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Author: Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director
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Video: Tour the 154th Open Championship’s IBC with Gravity Media’s Hamish GreigThe 154th Open Championship was a marvel of teamwork as the R&A, European Tour Productions, Gravity Media, NBC Sports, the Golf Channel, Sky Sports, and others collaborated to deliver one of the top golf productions on the calendar. This year, Hamish...
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ESPN’s AutoMic technology pays off at WimbledonWimbledon 2026 will be remembered for the heat as well as for a surprising performance by British wild card Arthur Fery, who made the men’s semi-finals. For ESPN senior manager, remote operations, Jarrett Baker and the ESPN production team, it was a...
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Sky Sports opts for big presence at the 154th Open ChampionshipSky Sports is onsite at the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in a big way, with Sky Sports Golf executive producer Jason Wessely and the team embracing the nearly perfect weather conditions, unusual for an Open. “It’s glorious not having to...
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Gravity Media powers 154th Open Championship productionThe Open Championship is underway at Royal Birkdale in Southport, UK, and Gravity Media and European Tour Productions (ETP) sit at the centre of the TV production, which involves more than 170 cameras of all shapes, sizes, and types, and...
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World Cup 2026: How DAZN is delivering Italy, Spain and Japan’s World Cup coverage from a single hubThe 2026 FIFA World Cup is a big deal for DAZN, which has distribution rights in three markets: Italy, Spain and Japan. Each requires a different editorial approach and even has different technical approaches (for example, DAZN Japan is testing...
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Fox Sports’ AR/XR studio graphics team shows power of next-generation operationsWhen Fox Sports launched Studio B last September, the massive Planar LED volume set with multicamera operations was clearly destined to play a big role in the 2026 FIFA World Cup studio operations. Fox Sports SVP, graphic technology and integration Zac...
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FIFA World Cup 2026: How BBC Sport gets match feeds from Dallas to SalfordBBC Sport’s presence at the IBC doesn’t involve sharing space with fellow UK broadcaster (and World Cup rights holder) ITV like back in 2022 in Qatar, so for Phil Bigwood, BBC TV Football, executive producer, and the team, the goal is to...
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HBS CEO Dan Miodownik reflects on his final FIFA World Cup and the future of host broadcastingFor Dan Miowdownik, HBS, CEO, and the rest of the team at HBS working on the production of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Sunday 28 June is a big milestone as it marks the end of a group stage for a...
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World Cup 2026: NOS, RTBF share IBC facilities to drive remote production efficienciesThe Dutch and Belgian broadcasters NOS and RTBF are once again sharing space at the World Cup IBC, a move that Arjan Hanekamp, head of directors for NOS Studio Sport, says pays big dividends when it comes to making the...
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FIFA’s Oscar Sanchez on World Cup effort: ‘We’re feeling good and where we want to be’To call the 2026 FIFA World Cup a big undertaking would be a big understatement. It is a massive effort and for Oscar Sanchez, FIFA’s head of host broadcast operations, and the FIFA team it has been a multi-year effort...
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M6 France takes on first World Cup rights with IBC master control setupM6 France, one of the largest private national French TV channels, has the rights to a World Cup for the first time in its nearly 40-year history. For Virgil Beljambe, technical coordinator (pictured above, centre, with M6 France team members...
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FIFA World Cup 2026: 300+ records a day, 150TB daily, and a relentless content avalanche: inside Fox Sports’ media engineInside Fox Sports’ Pico Lot facility in Los Angeles, one of the most demanding parts of its operation is not simply getting matches on air. It is managing the constant flow of media surrounding them: match feeds from HBS, a...
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FIFA World Cup 2026: Fox Sports’ IBC presence critical in transporting World Cup signalsWith a World Cup on its home soil, it makes sense that Fox Sports is centralising a lot of its operations at its broadcast centre in Los Angeles. But there is still a need for a team at the IBC...
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FIFA World Cup 2026: Why decentralised production could be the legacy of the tournamentEvery FIFA World Cup production effort is different and reflects not only the number of venues but also the geography, ease of travel, and of course the technology. The 2026 version is not only different but also, arguably, the most...
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