Throughout the 2017 season, Major League Lacrosse will now be live streaming its “MLL Game of the Week” on Twitter. The broadcast will be a simulcast of games already appearing on Lax Sports Network, a digital video network and subscription service. In March, the National Lacrosse League and Twitter also inked a two-year exclusive streaming rights partnership for […]
Nearly a month after losing its NFL live streaming deal to Amazon, Twitter touted some key figures from the live sports programming it has left. In its Q1 2017 letter to shareholders, the social media platform revealed that its live streaming of early-round PGA TOUR LIVE, which it won the exclusive streaming rights earlier this year, has […]
Sportsrocket launched a new platform last month called Sportsrocket Turbine that will allow broadcast rights-holders to share content across various digital platforms. The program will allow distribution companies to show content on all social media platforms including YouTube, Periscope, Twitch and Facebook. The Arena Football League used Sportsrocket to broadcast its opening weekend starting April 7. […]
Former NBA Commissioner David Stern won’t submit to using the word “disruption” when it comes to the latest technology company that he has invested in and is also advising. With the newly-launched live streaming platform SportsCastr.Live, which includes other investors like Washington Redskins tight end Vernon Davis and Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim, Stern utilized […]
Over-the-top digital platform 120 Sports along with Sinclair Broadcast Group and Silver Chalice are combining as equity partners around a multi-platform sports network, it was recently announced. The new initiative will be a combination of linear broadcast and digital. Additionally, the new network will leverage Sinclair’s American Sports Network’s (ASN) distribution, Silver Chalice’s Campus Insiders’ live collegiate games […]
