Monthly Archives: May 2021
European Commission to stamp down hard on illegal streaming of sporting events
Written on May 20, 2021 at 14:18, by Heather McLean
The European Commission (EC) has stated it is proposing to stamp down on the illegal streaming of sporting events with a new 30 minute warning system. In a report adopted […] More
LaLiga teams with Microsoft to transform football globally
Written on May 20, 2021 at 14:03, by Heather McLean
LaLiga has teamed up with Microsoft to expand their existing partnership and broaden it out to focus on digitally transforming the sports experience globally. The companies will also collaborate on […] More
Ultimate Tennis Showdown enhances graphics for 2021-2022 series with Deltatre
Written on May 20, 2021 at 13:40, by Heather McLean
Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) has selected Deltatre to deliver data and graphics production for its tournaments in 2021 and 2022. UTS is an innovative, international tennis league predicated on a […] More
Research: Fans vote for instant replays, slow motion and live rewind as best innovations in sports broadcasting
Written on May 20, 2021 at 11:40, by Heather McLean
Instant replays, slow motion and the ability to rewind live TV are fans’ favourite innovations in sports broadcast, according to new research, which also shows that video assistant referee (VAR) […] More
Following on: Sky Sports sends The Hundred into the Aether
Written on May 20, 2021 at 09:00, by Adrian Pennington
With less than 100 days until the newest format of cricket makes its debut, it is now time to get to grips with the Americanised version of the 300-year-old sport. […] More
SVG Sit-Down: Canon’s Larry Thorpe reflects on 50 years of innovation at BBC, RCA, Sony, and Canon
Written on May 19, 2021 at 19:47, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
For more than five decades Larry Thorpe, most recently senior fellow at Canon USA, has been a mainstay in the global TV production industry. Without Thorpe’s work at the BBC, […] More
Real Madrid relies on Greenfly for social media content creation and sharing
Written on May 19, 2021 at 19:09, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Real Madrid FC, which boasts the largest social media following in football, is the latest of 27 leagues and hundreds of teams globally that have signed on to use Greenfly’s […] More
Gravity Media strengthens EMEA business development team
Written on May 19, 2021 at 16:33, by Jo Ruddock
Gravity Media has shaken up its EMEA business development team to reflect its growth plans in the region. Peter O’Connor has been appointed as a business development manager, while Gravity […] More
Bosch’s Building Technologies brings in Ramesh Jayaraman
Written on May 19, 2021 at 16:23, by Jo Ruddock
Bosch division Building Technologies has appointed Ramesh Jayaraman as senior vice president & general manager, business unit communications. Effective immediately, Jayaraman assumes global leadership for the Bosch Communications family of […] More
XR Studios pioneers Disguise’s new virtual zoom feature
Written on May 19, 2021 at 16:06, by Jo Ruddock
Disguise’s extended reality (xR) workflow, released to the general public in April 2021 through its r18 software, has been enhanced to include a new virtual zoom feature, which extends the […] More