DAZN, the subscription-based live-streaming service, is building its reputation in the US as the home for fight sports, with more than 100 nights’ worth of fight cards throughout the year. However, it’s obvious how important a night like Saturday 4 May was for the breakthrough platform when its crown jewel, boxer Canelo Alvarez, entered the […] More
Twitter unveiled plans for a laundry list of new and expanded media partnerships at its Digital Content NewFronts held in the Terminal 5 concert hall in New York City earlier this week. Naturally, major sports entities were a significant part of the lineup, with noteworthy live video plans set to hit the social media platform […] More
FanDuel Group appears set to become the first US sports betting service to offer video streaming of live sporting events within a sports betting app. In an extension of its partnership with Sportradar, the global provider of sports data and content, FanDuel is taking the unique first step of marrying live video and betting odds […] More
For the first time ever, live Major League Baseball (MLB) games are coming to YouTube. On Tuesday morning (30 April 2019), MLB unveiled that it has struck a partnership with the video sharing website that will see 13 games of the 2019 regular season distributed exclusively on the platform. The 13-game package — which will […] More
It’s been only just over a year since Endeavor acquired the streaming technology outfit NeuLion for $250 million, and it’s only been three months (January of this year), that the result of that purchase – the launch of Endeavor Streaming – became official. So, needless to say, the industry is still getting a feel for […] More
Visitors of Cisco’s booth at the 2019 NAB Show were treated to a colorful, journey-like experience that helped map out and simplify the end-to-end workflow of the media supply chain covered within the popular products and solutions of the Cisco Media Blueprint. One of the crown jewels of the chain was an overview of the […] More
Grass Valley (Booth SL106) is celebrating its 60th birthday at this NAB Show by honoring its tradition as a leader in the innovation of live production technology. Among the many announcements and activations at their booth (including an esports stage), a new operator control panel for its robust series of cameras is a highlight for […] More
In March, Eurovision Americas introduced its new president Roch Pellerin. With prior senior roles at Al Jazeera Media Network, ESPN/DISNEY, and Canal+ Group, Pellerin comes to Eurovision Americas with an awfully impressive resume. At the 2019 NAB Show, our Brandon Costa caught up with the new head of Eurovision Americas to discuss his vision for […] More
With eyes on the future, Blackmagic Design is showing off a series of 8K products at this year’s NAB Show, including a ATEM Constellation 8K live production switcher. At the company’s booth in the Lower South Hall, our Brandon Costa speaks with Director of Sales Operations, North America Bob Caniglia to get the scoop on […] More
Its another big NAB Show for Canon as, among many other announcements, the company is launching two additions to its UHDgc series of portable-zoom 4K UHD broadcast lenses: the CJ18ex28B and CJ15ex8.5B. Our Jason Dachman had the pleasure to speak with a Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, Larry Thorpe, senior fellow at Canon to break […] More
