Recent Posts by Heather McLean
By Heather McLean | Friday, February 3, 2023 - 09:51
Registration is now open for SVG Europe Women Scotland’s 2023 event, which will focus on awareness, training and talent. Produced in association with Scottish production company and outside broadcast provider, QTV, the evening will feature networking and discussion at Glasgow’s Box Hub venue from 6pm on Thursday 9 March. Register for Awareness, training and talent […]
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By Heather McLean | Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 11:08
The metaverse is here to stay and sports broadcasters need to be engaged in the development of this new virtual world, Matt Stagg, mobile and immersive director at BT Sport, has claimed. We spoke to Stagg about the rise of the metaverse, how it will develop over 2023, and how the increasingly prevalent immersive virtual […]
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By Heather McLean | Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 11:05
Fans of winter sports are in for a month of adrenaline-charged action featuring the greatest athletes the sport has to offer with over 120 hours of live coverage across four World Championships events to be shown on Discovery+, Eurosport and Eurosport App. Scott Young, SVP of content and production at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, […]
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By Heather McLean | Friday, January 27, 2023 - 13:00
Sky Sports has announced a new long-term deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the UK and Ireland, meaning the broadcaster will continue to show the biggest events in international cricket for years to come. Beginning in 2024, the partnership will see Sky and Now retain the ICC broadcast and digital rights to show […]
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By Heather McLean | Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 11:26
Host Broadcast Services (HBS) has announced the formation of a new subsidiary that will help the company to develop broadcast opportunities and cover projects hosted in the US and North America. The new entity will be based out of Miami, Florida, and will open its premises this month. It will be focused on managing the […]
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By Heather McLean | Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 09:00
Gravity Media and Tennis Australia have expanded their broadcast and technology partnership to deliver the Australian and international all-screens coverage of this year’s Australian Open. This is Gravity Media’s ninth year as the broadcast and technology solutions partner for Tennis Australia for the Australian Open in Melbourne, and its nineteenth year as the host broadcast […]
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By Heather McLean | Friday, January 20, 2023 - 13:10
Blackbird and research consultancy, Caretta Research, have announced a new video industry study titled, Going native: production in the cloud. The rapid adoption of cloud-based media production workflows for remote working and collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the proliferation of higher costs and inefficient workflows. That is one of the headline findings […]
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By Heather McLean | Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 14:06
Art’Istic Production has been responsible for providing coverage of the French National Volleyball League (LNV) on beIN Sports since the beginning of the 2022/23 season. The company’s founder, Arthur Brousmiche, has worked with the French club side Chaumont Volleyball 52 for many years, first as a volunteer, then as a photographer and videographer. His journey […]
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By Heather McLean | Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 13:38
BT Sport is set to premiere the 2022 Takeover TV Show created by students from NewVic Sixth Form College, Newham, London on 28 January. The show is the result of BT Sport Takeover, a community initiative now in its fourth year, which provides 12 local students with the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of TV […]
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By Heather McLean | Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 17:09
Over 200 BT Sport staff that transferred to Warner Bros. Discovery in November last year as part of the broadcasters’ joint venture are now at threat of redundancy. BT Sport staff involved in the transfer have been informed by Warner Bros. Discovery that their jobs have been dissolved. They are now able to apply for […]
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