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Knockout Blow For Eleven Sports?

Alistair Taylor

13 Dec 2018

additive service

Audience behaviour

BBC

Eleven Sports, the insurgent subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, is considering closing its operations in the UK and Ireland after failing to secure distribution via traditional TV operators....

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BT Pays A Premium For Video Scarcity

Tim Mulligan

6 Mar 2017

BT

BT Sports

Champions League

Today BT announced the extension of their exclusive UK broadcasting rights deal with UEFA for all Champions League and Europa League matches until the end of the 2020-2021 season. This has cost the UK...

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YouTube Unleashes The Power Of Live Streaming

Tim Mulligan

8 Feb 2017

Facebook

live video

superchat

Yesterday YouTube announced that it was opening up live streaming to its creator community who have a following of 1,000 or more on the YouTube platform. The new service called “Super Chat” allows...

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