves in the realignment of the Telco and media ecosystems. In October 2016 AT&T, the largest US Telco, put in a bid to acquire content conglomerate...

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Why Amazon is Getting into English Premier League Football

Tim Mulligan

7 Jun 2018

Amazon

Amazon Prime Video

Today is a historic day for the English Premier League, the most followed and the most valuable football league internationally. Back in February, when the 2019–2022 EPL domestic rights were auctioned...

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Why Comcast is bidding for Sky

Mark Mulligan

27 Feb 2018

Amazon

Comcast

FCC

In a dramatic development Tuesday, US telco giant Comcast announced it is bidding £22.1 billion ($31 billion) for UK pay-TV operator Sky. This is a 16% premium to the existing takeover bid currently undergoing...

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The Sports Bubble Has Finally Burst for The English Premier League

Tim Mulligan

14 Feb 2018

English Premier League

Pay TV

Yesterday the English Premier League (EPL) announced the winners of its triennial domestic TV broadcast rights. As expected the two incumbent rights holders (Sky and BT) retained their privileges to cover...

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The Premier League Faces Some Tough Choices What Ever Happens With This Week's Broadcast Rights Bids

Tim Mulligan

8 Feb 2018

NFL

Online video

This is a big week for the English Premier League with the bid submissions for the 2019-2022 broadcast rights due to be delivered tomorrow. The Premier League is the world’s most lucrative football league,...

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Quick Take: Amazon, the Premier League and Next Gen Sports Frameworks

Zach Fuller

5 Jan 2018

Amazon

Media

next gen monetisation

In a move long anticipated by MIDiA , Amazon are rumoured to be in the running for Premier League streaming rights. Although they are unlikely to be alone in this endeavour (both Facebook and Google have...

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In the Social Media Age, the Traditional Media Paradigm No Longer Applies

Tim Mulligan

20 Sep 2017

21st Century Fox

Facebook media

Media

The recent decision by Karen Bradley, the UK Culture Secretary, to refer 21stCentury Fox’s bid to take over Sky Plc to the Competition and Markets Authority is a stark reminder of the lag time between...

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Quick Take: Twenty-First Century Fox Makes Its Move on Sky

Tim Mulligan

9 Dec 2016

Amazon Prime

Pay TV

Sky

Today’s announcement of the tender offer by Twenty-First Century Fox to buy up the remainder of Sky Plc which it doesn’t currently own could be one of the most pronounced outcomes of Brexit for the...

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Sports Content Comes To Basic Sky Subscription Packages

Tim Mulligan

18 Mar 2016

live sports

Online video

Pay TV

Today Sky announced that it is making a selection of sports content available to basic package subscribers. A new channel called Sky Sports Mix launching this summer will bring a range of sports content...

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Sky Gets Serious About Virtual Reality

Tim Mulligan

17 Mar 2016

0th Century Fox

Sky

sky vr studio

Today Sky announced that it has created an in-house unit dedicated to Virtual Reality (VR) content production called Sky VR Studio. This underlines the importance with which Europe’s largest pay-TV company...

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