South Korean broadcaster apologizes for Olympics broadcast filled with cultural stereotypes
Examples included using a picture of the Chernobyl disaster to introduce Ukraine as well a picture of Dracula to represent Romania.
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Euro 2020 final drew 3.6 million average viewers for Canada’s CTV/TSN, 2.9 million for Univision’s Spanish-language coverage
Both U.S. Spanish-language coverage and Canadian English-language coverage of the Euro 2020 final pulled in big numbers.
Sky Sports relocated and then abandoned their on-location Euro 2020 final set over hooligan violence
"On advice of Sky security, Wembley Park and UEFA, we moved our broadcast point to a different location in the compound. Then during match, after a further review by Wembley officials we decided to close the facility and return to all output from Osterley HQ."
DAZN signs global broadcast deal with UEFA Women’s Champions League, with the first two seasons airing on their YouTube channel
The 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons will air for free on DAZN's YouTube channel.
IFC has picked up Canadian comedy series Slo Pitch, about an amateur softball team for LGBTQ women and non-binary players
"The possibility of a show that has lesbians, bisexuals, and gender non-conforming people as the heroes and providers of comedy is a way of mainstreaming those identities in more mainstream media."
The BBC received over 6,000 complaints for coverage of Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest
The record for complaints is held by coverage of Prince Philip's death earlier this eyar.
Jake Plummer will play a QB in planned Canadian football movie Kick, leading to questions about why a CFL QB wasn’t picked
"It’s really neat to be showcasing a league that doesn’t get a lot of respect for the amount of football that’s gone into it and the history behind the CFL, which is a really rich history up there in Canada."
The Spidercam foiled an activist who paraglided into the France-Germany Euro 2020 match
This activist didn't account for the overhead camera.
CFL board of governors approves 14-game season, following CFLPA approval, so it looks like an Aug. 5 season start is on
The board of governors' approval for a 14-game CFL season in 2021 wasn't a sure thing, but it's obtained now.
Venezuela sends 14 new players to Copa América after 13 delegation members test positive for COVID-19, a day ahead of opener
Bolivia is also reportedly facing significant numbers of players testing positive.
Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark-Finland and received CPR, world broadcast feed took criticism for its close-ups
Eriksen collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute. He was eventually stretchered off. UEFA says he has been transferred to hospital and has stabilized.
Amazon’s capture of domestic Ligue 1 rights has caused Canal+ to refuse to air matches going forward
French football is a mess right now.
DAZN rejects Sky offer for continued Serie A rights-sharing in Italy, plans to keep those rights exclusive
Sky offered DAZN $609 million U.S. for some continued Serie A rights-sharing in Italy, but DAZN has turned them down, opting to focus on keeping those rights streaming-only.
