NEW YORK — ESPN Films and Netflix are teaming up on a jointly produced docuseries that will feature Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty. The 10-hour, 10-part film, The Last Dance, will draw on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from the franchise’s sixth and final NBA title of the decade […]
The inaugural season of the NBA 2K League tipped off from the league’s studio in New York on May 1. As an esports attorney and a fan, I was lucky enough to get inside the 200-person venue for the first ever matchups in the new league. And when the action finally finished, I headed home […]
Live coverage of college football, men’s basketball and wrestling is coming the social streaming service Twitch. Although better known for being the place fans can watch esports, a new Twitch sports channel offered by Stadium will add traditional sports content to that mix. The newly-launched channel (https://www.twitch.tv/stadium) will include exclusive live games and events, real-time sports […]
NEW YORK — Before the Perform Group launches its over-the-top sports platform in the U.S. this summer, the company studied the existing media rights deals in all of the leagues and sports. It saw an opening: boxing. “We need one thing we can become the home of,” says Perform Group CEO Simon Denyer. “As we […]
At the beginning of this year, Intel Sports upgraded the cameras it had been using to capture virtual reality content. At the Intel Global Summit in Palm Springs, Calif., on Tuesday, Altia Systems, the company behind those new cameras, officially unveiled both its new hardware and its link up with True VR. True VR, Intel’s […]
