The 2019 Asian Football Confederation’s AFC Asian Cup ended last month and it proved to be a success for Telstra Broadcast Services which was contracted by Lagardere Sports (the commercial partner of the AFC) to design, deliver, and operate the professional live contribution media network. Telstra built a professional overlay media network to deliver all […] More
Top match directors took to the stage at Football Summit 2019 to discuss their role within a production, outline how any production is a true team effort and ponder the technology that can sometimes make a difference (as long as it doesn’t interfere with the storytelling). “Doing nothing, bizarrely, is often the best thing,” said […] More
The 2019 Sports Anti-Piracy Summit, held in Mexico City last week, kicked off with a presentation by Daniel Steinmetz, head anti-piracy officer, Fox Networks Group Latin America, and a robust discussion among key executives from Latin American soccer leagues and La Liga. Mariano Elizondo, president, Superliga Argentina, said that, if the industry does not come together […] More
Euro Media Group (EMG) has bought Telegenic, the UK-based OB facilities company. The acquisition is part of EMG’s strategy to grow its business in the UK and Europe, as well as to expand its range of production capacities and services thus enabling the Group to better cover major global live events. More
The NFL Films world feed of Super Bowl LIII once again plays a major role, ultimately being distributed to more than 180 countries and territories and in 25 languages. And, in a sign of the game’s growing popularity outside the US, broadcasters from 25 countries are onsite, the most ever. Twelve of them have studios; […] More
The team at AMB Sports + Entertainment, the subsidiary of AMB Group that oversees scoreboard technical facilities and operations, gave their facilities a technical facelift to ensure it was ready to meet the expectations of Super Bowl fans. “We have a fully IP infrastructure and we expanded it for the Super Bowl as our existing […] More
The Super Bowl is one of those rare events where one compound is simply not enough as it is split into a domestic compound for the US rights holder and an international compound. The former this year is home to CBS while the latter is home to NFL Films operations and the international rights holders. […] More
For the production team at CBS Sports, Super Bowl LIII is the culmination of years of work, site visits and planning. As usual, it’s a massive effort and provides plenty of innovation. Patty Power, EVP, operations and engineering, CBS Sports, says the entire production and related efforts over the past couple of years have been […] More
Sweden’s SVT and Infront will break new ground in remote production during its host production coverage of the FIS World Ski Championships 5-17 February when it sends 80 camera signals from the course via two 100 Gbps fibre circuits from Telia to three control rooms in Stockholm. More
The future of immersive media was a major topic of discussion at the CES Sports Zone during a panel moderated by Mike Davies, SVP, field and technical operations, Fox Sports. All involved in the panel agreed that one of the biggest drivers to growth of immersive experiences will be the launch of 5G services. “It […] More
