Here are the Show notes:
- The latest sub-Reddit for sports streaming has been shut down, this one is the NBAstreams subreddit. This follows on from the closures of the Soccerstreams and MMAstreams subreddits earlier this year.
- Staying with piracy, BeIN Sports has laid off a fifth of its workforce in Qatar, citing Saudi Arabian piracy and BeoutQ for a downturn in revenues. More than 300 staff have lost their jobs at the network’s headquarters in Doha.
- As reported by AdNews, the interactive games market is forecast to become the fastest growing segment in consumer media spending, driven largely by in-game microtransactions, according to PriceWaterhouseCooper. Their annual Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook forecasts that the games and esports sector will more than double to $7.1 billion in 2023 from $3.45 billion in 2018. In-game microtransactions, 5G and cloud-based technology are expected to be some of the growth drivers of the sector.
- ONE Championship have been spreading their production capability wings, now the UFC has done so with the opening of a state-of-the-art 130,000 square-foot production facility in Las Vegas.
- Former NBA Commissioner David Stern has joined WSC Sports in an advisory role. The automated video highlights provider for the NBA and several other professional sports leagues has made a big move with this hiring.
