BT Sport has secured a multi-year agreement to broadcast every ball of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The three-week tournament which kicks off today (26 August), will see West Indies stars including Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard, face off against each other. Cricket fans will be able to catch a host of […] More
BT Sport has announced the new Hype Mode feature on its app to bring enhancements designed to entertain younger sports fans to the small screen. Hype Mode, which debuted on 14 August during live coverage of the Manchester United versus Leeds United match, provided a youthful and entertaining broadcast experience never before seen in the […] More
Chelsea got its 2021/22 campaign up and running by facing Villarreal in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday 11 August. The showpiece was also a chance for UEFA to trial a central HDR production for the first time. Champions League holders Chelsea beat Europa League winners Villarreal 6-5 on penalties in the match held at […] More
BT Sport has been announced as the exclusive broadcaster of Serie A in the UK and Ireland until 2024. The three-season deal has been agreed with Infront, the league’s exclusive international media rights partner, running through to the 2024 season. Rachel Knight, sports rights director at BT Sport, commented: “We want to provide our customers […] More
The FA Disability Cup was played at St George’s Park on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July, with BT Sport providing coverage over the weekend, the first time the Cup has been broadcast live. This competition stood out from previous matches, not least because it made it onto our screens, but because it hit the […] More
Join SVG Europe Audio Group for its next meet up on 20 July at 3pm (UK time) where we will focus on the issue of diversity and inclusion within sports broadcasting audio. Hosted in conjunction with SVG Europe Women, we will be looking at how we can solve this problem as an industry, hearing the […] More
Never.no, an audience engagement specialist working with global broadcasters, sports properties, brands and content creators, has joined SVG Europe as a Gold sponsor. Founded in 1999 by Norwegian, Lar Laurizson, the company was originally a technology solutions business, providing software for flows and managing data. It has slowly evolved into the broadcast sector, where its […] More
BT Sport is to continue as the exclusive broadcaster of France’s top domestic football league, Ligue 1, in the UK and Ireland until 2024, in a deal agreed with beIN Media Group, which holds global broadcast rights to the league. Featuring the likes of Paris Saint-Germain stars Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, AS Monaco’s Cesc Fabregas […] More
BT Sport partner Sceenic, the software provider behind the broadcaster’s app functionality for Match Day Experience and Watch Together, was recently named a Game Changer in the Co-Watch trend in the latest Sports Innovation Lab Power Play Index. We caught up with Jonathan Williams, one of the founders of the company and its chief operating […] More
SVG Europe’s recent Audio Group discussion titled 5G Audio Production, which highlighted the challenges and provided an educational look into this upcoming technology, is now available on demand. The event, in which BBC Research and Development, BT Sport and Olympic Broadcast Services and more spoke about 5G uses in audio production, workflows, use cases and […] More
