Twitter wants to be taken seriously as a major player in sports. The social media site announced new content collaborations on Monday with a number of leagues and sports media companies, headlined by ESPN through an elaborate content and revenue-sharing partnership with The Walt Disney Company. Twitter and Disney said they plan to work closely […]
Streaming sports online can sometimes come with a heavy price. That’s what a British man named Waqas Rasheed discovered last week when he was found guilty of infringing the copyright of Europe’s Sky satellite TV network. Like most television networks that carry live sports coverage, Sky pays billions of dollars to professional leagues and clubs […]
Basketball is increasingly an international sport, with leagues in Europe and Asia producing talented players who make an impact on NBA courts. To maximize that international presence in the digital realm, the league hired Perform, a digital media and content management company. The multiyear partnership will bring Perform’s content expertise to bear on the NBA’s […]
NBA Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Steph Curry is relaunching his YouTube channel after a four-year hiatus with a new web series called 5 Minutes From Home. In a trailer video posted to his account on Wednesday, Curry said the short-form show, which begins May 1, will include interviews with a revolving set of surprise guests, […]
PlaySight, the cloud-based video and analytics platform used by professional teams and athletes for training, has raised $21 million in a Series C funding round that includes investment from SoftBank, the Japanese giant that has been building a diverse portfolio of tech startups. SoftBank, through its $100 billion Vision Fund that it established in 2016 […]
