London beats Doha to stage 2017 World Athletics Championships
BBC News: The World Athletics Championships will be held in the United Kingdom for the first time after London was selected ahead of Doha to host the 2017 event. More
Around The Industry
Adobe pulls Flash from TV environment
Broadband TV News: Adobe is to break with plans to put its Flash technology into the TV space, at the same time pulling out of the mobile market, in favour […] More
Spectra Logic enhances storage options
Spectra Logic has introduced five new products and a suite of advancements that the company says meet the complete feature set, capacity and performance needs of the new market of […] More
Roome has a view at Studer
Studer has appointed Simon Roome to the position of Technical Sales Manager. Based in Potters Bar and reporting directly to Karl Chapman, Simon’s primary task will be technical sales support […] More
Snell names Payette global sales director
Dave Payette has joined Snell as global sales director and will lead Snell’s worldwide sales effort, overseeing operations in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Lebanon, India, Hong Kong, China, […] More
Al Jazeera to launch sports news channel
Gulf Times: Al Jazeera Media Network will launch a new dedicated sports news channel next month. “Technical and editorial teams are working around the clock to launch Al Jazeera Sports […] More
Liverpool threatens breakaway from Premier League’s TV rights deal
The Guardian: The deal that shares television’s billions equally between Premier League clubs is facing its biggest threat to date after Liverpool announced it would lead a challenge for overseas […] More
Olympic stadium deal collapses
BBC News: The deal to hand the London 2012 stadium over to West Ham Utd after the Olympics has collapsed, with the stadium now set to pass into public ownership. […] More
Revised code of practice for sports ground sound
Installation Europe: In a development highlighted at the recent PLASA Show, the British Standards Institution has introduced the revised BS7827 code of practice for audio systems designers in sports venues. More
NFL considers second annual London game
Sport Business: National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell has raised the prospect of adding a second regular-season game in London and revealed that an expansion of the International Series will […] More