Hotbird 13°E – Fox Sport secures Bundesliga rights in Italy

June 29, 2016 • Tags: #bundesligaliveontv #liveonsatfootball

Fox Sports has announced that it has acquired the exclusive multimedia rights for German Bundesliga until 2021. The rights packages purchased by Fox Sports will see it show games across its pay-TV channel, on-demand service, and mobile and web portals. Fox Sports already holds the rights for Spain’s La Liga, the Dutch Eredivisie, the English FA Cup, the Atletic’s Diamonds League, American MLB, UFC… “Acquiring the Bundesliga rights for next four years confirms that we are the home of the best European football leagues,” said Marco Foroni, managing director of Fox Sports Italy. “Our multi-year investment is an important signal … Continue Reading

Astra 28.2°E – Eurosport is the first pay-TV broadcaster to air Wimbledon in UK history

June 23, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfreetoair #liveonsattennis

The Championships, commonly known as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, been held at the All England Club in London, since 1877. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass. Wimbledon is widely considered as the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. Wimbledon Championships 2016 are scheduled to begin on 27 June 2016 and bring the best of tennis over next two weeks, culminating with the single’s finals. The most succesful players in Wimbledon’s history are Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and William Renshaw with 7 titles … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E- 350 hours of Wimbledon 2016 on Sky Germany

June 23, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfreetoair #liveonsattennis

Wimbledon 2016 satellite TV schedule The Championships, commonly known as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, been held at the All England Club in London, since 1877. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass. Wimbledon is widely considered as the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. Wimbledon Championships 2016 are scheduled to begin on 27 June 2016 and bring the best of tennis over next two weeks, culminating with single’s finals. The most succesful players in Wimbledon’s history are Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and William … Continue Reading

Livestream – YouTube will cover Spain’s Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional (LFP)

June 10, 2016

Great news for football fans! A number of matches from the LFP World Challenge, Spain’s top-tier football pre-season tour, will be shown on the online video platform (Youtube) later this summer, with a number of highlights packages and behind the scenes content. The Official YouTube channel of the Spanish football league surpased the one-million subscriber mark this year. The broadcasts will include matches featuring Real Sociedad and SD Eibar, who will travel to a North American pre-season tour and RCD Espanyol who will visit Bolivia. According Laliga.es, the first games to be broadcast live will be San Jose Earthquakes v … Continue Reading

Livestream – Facebook will cover La Liga

June 10, 2016 • Tags: #footballapps #footballliveontv

On April 12th, Facebook announced UK based start–up Grabyo backed by Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas and Tony Parker, as an official live streaming partner. This means rights holders, broadcasters and publishers can use Grabyo platform to distribute broadcast-quality streams directly into the world’s largest and most famous social platform. La Liga will become the first European football league to globally broadcast a match on Facebook Live. The Spanish Women’s first Division fixture between top of the league Atletico Madrid and third placed Athletic on Saturday 28 May will become the first European football league to globally broadcast a match on … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E – RTL extends Germany football national team TV rights

June 10, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsat #liveonsatfootball #liveonsatfreetoair

After 3 succesful years, German commercial broadcaster RTL has extended the rights for German national football team qualifiers ahead of the Uefa Euro 2020 and Fifa 2022 World Cup tournaments. The live rights cover 28 of 40 Germany matches between 2018 and 2022, including the new Uefa Nations League competition. RTL will also cover all test matches from this period. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper, RTL will pay an around €5m per game. RTL already has rights for 10 Germany qualifiers ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Next RTL coverage will be on 4. September against … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E – Copa America Centenario Kabel Eins, Sat.1 and ran.de schedule

June 10, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsat #liveonsatfootball #liveonsatfreetoair

The Copa América Centenario is a scheduled international men’s association football tournament due to be held for the first time in 100 year history in the United States between 3rd and 26th June. Copa Amenica Centenario satellite TV schedule The competition is a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and the Copa América and will feature an expanded field of 16 teams (an increase from the usual 12), with all ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF. The tournament is purely ceremonial; the winner of this tournament will not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, as … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E – Where to watch Copa America Centenario in Germany?

June 10, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfootball

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Copa America Livestream and satellite TV schedule The Copa América Centenario is a scheduled international men’s association football tournament due to be held for the first time in 100 year history in United States between 3rd and 26th June. The competition is a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and the Copa América and will feature an expanded field of 16 teams (an increase from the usual 12), with all ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF. The tournament is purely ceremonial; the winner of this tournament will not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, … Continue Reading

Astra 28.2°E – BBC Scotland and Scotland Premier Football League agree new deal

May 6, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsatfootball

As announced on the BBC’s official website, BBC Scotland has agreed a new four-year deal with the Scottish Professional Football League to cover matches across television, radio and online, together with additional social media clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website. SPFL satellite TV schedule SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said in his statement: “This is fantastic news for Scottish football fans.” He said it was “a new and significantly improved deal for both parties. Everyone at the SPFL is delighted that our long-standing partnership with BBC Scotland has been extended by another four years” BBC Sport Scotland will continue to provide television and online highlights and live … Continue Reading

Astra 19.2°E – Red Bull will not shut down it’s private channel

May 5, 2016 • Tags: #liveonsaticehockey

Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz has performed a complete u-turn and decided not to shut down his private television channel ServusTV, only a few days after announced that the broadcaster would be shut down after becoming economically unsustainable. “Despite having invested nearly a three-digit million euro amount into Servus TV year after year, no really positive development can be expected in the current market and competition situation seven years after launch,” according to an official statement.  “The channel has therefore become economically unsustainable for our company. In compliance with the diligence of a prudent businessman, we have decided to close down … Continue Reading