The merger of the sports broadcasting businesses of BT Group and Warner Bros. Discovery has been approved by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. BT and Warner Bros. Discovery welcomed the move, which paves the way for them to form a joint venture company in the next few weeks and for each of their assets […] More
BT Sport no longer holds the exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League in the UK, but it has secured the rights to the majority of the League’s games, plus all the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League exclusively live for a further three seasons, including highlights and in-match clips, to 2027. […] More
In its role as Lead Partner of all England Teams and Wembley Stadium, EE has unveiled a number of initiatives to support the growth of disability football on and off the pitch, ensuring the game is as inclusive as possible for fans and spectators with disabilities. A three-year commitment to broadcast The FA Disability Cup […] More
Vislink has delivered private network 5G technology at the recent Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Saracens and the Northampton Saints at StoneX Stadium in London. The Vislink and Mobile Viewpoint deployment brings bidirectional IP connectivity right to the edge and delivers operational efficiencies for broadcasters by enabling virtualised production in the cloud. Vislink supported the […] More
Last weekend BT demonstrated its broadcast capabilities with its combined operations of BT Media and Broadcast, BT Sport and EE working to showcase the benefits that 5G and cloud-based technologies bring to broadcasters. BT delivered the broadcast innovations on Saturday (21 May) at the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Saracens versus Northampton Saints, where it […] More
EMG UK recently produced the Tyson Fury versus Dillian Whyte fight at Wembley Stadium, London, for BT Sport in which the new Sony HDC-F5500 camera had its world-first debut. The camera had its inaugural live sporting event outing on 23 April as part of a UHD HDR production. Says Martyn Edwards, project director for the […] More
BT Sport has announced that the 2022 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League finals will be available for everyone in the UK to watch for free on TV, online or on mobile. Fans can watch the finals for free by downloading the BT Sport App for mobile or TV, on […] More
BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery have announced a new joint venture (JV) that will provide viewers in the UK and Ireland with access to both broadcasters’ content. Going forward, both products will be rebranded under a new identity. Following its announcement of exclusive discussions on 3 February 2022, BT Group has agreed a set […] More
EMG UK and BT Sport are producing this weekend’s Tyson Fury versus Dillian Whyte fight at Wembley Stadium, London, with a world-first 4K HDR broadcast workflow. Sony’s new HDC-F5500 live system camera will be used for the first time in Europe in a live sports broadcast scenario as part of the 4K HDR workflow. The […] More
Synamedia’s Vivid compression platform, powered by AMD EPYC 7763 processors, have distributed BT Sport’s 8K-UHD broadcast of the Saracens vs. Bristol Bears Gallagher Premiership Rugby on 26 March 2022. This accomplishment was the UK’s first live 8K home broadcast of a top-tier sporting event delivered in 8K using a single CPU to encode the broadcast. […] More
