Discovery says the first week of its Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 coverage has delivered record audiences across discovery+ and Eurosport digital services.
O2 TV offers Olympic premium channels
The Czech incumbent O2 is offering its TV customers all seven special Eurosport channels during the Tokyo Olympics from July 24-August 8.
TV5 to show Olympics in HD on DTT in Finland
Discovery Finland and technical service provider Digita have agreed to broadcast the Tokyo Summer Olympics and the Beijing Winter Olympics in HD quality on Finland’s digital terrestrial TV network (DTT).
Record digital growth for Eurosport
More that 50 million unique visitors came to Eurosport.com in June 2020, close to double the 2019 visitor peak.
Discovery creates corporate sports brand
Discovery has created a new corporate brand to represent its portfolio of sports brands, channels and platforms.
BT adds Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 to Big Sport package
Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 are being added to BT’s Big Sport and VIP packages ahead of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Discovery launches hybrid streaming service amidst heavy competition
Discovery has unveiled details of its own streaming service with a hybrid distribution model.
Discovery agrees to sublicense Danish Olympic rights
Discovery has announced it will sublicense the free-to-air audio-visual rights and digital rights for Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024 to DR and TV 2.
Eurosport selects Grass Valley
Eurosport has chosen Grass Valley solutions as part of a major technology transformation to provide ‘true cloud’ architecture supporting playout across its sports broadcasts.
DAZN extends its Eurosport Distribution to Switzerland
DAZN and Discovery have extended their distribution partnership that brings live and on demand access to Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD channels in five countries.