Movistar Plus+ to create real-time short-form sports video with WSC Sports
Thursday, April 25th, 2024Movistar Plus+ partners with WSC Sports to enhance viewer experience for sports coverage
TEL AVIV, Israel and MADRID, Spain — WSC Sports has sealed a multi-year agreement with Movistar Plus+ who will employ its AI-driven technology across a host of its premium sports properties.
The leading audiovisual entertainment offering of the Telefónica Group, Movistar Plus+ will utilise WSC Sports’ award-winning platform to create real-time short-form video for a host of its top-tier sports rights including LALIGA and LALIGA 2, UEFA’s Champions League, Europa and Conference League competitions, top domestic and international basketball – Liga ACB, EuroLeague, and the NBA – plus ATP Tour tennis and golf’s major championships.
The partnership between the global leader in AI-powered sports content and Spain’s most prominent sports broadcasters, will modernise the content delivery process across Movistar’s linear, web, and social channels, as well as Movistar Plus+, the brand’s new OTT platform that launched in August.
“Movistar Plus+ is the undoubted home of premium sports coverage in Spain with the depth and quality of content that WSC Sports’ platform was designed to complement and amplify. We are excited to start supercharging Movistar’s video production and distribution across all its key channels, bringing sports fans in Spain more content than ever before,” said WSC Sports Chief Business Development Officer and Co-Founder, Aviv Arnon.
“WSC is a perfect partner to grow on our platform and differentiate ourselves from the rest of the market. Thanks to this new alliance, we will offer much more advanced, fast, and innovative sports content to all our fans. With WSC, we are going to take our sports coverage to the next level”, said Enric Rojas, Sport Director of Movistar Plus+.
Movistar Plus+ joins a diverse group of more than 450 global leagues, teams, and broadcasters – including NBA, ESPN, YouTubeTV, Bundesliga, LALIGA, Serie A, and DAZN – that currently utilise WSC Sports’ acclaimed AI-driven technology. In the last year, WSC Sports has forged multiple long-term alliances with a host of leading European broadcasters and streaming entities, such as TF1, Sky, Deutsche Telekom, and United Media.
Links: WSC Sports; Movistar Plus
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