MyCujoo
MyCujoo is a streaming platform[1] providing live and on-demand broadcast of football matches and highlights from around the world.[2] Founded in 2014,[3] and launched in 2015[4] by brothers Pedro and João Presa,[5] and specialising in the long tail of football,[6] MyCujoo provides a platform and channels for teams, leagues, and federations to broadcast their own content [7][8] including streaming live merely by using a cellphone.[9]
Customers include the Canadian Soccer Association,[10] Jordan Football Association,[11] Football Association of Indonesia,[12][13] the Japan Women's Football League,[14][15][16] Fluminense Football Club,[17][18] the Football Association of Singapore,[19][20][21] the Asian Football Confederation,[22] the Bhutan Football Federation,[23] the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran,[24] ADO Den Haag,[25] US Soccer,[26] the Football Association of Thailand,[27][28] the Brazilian Football Confederation,[29][30][31] the Oceania Football Confederation,[32][33][34] the Lebanon Football Association,[35] United Women's Soccer[36] and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[37]
According to the company, beginning with its inaugural partnership with FC Zürich Frauen,[38] MyCujoo grew from streaming 56 games in 2015 to over 300 by the end of the first quarter in 2017,[39] and by the end of the year approximately 4,200 games had been broadcast from 60 countries with roughly 40 million viewers.[40] Since its partnership with the AFC launched in 2016 there have been 1,544 matches streamed from AFC member association territories, reaching nearly 19 million viewers in over 122 countries.[41] In October 2018 the company was the subject of an Amazon Studios documentary, [42][43][44] and in November 2018 was described by the Financial Times as one of Europe's 100 digital champions. [45]
In January 2019, it was announced that MyCujoo had concluded a five year agreement with the International Hockey Federation to provide a dedicated OTT solution,[46][47] and had been the subject of investment from Sapphire Ventures.[48]
References
- ^ Paul Nicholson, "AFC rolls out live streaming platform as media and marketing workshops gather pace", Inside World Football, 29 July 2016
- ^ Sonia Santos Pereira, "MyCujoo A tecnologia que democratiza a transmissão de futebol", Dinheiro Vivo, 10 March 2018
- ^ Maureen Flores, "Ama futebol? MyCujoo é a solução"[permanent dead link], O Globo, 17 September 2017
- ^ Christopher Harris, "Welcome to MyCujoo, the streaming site that wants to turn the soccer world upside down", World Soccer Talk, 5 April 2017
- ^ Taylor Bloom, "SportTechie Startup Profile Series: MyCujoo Is Trying To Democratize Football Broadcasting", Sport Techie, 15 August 2016
- ^ "Como ver jogos de futebol de divisões e escalões inferiores em direto" Archived 2018-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, SIC Notícias, 28 November 2017
- ^ Towards Unprecedented Consumer Electronics[permanent dead link], "NHK World", 15 February 2018
- ^ Miguel Mordado, "Tóquio 2020: Caneleiras, fatos de banho, sondas e equipamentos de respiração. Inovação portuguesa ao serviço dos atletas olímpicos", Sapo 24, 12 March 2018
- ^ Rodrigo Capelo, "Streaming democratiza acesso de esportes ao torcedor", O Globo, 22 March 2018
- ^ "Canadian Premier League to announce new team in Winnipeg"Calgary Sun, 5 June 2018
- ^ "اتحاد الكرة يوقع اتفاقية شراكة البث الالكتروني مع مايكوجو حتى 2022"Al Ghad, 28 May 2018
- ^ Donny Afroni, "PSSI Borong Kerja Sama Dengan Sponsor"GOAL, 6 May 2018
- ^ Paul Nicholson, "Indonesian FA signs with MyCujoo for 1,150 hours of web streaming"Inside World Football, 8 May 2018
- ^ Philip Patrick, "The rise and stall of women’s football in Japan", The Guardian, 10 June 2019
- ^ "2018プレナスなでしこリーグ1部がLIVE配信決定！ 年間70試合を予定", Soccer King, 12 March 2018
- ^ "日テレ、４連覇目指す＝なでしこリーグ", Jiji Press, 12 March 2018
- ^ Maureen Flores, "FLU inovando na Florida CUP", O Globo, 14 January 2018
- ^ Elena Holmes, "Fluminense score Google deal", "SportsPro", 6 March 2018
- ^ League Matches Streamed online TODAY online. Teo Ten Kiat. 26/02/17. Retrieved: 04/06/18
- ^ Gerard Wong, "S.League to livestream Balestier-Warriors game tonight", Today Online, 28 February 2017
- ^ Shamir Osman, "Multi-platform offensive to woo fans to embrace SPL", Straits Times, 30 March 2018
- ^ "Central Zone Member Associations Benefit From First Regional AFC Workshop", Asian Football Confederation, 24 November 2017
- ^ Paul Nicholson, "AFC rolls out live streaming platform as media and marketing workshops gather pace", Inside World Football, 29 July 2016
- ^ "فدراسیون فوتبال با همکاری ای اف سی قصد دارد رقابتهای لیگ دو، سه و رده های مختلف روی تلویزیون اینترنتی پخش زنده داشته باشد." Archived 2018-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, 14 October 2017
- ^ "Podcast: MyCujoo gaat internationaal met livestream voor kleine voetbalclubs", NU: Sanoma Media Netherlands Group, 6 October 2017
- ^ "OSA FC (NPSL) 0, Reno 1868 FC (USL) 0 (3-4 PKs)", US Soccer Federation, 22 October 2017
- ^ "AFCแนะนำอุปกรณ์ถ่ายทอดสดผ่านเว็บ/แฟนเพจสมาคมฯ"[permanent dead link], Thai Post, 31 May 2017
- ^ ฉัตรณรงค์ ภูนากรม, "เกือบ5แสน!เบนจามิน ตัน เผยยอดชมโตโยต้าลีกคัพผ่านMyCujoo", GOAL, 14 June 2018
- ^ Rosana Colodel, "CBF anuncia transmissão de oito competições por streaming", Torcedores, 4 May 2019
- ^ "CBF transmite ao vivo Cruzeiro x Fluminense", Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, 6 September 2017
- ^ "CBF transmite ao vivo sete jogos na rodada", Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, 27 March 2018
- ^ Evandro Delgado, "MyCujoo: A TELEVISÃO DOS PEQUENINOS QUE ESTÁ A REVOLUCIONAR O MUNDO DAS TRANSMISSÕES DE DESPORTO", SAPO Desporto, 22 February 2019
- ^ "OFC Champions League to go out live", "Oceania Football Confederation", 16 January 2018
- ^ "MyCujoo enhances ties with Oceania Football Confederation", SportBusiness, 28 March 2019
- ^ MyCujoo.tv. "MyCujoo live football streaming: Watch Football Online". MyCujoo.tv. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "UWS + MyCujoo Partnership Continues to Grow the Game". www.uwssoccer.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "MyCujoo To Stream 1500 Beach Soccer Matches through 2021". sportsmediareport.net. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ Wataru Funaki, "女子サッカーの救世主か。なでしこリーグを無料放送、新興外資系配信企業「MyCujoo」の正体", "Football Channel", 20 March 2018
- ^ Christopher Harris, "Welcome to MyCujoo, the streaming site that wants to turn the soccer world upside down", World Soccer Talk, 5 April 2017
- ^ Wataru Funaki, "女子サッカーの救世主か。なでしこリーグを無料放送、新興外資系配信企業「MyCujoo」の正体", "Football Channel", 20 March 2018
- ^ Paul Nicholson, "AFC streaming platforms hits 18.9m views across 122 countries", Inside World Football, 7 March 2018
- ^ @werner (May 28, 2018). "I had a great day today interviewing two Dutch startups who both focus on passionate communities: @relivecc on outdoors activities and @MyCujoo on football teams around the world," (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Thijs Peters, "Bij Amazon Web Services krijgt Amazon geen voorrang", MT.nl, 14 June 2018
- ^ "Now Go Build with Werner Vogels EP1 - Relive and MyCujoo Startup Stories", "Amazon Web Services", 10 October 2018
- ^ Rebecca Speare-Cole and Tatjana Mitevska, "Europe's 100 digital champions", Financial Times, 21 November 2018
- ^ Kunal Dhyani, "FIH set to launch global digital broadcast platform – FIH.live", Inside Sport, 8 January 2019
- ^ Miguel Dantas, "O jogo do teu clube não passa na TV? Talvez esteja na MyCujoo", Publico, 25 December 2018
- ^ Kate Clark, "Sapphire Ventures bets big on esports and entertainment with new $115M fund", TechCrunch, 28 January 2019