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IBC 2025: Qvest helps Premier League build new production facilityQvest is commissioning a new media production facility in London to allow England’s Premier League to bring all its international coverage in house. The facility will deliver 380 matches annually from the start of the 2026/27 season. Jawid Mahmoodzada, MD,...
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Westminster Media Forum: Balancing pay-TV against free-to-air for sportsIt can be difficult for free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters to compete for sporting rights with the big pay-TV and streaming companies, which is why many countries legislate that some of the biggest events should be available FTA, a topic that inspired...
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Westminster Media Forum: Developing the sports viewing experienceOffering a good viewer experience is crucial to retaining eyeballs and turning sports fans into subscribers, but how can we develop that experience in a rapidly changing broadcast environment? That was the theme of a key session at the Westminster...
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A changing landscape: Rights owners and broadcasters debate sports TV issues and innovationSports broadcasting is going through a period of intense change and innovation with the rise of streaming services, new technologies and new business models, giving rise to an interesting debate in London last week (11 February 2020) at the Westminster...
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Timeline Television expands to take advantage of remote possibilitiesOver the last 18 months, Timeline Television has increasingly been moving towards more remote production, particularly with SailGP, which opens its second season with racing in Sydney at the end of February. To enable this, Timeline has just opened a...
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BSC Expo report: Generating sustainable power on locationSustainability has become a major influencer across the broadcast sector, from sports production to drama. This was shown at the British Society of Cinematographers Expo in London, where reducing our carbon footprint was a key theme amongst exhibitors and in...
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FutureSPORT 2019: Breaking the deadlock for virtualised hardware in sports productionThe next step for IP-based remote production from an event using a centralised gallery? Ditch the centralisation. That was the main message from the FutureSPORT 2019 session: ‘Virtualised Hardware for Sports Production: Breaking the Deadlock’. Ditching the centralisation sees everything...
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FutureSPORT 2019: Adding bandwidth for sports broadcasting at the 5G level5G cellular technology has the potential to deliver video signals with similar quality and speeds as broadcast wireless links or even fibre connections, but making sure a consumer-focused telecoms industry takes heed of broadcast needs has required early engagement, as...
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FutureSPORT 2019: Remote production in the real worldLast week’s FutureSPORT 2019 Summit was another record-breaking event for SVG Europe, with over 350 delegates in attendance at Chelsea Football Club in London. A highlight session in a packed day of content was ‘More than just Technology: Remote Production...
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REC10 in the works as RECkord presses on with second UHD truckRECkord Outside Broadcasting, based in the Czech Republic, is currently building its second UHD truck, REC10, which should be completed by the end of the year. Its first UHD OB, REC7 4K, has been in use for three years, and...
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Broadcast Solutions aims HI with control systems, a new truck and mesh networksBroadcast Solutions used last month's IBC to show off a new 12-camera OB truck, an IP-based control system and a Concept Van that was used to demonstrate the power of mesh networks to set up radio camera links beyond the...
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Videe’s OBX aims to redefine the art of the OB vehicleIn an era when many production teams prefer the home comforts of remote production, how does an OB truck attract customers? For the independent Italian facilities company Videe, the answer is “a particularly excellent working experience,” said its CEO and...
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NEP’s intelligent OB unit makes its debut at IBCAt IBC NEP Group showed a new “intelligent outside broadcast” (iOB) for remote production where the director doesn’t want to be remote, but the production still wants to benefit from the savings of having all the processing done in the...
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BT Sport shows live 8K rugby demo at IBCBT Sport staged a demonstration at IBC of a live 8K broadcast “to showcase what we think is coming next,” said Jamie Hindhaugh, BT Sport’s chief operating officer. They had actually wanted a multi-camera production (with perhaps three or four...
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