The 2020 London Marathon was a vastly different affair to those of previous years, both for the runners and for those of us watching from the comfort of our sofas at home. Those thousands of runners, the amusing and cumbersome costumes, and huge crowds cheering the athletes onwards past the capital’s major landmarks were absent […] More
Sky Sports has announced its highest viewing figures ever thanks to a full day of live sport on Sunday 4 October, which included Premier League matches, T20 and the Indian Premier League cricket, the European Tour, boxing, NFL and NBA games. The broadcaster averaged 933,000 viewers throughout the day, which accounted for 11.7% of all […] More
CTV Outside Broadcasts (CTV OB) has launched the latest addition to its fleet, OB12A, which hit the road recently at the Irish Open 2020 for European Tour Productions and is now following the UK Swing around Britain. The truck is fully IP from end to end using the diPloy, the platform developed by CTV OB’s […] More
Sky Sports has announced a set of new measures to combat abuse and hate across its digital platforms, following a rise in offensive online behaviour from users. Over 40 million users engage on Sky Sports’ channels on digital and social media platforms – including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – which have seen a spike […] More
The outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe saw the UK go into lockdown in late March 2020, and forced both a sudden hiatus as well as a transformation of the live events industry. Large and small events across the world were faced cancellations and postponements due to strict government guidelines put in place. Following this […] More
German Bundesliga football club FC Cologne has ramped up its audio coverage with the addition of player mics that will pick up every word said on the pitch. The club is continuing to develop its documentary programme format, 24/7 FC, which is produced and created by Cologne-based production company, Flutlicht-Fil. 24/7 FC will now take […] More
wTVision has worked with Mediapro to develop the visual identity and on-screen graphics for TF1’s new football channel Téléfoot. The company’s creative team are behind all visual aspects of the TV and mobile station, and has implemented its concept into impactful broadcast graphics. Everything from overlay and on-air graphics, video design and augmented reality being […] More
Pioneering new electric off-road motorsport series, Extreme E, has announced a new broadcast deal with Saran Media Group that will see the championship shown live in Turkey. The inaugural season of Extreme E next year will see purely-electric SUVs racing wheel-to-wheel in some of the most remote, spectacular and dramatic environments on earth, from the […] More
Sony Imaging Products & Solutions is acquiring Nevion, the virtualised media production solutions provider that it was previously a minority shareholder in. The acquisition will allow Sony to provide end-to-end IP and cloud-based production solutions for broadcasting and other applications, the company said. Sony, which has been a minority shareholder in Nevion since July 2019, […] More
Virtual Eye, the sports division of New Zealand-based Animation Research, which is one of Australasia’s main 3D computer graphics production houses, has used Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable its continued global sports broadcasting work during lockdown. For more than 25 years, Emmy Award-winning Virtual Eye has specialised in 3D TV graphics that change the […] More
