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Author: Fabrice Marinoni, French Correspondent
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FTV and Euro Media balance the demands of one marathon sporting weekendFrance Télévisions produces and broadcasts the Paris Marathon as well as the Paris-Roubaix cycling race. This year the two events, organised by the ASO Group, took place over the same time period in April. Euro Media, the service provider in...
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ACO renews contract with AMP Visual TV for 24 Hours of Le MansOn 4 March, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, organiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race and the World Endurance Championship (WEC), announced the renewal of its TV coverage contract with AMP Visual TV for an additional three years....
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Connected stadiums in the ascendant in FranceTo face the challenges of the upcoming European Championships that will take place in France in 2016, French stadiums are undergoing a process of refurbishment. In the last five years, stadiums and other sports arenas have been designed to include...
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Euro Media France rethinks OB design for latest truck developmentDesigning and building a new OB unit today are not the easiest of tasks. For a start, the economic environment and budgets of producers and broadcasters need to be taken into account. In addition, informed and sustainable technical choices must...
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Canal+ and AMP Visual TV continue to innovate for Pro A basketball coverageDuring a recent Pro A basketball match, French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ deployed an innovative sports solution that involved two players being equipped with microphones in order to capture in-fame audio. Also in the same match, broadcast services provider AMP...
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French Tennis Federation experiments with ‘stitched’ remote production techniquesThe FFT (French Tennis Federation) is part of an inner circle of federations that keep abreast with the latest technological innovations. Every major tennis tournament such as Roland Garros, Bercy Paris Masters and the Davis Cup provides an opportunity to...
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4K stitching: a first for the Parc des PrincesWhile the PSG ‘’Qataris’’ (the Parisian Football Club is owned by Qatari shareholders) were playing against Monaco recently, Sony’s pro department and the services provider Euro Media France carried out trials of a new 4K technology: the 4K stitching system...
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UCI deploys geolocation, on-board cameras for the UCI Road World ChampionshipsThe UCI Road World Championships – taking place in Ponferrada, Spain from 21 to 28 September – are continuing to lead the way in terms of innovation for broadcast coverage of cycling. In 2014, after almost two years of R&D,...
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AMP VISUAL TV provides services for Canal+ coverage of Formula OneLast year the French pay TV channel obtained the rights to broadcast the Formula One race for three seasons. “Just as we do for other sports, we absolutely wanted to enhance the international feed provided by Formula One Management by...
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Three Euro Media innovations for the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling raceEuro Media France has introduced three RF innovations at the Critérium du Dauphiné, which is broadcast on France Télévisions. The first concerns complete coverage of a 1,750m tunnel; the second is the use of a SuperloupeTM camera installed on a...
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Powerful performance from Euro Media at the Paris MarathonOrganised by the ASO group (whose interests include l’Equipe newspaper and the TV channel l’Equipe 21), the Paris Marathon was broadcast on France 3 and various other international TV channels. Although almost 50,000 participants registered for the event, the media’s...
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Sony preps 4K for football coverageLike other manufacturers, Sony committed to developing 4K workflow in sports production almost a year ago. Besides tennis – and specifically the 2013 Wimbledon tournament – the Japanese company has also shown interest in a major sport, football. In a...
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AMPVISUAL TV to deliver Milan – San Remo cycle coverage for RAIAMPVISUAL TV already has a strong presence in motorsports thanks to the expertise of its crews in wireless technologies. Now the company has established a foothold in the cycling world, with involvement in a number of major recent events. “After...
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Three companies working out of one OB truck to cover Judo eventThe French, who consistently perform well in Judo events, take pride in organising one of the most important tournaments on the Judo World Cup circuit every year. Broadcast by L’Equipe 21, the free-to-air channel on the French DTT network as...
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