Spark Sport - Latest News [Page 2]
Spark Sport Announces Cricket Commentary Team For Upcoming Blackcaps And White Ferns Season
Monday, 9 November 2020, 8:41 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport will bring international talent, legends of the game and seasoned broadcasters on to the pitch and into the commentary box as it announces the first commentary line-up for the home BLACKCAPS season commencing on Friday November 27. The commentary ... More >>
Spark Sport Opens Its Platform Up To All New Zealanders At No Charge
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 10:56 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport has announced that it will open up its platform for no charge for existing and new customers until May, giving access to 6 sports channels and hundreds of hours of on demand sport content as COVID-19 continues to impact live ... More >>
Spark Sport excited to bring New Zealand more Rugby
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 8:10 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is excited to bring Rugby World Cup 2021 to New Zealand starting 18 September 2021 as announced today by World Rugby and NZ Rugby. As official RWC 2021 host broadcast rights holder, all matches will play live and on-demand on Spark Sport. The tournament ... More >>
Spark Sport February highlights
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 3:44 pm | Spark Sport
Super Bowl LIV is the headlining act in the Spark Sport arena in the month of February – kicking off a month of non-stop sporting action. The hype of Super Bowl Monday will hit our shores on 3 Feb and will surely have a few people finishing up there ... More >>
Spark Sport to show Super Bowl LIV and remainder of season
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 10:18 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport announced today it will stream the 54th annual Super Bowl live thanks to a new direct partnership with the NFL. The sports streaming service will also deliver a selection of NFL matches each week for the remainder of the 2019/20 season, ... More >>
Spark Sport brings you the 2019 Australian Golf Open
Friday, 29 November 2019, 11:24 am | Spark Sport
There’s a huge month of live sport ahead and the start of the silly season for the Premier League which includes 20 games inside 6 days. Jose Mourinho’s return to Old Trafford as manager of Spurs against his former club Manchester United is ... More >>
Spark Sport Viewers Get Inside Line on Rugby Tourmanent
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 2:35 pm | Spark Sport
Spark Sport rugby fans get access to the very best of European rugby with the launch of Champions Cup Revue, a new rugby analysis show covering the northern hemisphere’s Champions Cup that is streamed live and on-demand through Spark Sport. More >>
Spark delivers Rugby World Cup 2019 for New Zealand
Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 8:20 am | Spark Sport
At the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Spark is celebrating a number of milestones both for sports viewing and for live streaming in New Zealand. More >>
Spark Sport and TVNZ to show All Blacks bronze medal match
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 10:17 am | Spark Sport
The play-off for the Rugby World Cup 2019 bronze medal between New Zealand and Wales will be available live on Spark Sport and with a one hour delay on TVNZ 1 on Friday 1 November. The match was previously scheduled to stream solely on Spark Sport, but ... More >>
Spark Sport reinforces commitment to cricket with ICC deal
Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 8:34 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is pleased to announce a new deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to offer viewers access to match clips from some of the biggest fixtures in international cricket from 2019-2023. More >>
Test in-home streaming set up ahead of quarter final matches
Friday, 18 October 2019, 10:33 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is confident all measures are in place to ensure its broadband streaming service works well during this weekend’s crucial Rugby World Cup quarter final matches. More >>
Spark Sport and Damian McKenzie team up for rugby surprise
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 8:21 am | Spark Sport
No amount of rain was going to stop the students at Waerenga Primary making the most of an All Black visiting their school. More >>
Spark Sport in-home visits and care measures assist Kiwis
Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 1:17 pm | Spark Sport
As announced last week, Spark Sport has brought in additional customer care measures to help ensure more customers are having a better Rugby World Cup viewing experience. More >>
Spark Sport has second highest concurrent streams for match
Monday, 7 October 2019, 8:46 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is pleased to confirm that the All Blacks vs Namibia match streamed successfully with concurrent streams peaking at the second highest since the All Blacks vs Springboks match. More >>
Spark Sport introduces additional customer care measures
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 5:40 pm | Spark Sport
Spark Sport has this week brought in some additional customer care measures to help some customers who are still experiencing issues watching Rugby World Cup matches that haven’t been resolved through standard troubleshooting processes. More >>
Spark Sport has second highest viewership for AvW Match
Monday, 30 September 2019, 8:17 am | Spark Sport
The Spark Sport streaming platform performed well for the Georgia vs Uruguay and Australia vs Wales matches with audiences peaking at 115,000k for the Australia vs Wales game, making it the second highest audience since the All Blacks vs Springboks ... More >>
1.3 million hours of RWC 2019 content on Spark Sport
Friday, 27 September 2019, 11:11 am | Spark Sport
Up until the final whistle of last night’s match between England v USA, Spark Sport customers have consumed over 1.3 million hours of RWC 2019 action live and on demand through the platform*. More >>
Spark Sport successfully streams matches
Friday, 27 September 2019, 8:20 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is pleased to confirm that the Italy vs Canada and England vs USA matches streamed successfully both from a platform and broadband network perspective. Key performance measures tracked well and the vast majority of customers had a great ... More >>
Spark Sport streams Russia v Samoa successfully
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:01 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is pleased to confirm that the Russia v Samoa match streamed successfully both from a platform and broadband network perspective. While there were a small minority of customers with set-up and device issues these were unrelated to the Spark ... More >>
Spark Sport streams Wales v Georgia match successfully
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:24 am | Spark Sport
Spark Sport is pleased to confirm that the Wales v Georgia match streamed successfully both from a platform and broadband network perspective. More >>