Louis Hernandez, founder/CEO of Black Dragon Capital, has taken over as active CEO of Grass Valley as former CEO Andrew Cross steps into an advisory role and the company emphasizes its transformation into a software-centric business. More
Manolo Romero, who was CEO or general director for the host broadcast operations on 10 Olympics beginning in 1992 and was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer earlier this month, passed away on Dec. 24 at the age of 81. More
It’s the first rest day at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and HBS chief executive Dan Miodownik has one goal for everyone involved in producing Qatar 2022 coverage: rest. “We talk about FIFA World Cups and the intensity of the games,” he explains. “With the way the quarterfinals are lining up, everyone has to refocus […] More
The 2022 FIFA World Cup has shifted from the grind of the Group Stage, with four matches a day, to the knockout stage. For the Fox Sports production team, getting to this point has taken years of planning and months of onsite activity to ensure that new workflows and old workflows mesh and help deliver […] More
Florin Mitu is the head of broadcast production for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and this year’s effort has been years in the making. And while the COVID pandemic and the global supply chain crisis impacted efforts, innovations like a move to IP, new workflows in UHD and HDR, and additional broadcast enhancements […] More
One of the most notable elements of the 2022 FIFA World Cup host coverage has been the increase in what FIFA calls “Enhanced Football Intelligence”: every match has its own unique set of in-match and post-match stats presented visually as augmented-reality (AR) and traditional graphics. More
For the first time ever at a FIFA World Cup, the FIFA digital-services team will offer rightsholders content for distribution captured with mobile phones. It’s all part of an enhanced digital-production and services strategy built on three technological pillars: the application programming interface (API), the software development kit (SDK) or white-label service, and availability for […] More
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is set to begin this weekend and the FIFA World Cup Division, which is responsible for the broadcast production, and Host Broadcast Services (HBS) are ready to cover all the action with a team of around 2,500 people. More
SPORTEL, the annual sports marketplace event where rights deals are the name of the game, is increasingly shifting its focus to how technology and new platforms are transforming sports-content creation and distribution. A panel discussion zeroing in on the convergence of next-gen production tools, social media, and OTT laid clear the opportunities ahead and how […] More
The memorial service for Barry Johnstone, chairman of EMG’s UK companies and a member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, is now available for viewing on demand. More
