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Pac-12 Sports Available On The ‘YouTube Of China’ With Alibaba Deal

In a quest to have its content delivered around the world, the Pac-12 is reaching across the Pacific Ocean to China. The conference has announced that Pac-12 Networks content will now be distributed across linear and digital channels by Alibaba through 2024. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the extended partnership is the availability of […]

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Facebook Weighs Premier League Rights Bid, Approach To Sports Live Streaming

Facebook’s entry to sports livestreaming, to date, has been piecemeal and tentative, either simulcasting a broadcaster’s feed of weekly Major League Baseball games or Champions League soccer matches or exclusively producing feeds for minor conference college football games or of sports outside the mainstream like snooker and surfing. Despite protestations from the company that a […]

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Hulu Forays Into Esports, Strikes Exclusive Content Deal With ESL

Esports company ESL announced Monday it is partnering with Hulu to bring its content to a streaming video on-demand service for the first time. Four new esports series developed and produced by ESL — gamified debate show Player v. Player, docu-series Bootcamp that follows CS: GO team The Immortals, Defining Moments for esports history, and […]

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