Archive for the 'Sports' Category


Apple And Google Plan Premier League Broadcasting Bids

England’s Premier League in football is one of the country’s biggest domestic sporting competitions, and serves as the hub of some of the biggest-money transactions for any club football competition in the world. Much of this money arrives via the sale of broadcasting rights, and while UK satellite broadcaster Sky Sports has been the primary [...]

Super Bowl Live Streaming Coming To Mobile And PC Next Year

The biggest sporting event of the year will soon be finding it’s way onto streaming devices for the first time ever. The Super Bowl will have a streaming option when it airs on Feb 5th in Indianapolis say the NFL Streaming will be available to sports fans on NBC on the TV set, online via [...]

Dedicated Formula 1 HD Channel Coming From Sky

Formula 1 racing is either loved or hated depending on your viewpoint. For fans, the news that BSkyB are launching a dedicated channel for the racing sport accessible via the TV, online and mobile devices will be great news. Sky have announced that the Sky Sports F1 HD channel will launch in March 2012 and subscribers [...]

World Series Pitches 7-Year Ratings High

Friday’s ending to baseball’s World Series may have been a time to celebrate for the St. Louis Cardinals after their Game 7 victory against the Texas Rangers, but host broadcaster Fox were also most likely in a good mood, after the figures for the game made it the most-watched World Series match-up since 2004. The 28 October clash, [...]

X Factor USA Gets Struck Out

The progress of The X Factor USA was halted last night for a more unorthodox reason last night, as a rain delay in a Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff game ensured that the first ‘judges houses’ episode has been postponed until tonight, with the episode it replaces in the schedule also re-arranged. The confusion has [...]

Ortis Dropped For Channel 4 Athletics Blunders

While Channel 4 were recently expressing their delight at gaining the rights to broadcast the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics live from Daegu (South Korea), they are probably now wishing they hadn’t bothered trying to get into the sports market, as the 2012 Paralympic Games broadcaster hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. Ortis [...]