Monthly Archives: November 2018
RTÉ strikes deal with eir sport to broadcast live Rugby World Cup games
Written on November 26, 2018 at 15:24, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
eir sport and Irish public broadcaster RTÉ have announced a sub-licencing agreement in relation to live broadcasting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. As the primary rights holder, […] More
Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic select MediaKind for IPTV extension
Written on November 26, 2018 at 15:20, by SVG Staff
MediaKind has been chosen by Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic, members of the Deutsche Telekom group, to power the delivery of IPTV services to consumers in Slovakia and the […] More
Eleven Sports Portugal broadcasts Bundesliga on Facebook for first time
Written on November 26, 2018 at 15:17, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
For the first time in Portugal, Eleven Sports showed Bundesliga football live on Facebook last weekend as part of a strategy to reach more fans across the southern European country. […] More
808 Talent joins SVG Europe as OB/SI Sponsor
Written on November 26, 2018 at 12:10, by Heather McLean
808 Talent, a specialist international recruitment consultancy, has joined SVG Europe as an OB/SI Sponsor, demonstrating its commitment to the sports media channel. The company looks for the best management, […] More
Gaelic sport gets major refresh at Nemeton TV with Open Broadcast Systems
Written on November 26, 2018 at 11:36, by Heather McLean
Producing content for The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the Irish community-based volunteer organisation promoting Gaelic games, culture and lifelong participation, is no easy feat due to the frequency of matches […] More
Barbri selects Forbidden Technologies’ Blackbird for video editing in the cloud
Written on November 26, 2018 at 11:08, by SVG Staff
Forbidden Technologies, the developer and seller of the cloud video platform Blackbird, has announced that Barbri has chosen Blackbird for video editing in the cloud, with content storage and processing […] More
Supponor strengthens with appointments of Ross Hair and Steve Plunkett
Written on November 26, 2018 at 10:22, by SVG Staff
Sports virtual advertising technology specialist Supponor has announced two major appointments to its senior leadership team in a move designed to help scale the company to meet the increasing market […] More
Eleven Sports deal brings Serie A and La Liga to STV
Written on November 23, 2018 at 12:48, by Will Strauss
STV viewers in Scotland will get the chance to watch live football matches from La Liga and Serie A for free this weekend following a tie-up with Eleven Sports. A […] More
Stadia progress in countdown to Qatar 2022
Written on November 23, 2018 at 11:48, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Leading sports audio mixer Pete Mercer on his ‘unusual career path’ and expectations for NGA
Written on November 23, 2018 at 10:30, by David Davies
Despite being behind the broadcast audio desk for many of the world’s leading sports events over the past 20 years, sound supervisor Pete Mercer readily admits that it was never […] More