Apple has been challenging existing media companies for years, starting from when iTunes took on the music industry in 2001. Now, the technology giant is looking to challenge Netflix, Amazon,...
NEW YORK — ESPN Films and Netflix are teaming up on a jointly produced docuseries that will feature Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty. The 10-hour, 10-part film, The Last Dance, will draw on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from the franchise’s sixth and final NBA title of the decade […]
The upcoming ESPN+ direct-to-consumer streaming service will bring a “Netflix-like aggregation” of sports shows, documentaries and live events when the subscription service launches in early 2018, according to ESPN President John Skipper. Skipper, who closed out Sports Video Group’s two-day summit in New York City with a keynote discussion that spotlighted the ways ESPN is […]
Legendary Italian soccer club Juventus FC launched a virtual reality app Thursday with four episodes taking users onto the match-day pitch, behind the scenes at training and into the middle of its Serie A championship celebration last season. “The potential [for VR] is enormous for a club like Juventus, where 80 percent of our 50 […]
The Walt Disney Company announced plans on Tuesday to acquire a majority stake in BAMtech, a technology and video streaming company previously owned by MLBAM, for $1.58 billion. As part of the deal, Disney said it will launch an ESPN-branded multi-sport video streaming service in early 2018 and a new Disney-branded direct-to-consumer Netflix-like streaming service […]
