Spurs kicks off streaming platform with original doc

Premier League side Tottenham has launched its own streaming platform, Spursplay.

Starting from today, Spurs fans will be able to subscribe to the D2C offering for £45-a-year, or £35-a-year for season ticket holders and One Hotspur members.More information on how to sign up can be found here. 

For this they receive live men’s pre-season friendlies, home U18s and U21s matches, select U21s away games and additional Women’s matches, highlights including full match replays of every fixture, exclusive original feature length documentaries and series, interviews, and hundreds of hours of archive footage. 

Spursplay is available on computers, smartphones, and tablets, and can be watched by two devices at the same time.

The live coverage will begin with Tottenham’s pre-season friendly against Team K-League in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, 13 July. Spursplay content will be available globally, but some live matches may be geoblocked in certain regions due to broadcast rights.

The first original documentary released by the north London club is Antonio Conte - 202 Days, which sees the men’s team manager give an in-depth take on all the key moments and matches from his appointment last November until finishing in the top four and qualifying for the Champions League in May.

Endeavor Streaming is providing its suite of payment processing, subscriber management and video streaming capabilities for the platform, as well as its analytics and performance insights tools.

Pete Bellamy, SVP of global sports and international M&E, Endeavor Streaming, said: “We are incredibly proud to be partnering with Tottenham Hotspur in delivering a brand new OTT experience. Spursplay is the first of many team-based direct-to-consumer services we will launch in sport across the US, EMEA and APAC. The direct-to-consumer ambitions of top-tier clubs and teams go well beyond the technical delivery of video. The leading sports organizations require a partner who can advise and execute the most direct path to growth in both consumer engagement and revenue. At Endeavor Streaming, it’s our job to ensure that Spursplay delivers for the club and its fans to the highest level”. 

Pierre-Olivier Bouche, media, programming & operations director, Tottenham Hotspur, added: “We are excited to bring Spursplay to our fans. The Club has been determined to create a platform that brings all its fantastic video content together in one place for fans to access at their fingertips – whether that’s watching live match action they can’t find anywhere else, reliving some of their favourite moments from down the years or watching new longer formats that provide a unique insight into the club and its players. We believe Spursplay will revolutionise the way fans access club content. We know that fans are itching for the return of live Spurs action and Spursplay will be the only place for that this summer.”

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