“I can feel my blood fizzing with excitement again just thinking about it,” says Vicky Cotton, BBC Sport’s executive producer for live streaming, reminiscing on the 2012 London Olympics. “I’d set myself a little goal in 2007 when we were awarded that games that I would be one of the BBC1 programme editors, and I […] More
Today most people feel that a degree is an absolute necessity when seeking a job in sports broadcasting. It has not always been this way, however, and the rise of BBC Sport’s head of production, Debbie Dubois, is a perfect example of making your way to the top on talent and initiative, determination and resilience. […] More
The 2020 London Marathon was a vastly different affair to those of previous years, both for the runners and for those of us watching from the comfort of our sofas at home. Those thousands of runners, the amusing and cumbersome costumes, and huge crowds cheering the athletes onwards past the capital’s major landmarks were absent […] More
SVG Europe’s Sports Production Leaders Briefings begin today with Broadcasters & Over the Top (OTT) providers, kicking off at 4pm (UK time). Today’s speakers are BBC Sport’s Narinder Ball, outside broadcast engineering manager, DAZN’s Natalie Cornforth, head of global virtual production operations, Sky Deutschland’s vice president of sports production and SVG Europe chair, Alessandro Reitano, […] More
Adding to the already bulging line up of speakers for the Sports Production Leaders Briefings panels, part of the Sport Production & Technology Summit 2020, are executives from BBC Sport, DAZN, Infront Productions, CTV Outside Broadcasts and NEP. The live hour-long Zoom webinars will take place at 4pm (UK time) across the 15, 16 and […] More
After a gap of 21 years, live cricket returns to BBC screens on 30 August. As part of a five year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the broadcaster can cover more than 100 hours of cricket each season. The original plan for 2020 was live coverage of one game in each […] More
SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner is excited to announce its first Sports Broadcasting Partners. These Partners are extending the reach of Speakers Corner with their own extensive networks, further validating the work of SVG Europe Women. The first sports broadcasters to join SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner are: BBC Sport; BT Sport; DAZN; ITV Sport; […] More
The Heads Up FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea, which took place last weekend (Saturday 1 August) and saw the Gunners defeat their London rivals 2-1, was produced remotely by BT Sport. BT Sport was the host broadcaster for Saturday’s match, which was dedicated to the nation’s mental health. The competition was also broadcast […] More
At the third SVG Europe Women event on 16 July, we explored the area of “Back to work: What the ‘new normal’ is really like in live sports production”. Katarzyna Humska, production coordinator at MediaPro, spoke about LaLiga’s return in Spain, Sky Sports News’ production manager, Victoria Rudling, looked at horse racing at Royal Ascot […] More
BT Sport and BBC Sport are using the new Euro Media Group (EMG) UK Remote Operations Centre (ROC) to facilitate the remote production of their Premier League matches post-lockdown. The EMG UK companies involved in the UK ROC are Aerial Camera Systems (ACS), Broadcast RF, CTV Outside Broadcast and Telegenic, which worked closely to pull […] More
