While the main innovation FIFA TV is providing for Russia is a 64-match UHD with HDR feed, there is an equally extensive VR production for the tournament. For the first time at a World Cup, VR will be available for all matches as a live stream in 180-degrees as well as a 360-degree VoD offer […] More
California-based Peer5 was founded in 2012 soon after Google open sourced the WebRTC project. WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) provides browsers and mobile applications with RTC capabilities via simple Javascript APIs. “In WebRTC, we saw the potential to create a more decentralised and resilient Internet, one that wouldn’t be so prone to traffic bottlenecks and breakages,” […] More
In addition to Russia, which qualified automatically as the host nation, a total of 13 places were available for European teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. TV coverage by the rights holders in those 13 nations will vary significantly and SVG Europe talked to a number of broadcasters – both big and small […] More
It’s a big week for the Fox Sports World Cup team. Initial testing of equipment that will be housed in the IBC in Moscow is wrapping up, and everything will be in shipping containers by Friday for the long journey to Russia. “This is a huge and complex event for us, coming on the heels […] More
With just over ten weeks remaining until the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, what was once a far-off goal on the horizon for US Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo is suddenly bearing down on them like a speedboat. It was in 2011 when Telemundo learned it had acquired the rights to this year’s […] More
This year’s FIFA World Cup finals will be the 14th consecutive tournament that both the BBC and ITV will cover jointly. But, for the first time, the two broadcasters will be sharing many resources in Russia. In the past, the broadcasters have shared SNG facilities, but for this tournament both Charlie Cope, BBC’s Technical Executive […] More
