Geo-Restriction Rules

Geo-restrictions

The Events API will always return upcoming and live events that you have a license for and have booked. However, our events and customer licenses are subject to certain geo-restrictions.

In order to know which territories you are able to view an event in, you can use the Events API to return information on which countries or US States you have a license to view the events you have booked in.

Content Hierarchy

1 - Sport (e.g "Football")

2 - Property (E.g. "The FA Package")

3 - Tournament (E.g. "The FA Cup 2019/20")

4 - Event (E.g. "Portsmouth v Barnsley")

Licensing of Content

Licenses are made available on a property level, per territory, for example you can purchase a license for X events in "The FA Package" in Y territories. More information on licenses can be found here.

Geo-restriction of content

Content is geo-restricted per tournament or on an event-by-event basis.

In general, most events within a property will be available for customers in all of the territories within their license. However there are a few examples where this is not the case:

• If a customer has a license for a property in multiple territories, certain content may not be available in one or more of these territories due to the rights IMG Arena are able to offer.

• In some properties, event-by-event geo-restrictions will vary far more than others. For these properties, regular notifications are sent out by the platform that will update customers on these geo-restrictions. If you wish to be emailed when these notifications are made available, please talk to your account manager.

Example 1: License and events are available in your territory

• You have a license for the "ATP Challenger Tour" property in the UK and France

• The "Bangkok Open 2020" Tournament is available in both the UK and France

https://api.livestreaming.imgarena.com/api/v2/events&operatorId={}&authToken={}&timestamp={}&restrictions=whitelist

will return (for a sample event):

    {
        "id": 140026,
        "title": "Treat Huey (PHI) / Nathaniel Lammons (USA) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) / Ze Zhang (CHN)",
        "tournament": {
            "id": 2636,
            "name": "Bangkok Open 2020",
            "property": {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "ATP Challenger Tour",
                "sport": {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Tennis"
                }
            }
        },
        "restrictionRequest": "whitelist",
        "countryList": [
            "FR",
            "UK"
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2020-01-22T22:40:56+0000",
        "startDate": "2020-01-23T03:00:00+0000",
        "endDate": "2020-01-24T03:00:00+0000"
    }

and you will be able to successfully make a request to our Streaming API for these streams in both the UK and France.

Example 2: License available, some events unavailable in your territory

• You have a license for the "ATP 500" property in the UK and France

• The "Fever Tree Championships" Tournament is available in France, but not the UK

https://api.livestreaming.imgarena.com/api/v2/events&operatorId={}&authToken={}&timestamp={}&restrictions=whitelist

will return (for a sample event):

    {
        "id": 140026,
        "title": "Andy Murray (GBR) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS)",
        "tournament": {
            "id": 2636,
            "name": "Fever Tree Championships",
            "property": {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "ATP 500",
                "sport": {
                    "id": 5,
                    "name": "Tennis"
                }
            }
        },
        "restrictionRequest": "whitelist",
        "countryList": [
            "FR",
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2020-01-22T22:40:56+0000",
        "startDate": "2020-01-23T03:00:00+0000",
        "endDate": "2020-01-24T03:00:00+0000"
    }

and you will be able to successfully make a request to our Streaming API for these streams from France, but not the UK.