The Seattle Sounders won the second MLS Cup title in their history when they beat Toronto FC 3-1 in the 2019 final at CenturyLink Field in front of a Seattle record crowd of 69,274 on Sunday (10 November 2019). It is the second time the club has won the MLS championship in the last four […] More
The NBA continues to lead the way in innovation when it comes to its media and fan-engagement strategy. The league has this week made it official that it will be offering its linear television network, NBA TV, as a direct-to-consumer streaming product. NBA Digital, jointly operated by the NBA and Turner Sports, will offer NBA […] More
Continuing to expand its digital content portfolio, DAZN has struck a partnership with popular social media app Snapchat to deliver custom video to its Discover page. As part of the partnership, DAZN will produce two new shows that surround some of the streaming company’s exclusive boxing events. It will also heavily program its Our Story […] More
The march to all-IP live sports production continues. Last month, one of the industry’s leading production truck providers, Game Creek Video, added two IP-friendly trucks to its fleet. Bravo and Columbia are the company’s fourth and fifth units on the road today. Each is a 53 ft expando that makes a significant achievement in fitting […] More
The live streaming of golf will reach another significant milestone in 2020 as the PGA Tour announced that it would offer live video coverage of every single shot from every single player during next year’s The Players Championship, which will be held at TPC Sawgrass on 12-15 March. It will mark the first time that […] More
On Saturday evening (12 October 2019) ESPN made some company history as it televised its first sporting event in live native 4K. In a partnership with Samsung, ESPN delivered its marquee game of the weekend — a clash between No. 7 Florida and No. 5 LSU — in the format. The production is the first […] More
Fox Sports will be distributing this season’s Thursday Night Football NFL package in 4K UHD and HDR. Beginning with this Thursday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, Fox Sports’ production and operations team will produce TNF games in 1080p/High Dynamic Range (HDR) and upconvert the image from there […] More
The National Football League (NFL) has expanded its partnership with the sports data company Sportradar. The broadened deal gives Sportradar exclusivity to license the distribution of NFL official league data and content, most notably allowing the sending of real-time official play-by-play data and NGS data to sports betting operators in the US and internationally where […] More
Twitter grabbed the attention of many in the content creation game last week with the announcement of a new live video editing and distribution tool, LiveCut. The cloud-based web application allows quick editing and sharing of video highlights of a live stream occurring from one’s own Twitter account. It’s a move that the social media […] More
In another busy summer of international football for the sports broadcasting industry, US Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Deportes has its innovative eye fixed firmly on the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Promising more coverage and a greater use of technology than it has ever used at this event, Univision will have an onsite presence at all of the […] More
