Premier League champions Manchester City FC have launched a new paid-for OTT streaming TV app that will show live coverage of friendlies, delayed as-live coverage of certain Premier League matches, and on-demand content. Called Man City for TV, the service is being made available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku and on selected […] More
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Final will be shown on free-to-air television in the UK after Channel 4 and Sky struck a deal to make the match available to the whole of the country, not just those with a Sky subscription. Coverage of the final will be shown live on Channel 4 and More […] More
Globecast is providing contribution, distribution and video-on-demand services at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, working with both the tournament’s organisers and various rights holders. The Orange-owned company is partnering with the Egyptian Local Organising Committee (LOC), Lagardère Sports and the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) throughout the competition. The range of services being supplied […] More
IBC has announced the shortlist for its Social Impact Awards, with HBS Broadcast Academy set to battle it out with the BBC and Turkish Broadcaster TRT for the Diversity and Inclusivity Award. The Social Impact Awards will recognise three areas: initiatives focused on diversity and inclusivity; on minimising environmental impact; and for the best ethical […] More
As the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 reaches the semi-finals stage, Sunset+Vine head of cricket Huw Bevan and chairman Jeff Foulser discuss their company’s role in capturing the action, and telling the story of each match, for ICC TV. We’re getting to the business end of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 now, both on […] More
Broadcast Solutions’ global sales director Antti Laurila, in conversation with SVG Europe editorial director Fergal Ringrose, outlines his company’s relationship with the sports broadcasting market across Europe and discusses the challenges of producing live sport. The interview took place at the Sky Sport Summit 2019 in Munich. To watch a re-run of the Sky […] More
The Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta has renewed its rights agreement with BT Sport, concluding a deal which will see live and exclusive television coverage of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Regatta continue in the UK for 2020 — following the success of the 2019 event last weekend. The new deal sits alongside […] More
Currently working on its second FIFA Women’s World Cup for BBC Sport, Input Media is making use of a hybrid remote production set-up to produce the corporation’s programming for the 2019 tournament. The match feed is being taken in full from the host broadcaster, Host Broadcast Services, but the live presentation and analysis, before and […] More
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organiser of the Tour de France, will make use of a service within Globecast’s Digital Media Hub to share clipped sports video content with TV channels around the world after signing a multi-year deal. Content Marketplace, which is used for media management, will be accessed via a specially designed website […] More
In part two of our interview, ICC TV executive producer Ajesh Ramachandran, chatting alongside various members of the production and facilities team, outlines the R&D that went into the Cricket World Cup 2019 coverage and discusses some of the production enhancement technologies being used. Working closely with production services partner Sunset+Vine, and executive producer Huw […] More
