Eleven will become a ‘technology company’ after purchasing the live football streaming firm MyCujoo, the sports broadcaster’s chief executive has said. Speaking to journalists following the announcement of the acquisition last week, Luis Vicente (pictured, below) revealed that he wants Eleven to develop its own technology products and features and that it will do so […] More
Sportcast, the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga) subsidiary that produces the world feed for the Bundesliga, has been trialling two new camera innovations on its match coverage: a Railcam that replaced the pitchside Steadicam and a Robotic camera system for single player tracking. Both systems were tested on Borussia Dortmund matches, in fixtures against Schalke 04 […] More
DAZN has launched two linear channels on Vodafone’s IPTV platform in Germany after securing a reseller deal with the telecoms company. The agreement will see two HD channels, DAZN1 and DAZN2, show approximately 16 hours of sports content every day on the GigaTV service, with matches from the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and […] More
Saturday’s Autumn Nations Cup rugby match at Twickenham between England and Georgia might have been a somewhat un-noteworthy one-sided affair on the pitch but off it there was at least one thing that caught the eye: the debut of PostCAM. As the name suggests, PostCAM is a specialist camera system that is installed on the […] More
The Premier League has paused its controversial pay-per-view offering in the UK in a move that will see additional live matches shown by existing broadcast rights holders from 21 November. The English top-flight had adopted a paid-for model for the fixtures that weren’t already scheduled to be shown by its rights holders in an effort […] More
Live coverage of the British Basketball League (BBL) will return to Sky Sports next month after the broadcaster secured a two-year deal to show 30 matches per season. The rights agreement covers both men’s and women’s matches and includes the BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final and BBL Playoffs. BBL was first shown on Sky […] More
SVG Europe Women Virtual and SVG Europe are very pleased to present our first training workshop, which is being held in association with EVS. The Art of Replay: EVS live sports production workshop, is taking place on Wednesday 2 December at 2pm (UK time). It will last approximately two hours. This event is open to […] More
Amazon Prime Video’s coverage of the Autumn Nations Cup will include the usual production bells and whistles you’d expect from an international rugby tournament plus an interesting innovation: cameras mounted on the goalposts. The PostCAM set-up will consist of four minicams (two that are pan-and-tilt) on each of the posts, installed just below the crossbar. […] More
More speakers have been added to the FutureSPORT 2020 programme, with executives from across the sports broadcasting landscape featuring in a packed agenda as part of this online event, presented by SVG Europe and sponsored by Panasonic. New names include: Matthew Beal, Aurora Media Worldwide, Executive Producer Jens Cornelius Knudsen, TV 2, Vice President of […] More
If you missed any of Next Generation Audio Summit 2020, you can now watch it on-demand without registering. The sessions cover a range of subjects including object manipulation, sound localisation, remote production, augmented stadium sound and the virtual fan, and what is coming down the line for personalised sound for sports broadcasting. More
