RWC2015: Akamai prepares for 500m+ primetime viewers
Hundreds of live events pass over Akamai’s content delivery network each year, so in many ways the Rugby World Cup (RWC) Opening Ceremony at Twickenham was just so much routine. […] More
Hundreds of live events pass over Akamai’s content delivery network each year, so in many ways the Rugby World Cup (RWC) Opening Ceremony at Twickenham was just so much routine. […] More
Virtual reality promises to place viewers in the best seat in the house at live sports events but most emergent solutions require placement of a bulky, expensive multi-headed rig and […] More
ITN Productions’ managing director claims it is “a disruptive player looking to freshen up the sector through workflow and innovation” as it arrives in the big league of sports production. […] More
UK outside broadcast services supplier Arena is building a new OB scanner it believes will be the world’s most advanced when it launches toward the end of this year. The […] More
There won’t be any 4K UHD test shoots at Wimbledon end of June, but NHK will be there for the latest in its trials of 8K Super Hi-Vision. The test […] More
Sports clubs wanting to increase the engagement of fans by using various sports apps often find themselves facing several challenges in implementation. This is particularly noticeable when trying to get […] More
Ahead of the 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League season, the first of a new three-year rights cycle, UEFA is set to broaden the range of broadcast and digital services offered to […] More
A key theme at NAB will be the growing ecosystem for live production over IP. For Sony, in particular, it is a core development path as it promotes its own […] More
For fan ‘engagement’ read ‘monetisation’. Broadcast and digital sports services company Deltatre has set its sights on the huge market potential for digital fan engagement services at federation, league and […] More
Sports clubs of all stripes are increasingly turning to mobile connectivity solutions in stadia to better engage fans, drive new revenues and essentially keep pace with the younger generation which […] More