Hulu has signed on as an official sponsor of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs and Final, expanding the streaming service’s live sports content as it works to compete with Amazon.com, Facebook and other over-the-top services. Hulu, which is jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, Comcast and Time Warner, announced that it […]
Eleven Sports has launched a 24/7 digital service on esports-focused social streaming service Twitch in what marks the continued accessibility of traditional sports on the platform following last year’s deals with the NFL and NBA G League. The new dedicated sports channel, called Eleven Prime, offers fans a variety of live sports, including basketball, baseball, […]
Amazon Prime Video is bringing UFC pay-per-view events to viewers in the U.S. beginning Saturday with UFC 222: Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya. The pay-per-view-events are each available on Prime Video with no Prime membership required. Purchases can be made up to four hours before the start of the live programming. UFC 222 costs $64.99 to […]
Here are the top seven technology areas that impacted the NFL this season: 1. Football tracking In the fourth year of its five-year deal with the NFL, Zebra Technologies was able to place in tracking chips in all game balls. That enables the gathering of data including the velocity and rotation rate of the football. […]
After paying a reported $90 million for the rights to stream the first two seasons of the Overwatch League, a new professional esports league that’s mirroring conventional sports with city-based franchises, Twitch announced Week 1 viewership numbers Wednesday and said it’s happy with the results. Twitch’s $90 million bid for the rights marked the biggest […]
