The Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, launched in 1966, is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competition. Backed by the International Ski Federation, the annual World Cup – comprising Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super G and Downhill – is considered the premier competition for alpine ski racing after the Winter Olympics. The series returned […] More
The 2019-2020 season of the Ski World Cup opened at the beginning of November with Skipass, the Fair of Tourism and Winter Sports at ModenaFiere. In this and all other events included in the World Cup calendar, the television production is provided by Euro Media Group (EMG) Italy and its subsidiary Global Production. The two […] More
About two and a half years ago, Discovery Italia acquired the rights to basketball matches including the entire Serie A, Italian Cup, Super Cup, Euro Cup, Champions, and Euroleague championships. In doing so it became the ‘Casa del Basket’ for Italy and the matches produced are broadcast in a multi-platform format on the Eurosport 2 […] More
Naples hosted the television production of a new format invented by IMG for the International Swimming League. The event took place from 10 to 13 October at the Felice Scandone pool, where four international teams faced each other in mixed swimming competitions in a 25-metre short pool. The format is optimised for TV with great […] More
The 2019 final of the Ferrari Challenge, the Corse Clienti, was held at the Mugello circuit from 24-27 October. The Corse Clienti is a single-marque motor championship created in 1993, now involving three official championships in the United States, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Last weekend competitors gathered at the annual Finali Mondiali at the Mugello Circuit […] More
The ability of Euro Media Group to design and implement services required for the broadcast chain in today’s audio and video world was the technology operations heart that brought about the production of all audiovisual content for the recent XXX Summer Universiade thirtieth edition. The 2019 Summer Universiade involved 6,000 athletes from 118 participating nations, […] More
L’Opera Broadcast Video was born 35 years ago in Foggia, focused on mobile TV services. Its latest truck, the UHD-HDR OB7, takes to the road this month delivering up to 61 square metres of working space at full extension and accommodating a team of 35. The truck comprises seven production suites, with the only shared […] More
Earlier this month Sky Italia hosted its annual Sport Innovation Summit in Milan, held in association with SVG Europe. The event was opened by Fergal Ringrose, SVG Europe editorial director, and was moderated by a combination of Manuela Baraschi, head of business partners & program management; Riccardo Botta, production, broadcast & creative director; Rossella De […] More
From 16 to 30 June, Italy was home to the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, played at stadiums in Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Cesena, San Marino, Trieste and Udine, where the final took place. This major sporting event was produced by UEFA and the technical partner chosen for the production of all matches was the Italian OB […] More
Monday 17 June 2019 officially marked Euro Media Group’s acquisition of Global Production, the Turin-based OB company. Following hot on the heels of the acquisition earlier in the year of UK OB provider Telegenic, this latest acquisition is part of EMG’s strategy to consolidate its business in the fragmented Italian market, as well as expand […] More
