Italy: La Repubblica launches RepTvSport, OTT platform, which will broadcast 200 events per year

La Repubblica, in partnership with PMG Sport, a subsidiary of the PMG media production group, has launched its OTT sports platform "RepTvSport", said GEDI, the parent company of the Italian daily newspaper on 09/11/2017. "The platform will broadcast 200 sporting events and about 300 hours of sports a year," added La Repubblica.

The first broadcast took place during the Round of 16 first leg of the Women's Champions League, Fiorentina - Wolfsburg (0-4), on Wednesday 08/11/2017. The channel will also broadcast the "Ciclismo Cup", the Italian cycling events, except for the Giro d'Italia and the great classics (Giro di Lombardia and Milan-San Remo), boxing, five-a-side football, mountain biking, and summer sports such as beach volleyball and beach soccer.

The offer also includes hundreds of hours of "on demand" programmes, as well as videos, interviews, and reports on major sporting events.

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