Digital: US group Discovery creates, with BAMTech, a joint venture in the European market

The American audiovisual conglomerate Discovery Communications, owner of pay-TV operator Eurosport, and BAMTech, a subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) specialising in online video, have created the joint venture BAMTech Europe, indicated the two groups, on 01/11/2016.

"Discovery Communications and BAMTech today announced a long-term partnership, including the formation of BAMTech Europe, a new digital technology provider, dedicated to working with content owners, broadcasters and OTT platforms to enhance their digital capabilities, reach and performance across Europe. BAMTech's state-of-the-art back-end video platform and services will be implemented in 2017 across all of Eurosport Digital’s products, which today include Eurosport.com - the continent’s number one sports news website, and Eurosport Player," said Discovery Communications.

"The collaboration of Discovery’s breadth of live sports content, including the Olympic Games, and BAMTech will bring European fans access to these valuable events like never before (Discovery has acquired exclusive broadcasting rights in most…