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MADRID: New streaming service LaLigaSportsTV has surpassed 400,000 global users. Collecting data from this and other digital platforms is leading to new data-driven campaigns.

In the next ten years, more than 50% of audiovisual revenue will arrive through over-the-top (OTT) streaming services. That’s the opinion of Jose Carlos Franco, managing director of LaLiga’s business intelligence and analytics department, who was presenting the competition’s international data strategy at the SportsPro OTT Summit in Madrid.

Jun 20, 2018 14:06
BEIJING: Chinese online entertainment platform iQIYI Inc has been awarded exclusive broadcasting rights for the US Open, which now makes it the largest professional golf live streaming and video information platform in the country.  It had earlier acquired similar rights for the sport’s other three Majors - Masters, The Open and PGA Championship. 
Jun 05, 2018 19:06
NEW YORK: Discovery Communications and the PGA Tour announced on Monday the formation of a strategic alliance for a 12-year period from 2019 to 2030, which involves the sport of golf getting its branded OTT video streaming service for the first time ever. 
May 28, 2018 17:05
LONDON: All the subscribers of Formula 1's OTT streaming service - F1 TV - will have an opportunity to gain access to footage covering the history of the sport from the 1970s and early 1980s.  According to a report in f1i.com, Formula 1 will acquire the footage from well-known production company Brunswick. The events were filmed by a local broadcaster earlier and FOM's own TV production crews from 2001 onwards.
Apr 11, 2018 14:04
MUMBAI: The OTT video market in India is beginning to see real traction with more competitors and new innovative platforms on the back of cheaper data bundles. 
Mar 20, 2018 12:03
NEW DELHI: IPL's global host broadcaster Star India has sub-licensed exclusive rights for Europe, South America and South East Asia; and non-exclusive rights for Australia, to YuppTV. The global OTT platform focused on South-Asian content has been awarded the exclusive digital and television media rights for Vivo IPL 2018, scheduled to take place from 7 April to 27 May.
Mar 01, 2018 17:03
LONDON: Formula 1 is gearing up to launch F1 TV, F1’s over the top (OTT) platform, which also marks its biggest investment in digital transformation to date.
Feb 21, 2018 12:02
LONDON: The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has finalised a long-term partnership with leading sports marketing company Infront. 
Jan 27, 2018 11:01
MUMBAI: Times Internet Limited is making its second concerted over-the-top video push with the acquisition of popular South Korean Android video player MX Player for a reported $200 million.
Jan 27, 2018 10:01
HONG KONG: Asia focused OTT platform RugbyPass has announced a landmark deal to provide exclusive coverage of the NatWest Six Nations across its 23 Asian territories. 
Dec 30, 2017 11:12
MUMBAI: Star India’s OTT platform Hotstar is India’s top video streaming service by a long mile with 75 million subscribers, according to a study by Counterpoint Research.