The 2018 FIFA World Cup starts in 10 days when host Russia kicks off against Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 14. But soccer fans won’t have...
The 2018 FIFA World Cup starts in 10 days when host Russia kicks off against Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 14. But soccer fans won’t have...
Spanish 2010 World Cup champion David Villa is joining up with Telemundo to boost the network’s coverage of this year’s tournament. Villa and his production company, Designated Player, will create content for the NBC-owned Spanish-language broadcaster. Villa will produce the video series Como Llegaron, which follows experiences of the Spanish and Portuguese national teams, plus those of eight […]
Youku, a Chinese streaming site owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has won Chinese digital streaming rights to the 2018 World Cup, according to media reports. The site entered into a partnership with state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), China’s exclusive World Cup broadcaster, according to Caixin Global, a Beijing-based media site. Youku is the second online […]
FIFA will permit in-game player tracking analysis and communication for the first time during this summer’s World Cup. A pair of optical tracking cameras will log positional data for every player and the ball. That data and the video will be accessible to every team via small handheld technologies. FIFA is allotting one tablet to […]