By Martin Dyster, vice president of business development, Telos Alliance For those of us intrepid souls who have made a career in broadcast audio, we’ve often felt like we are the forgotten stepchild of the industry. Whether it is the division of the capital equipment budget for a new project, or a drive towards a […] More
By Rainer Sturm, chief executive, Arkona Technologies Reflecting on the technological strides that have defined broadcast productions during the pandemic, it is abundantly clear that IP and cloud stand at the forefront. As technologies, they enabled a variety of remote workflows when close quarters cooperation was no longer an option. However, in the early days […] More
By Simon Brydon, senior director, security business development – sports, Synamedia It’s the season to dust off the boxes, roll up your sleeves, and get down to the serious sport of board-games. A personal favourite is the quiz Linkee; you win by working out what the answers to the questions have in common. For example, […] More
By Michel Bais, managing director, Mobile Viewpoint Building a business case to monetise live events needs to balance the many cost factors involved in producing the content against the ways of monetising the value of the video content itself. The cost of a commercial for the Superbowl (which most recently exceeded $5.5 million) is always […] More
By Anna Lockwood, head of international at Telstra Broadcast Services Working in live sports broadcasting over the last two years has been a rollercoaster, but it has been a privilege to be able to continue to bring sports to audiences around the world. As a service provider enabling the broadcast of global sporting events, Telstra […] More
By Steve Russell, chief product officer, Red Bee Media The buzz around direct to consumer (D2C) for professional sports has never been ‘buzzier’. Much of the industry discussions have previously had a technical emphasis, with the mechanics of content creation, packaging, and delivery at the forefront of thinking. However, recent discussion with several senior executives […] More
By Mo Goyal, senior director, international business development, live media solutions, Evertz Microsystems The COVID pandemic has undoubtedly been a challenge for the live sports industry and the broadcast companies associated with it. Although we have seen a recovery of sports, with postponed events such as Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Summer Olympics finally happening […] More
By Peter Timmons, senior product manager, The Switch Look back on the evolving role of the cloud within live sports production over the past three years and it becomes clear this method’s growth has been nothing short of spectacular. Many in the industry would have predicted another decade before broadcasters and other rightsholders commonly deployed […] More
By Liam Hayter, senior solutions architect, NewTek 2021 has been a sporting year like no other. An incredible number of sports productions have gone ahead despite COVID constraints, and have been broadcast in high quality. This feat is a testament to the ingenuity of all the companies that work in the industry. From tech vendors […] More
By Andreas Hilmer, chief marketing officer, Lawo It never ceases to amaze me how quickly humans are able to adapt to new paradigms when positive action is the only alternative to falling by the wayside. In 2020, many broadcasters and service providers had to come up with – as far as they were concerned – […] More
