German outside broadcast provider HD Broadcast’s new flagship UHD 2 truck has taken to the road this month, covering first-round matches in the DFB Pokal German knockout cup and the start of the new Bundesliga season. HD Broadcast chief executive and chief technology officer Constantin Novotny told SVG Europe the truck was originally commissioned last […] More
The five-stage 2020 Skoda Tour de Luxembourg gets underway today, Tuesday 15 September, and continues around the country until Saturday. The race organiser has chosen Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) to ensure live coverage and transmission of the event. BCE is orchestrating live coverage from its OB truck connected to five HD cameras at the arrival […] More
An ambitious and innovative proof of concept live demonstration of 5G-enabled remote production was undertaken in Amsterdam and London last week as part of the IBC Showcase Accelerator Innovation Programme. The project team, led by BBC R&D senior technology transfer manager Ian Wagdin, comprised ten international broadcasting ‘champions’: Al Jazeera Media Network, BBC, BT Sport, […] More
At an IBC Showcase virtual session, Euro Media Group (EMG) took the wraps off diPloy, a modular standardised IP platform that was “due to be shown to the world in all its glory at a massive sporting event in Japan that did not happen”. EMG director of operations Timo Koch said the diPloy architecture, in […] More
With the re-emergence of sport following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sky Sports UK was keen to find new ways of working that allowed its teams to produce the highest quality coverage while keeping them in the safest possible working environment. From the announcement of the return of both the English Premier League […] More
The LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour have teed off this week at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, as professional women’s golf returns to Scotland for the first time since Europe’s triumph in the 2019 Solheim Cup last September. A team from Ladies European Tour TV production partner U.COM Media is onsite for the […] More
Detached from its time-honoured April to May place in the international sporting calendar by the coronavirus crisis, the World Snooker Championship 2020 has resurfaced on our screens thanks to the combined efforts of World Snooker, UK government and local authorities and host broadcast provider IMG Productions Scotland, along with broadcast partners BBC Sport and Eurosport. […] More
Arena Television and dock10 jointly delivered last Saturday’s FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea for BBC Sport with a remote gallery based at MediaCity UK in Salford. The system was first used during the fourth round of the FA Cup for BBC in February and proved to be a successful demonstration of technology jointly […] More
The bett1ACES tennis tournament in Berlin last week was the first sporting event with spectators in Germany since the advent of the coronavirus lockdown. The six-day tournament involving six female WTA and six male ATP players started at the newly-laid grass Centre Court at Steffi Graf Stadium for opening rounds and then moved to a […] More
In January, SaaS video management platform business Imagen announced an 88% year on year revenue increase driven by clients including Formula One, English Premier League, World Tennis Association, BP, Reuters, BBC, and IMG. It also announced a new £6.5m investment round — from Downing Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, and Guinness Asset Management — following a […] More