Major sporting events in summer 2021 attracted audiences in the millions to BBC viewing platforms, breaking previous records. A peak BBC TV audience of 25 million tuned into the UEFA Euro 2020 final between Italy and England, and a peak audience of 7.8 million witnessed Novak Djokovic defeat Matteo Berrettini in the Men’s Singles Final […] More
While the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) saw increased interest towards the Belgian international team in the run up to Euro 2020 this summer, it was also aware that this increased the risks from counterfeiting activity. As the tournament drives more online purchases of merchandise around the world, it was imperative that the federation could address […] More
The digital edition of SVG Europe’s 2021 SportTech Journal is now available to download and view. The SportTech Journal is a specially curated review of the major sporting events of the past 12 months, including extensive coverage of the Olympic Games and Euro 2020. Highlights include: Live from Tokyo: Behind the scenes with BBC Sport, […] More
Groupe M6 utilised Cobalt Digital’s 9904-UDX-4K openGear card, including Advanced HDR by Technicolor solutions, to convert UHD HLG signals to UHD SDR during the UEFA European Football Championship. Groupe M6, one of the key broadcasters for the championship in France, offered all retransmitted games on a dedicated UHD SDR channel on top of the traditional […] More
It has been non-stop action at dock10 this summer, and that’s not just the sport on the TV. BBC Sport has produced coverage for both the Euros and the Olympics from the Salford facility, with dock10 hosting the tentpole events through a combination of virtual sets, infrastructure upgrades, massive fibre roll out, working closely with […] More
SVG Europe’s Back in the Game, sponsored by MediaKind, took place at Kings Place in London on the afternoon of 28 July, featuring a series of fireside chats and the opportunity to network. The event welcomed key figures from this year’s summer of sport who shared their insights, experiences and challenges working on Euro 2020, […] More
EMG companies ACS and Broadcast RF (BRF) came together for another UEFA Euro tournament this year, continuing a longstanding history of co-ordinating and supplying live aerials for the tournament on behalf of UEFA, this time across multiple cities in Europe. Planning for delivery began back in mid-2019 when nine aerial teams across Europe were secured. […] More
With the final of Euro 2020 now concluded at Wembley, Telegenic, which is providing unilateral and match services for UEFA via HBS for Rome and Italy, worked at maximum capacity to bring both the sights and sounds of this thrilling event to screens across the globe. In Rome and London, Telegenic provided UEFA with a […] More
German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have upgraded their technical subsidiary shared by both companies, Mobile Produktions Einheit (MPE), which translates to Mobile Production Unit, to full IP for production of Euro 2020 and Olympics 2021. With help from German systems architect, Logic, the migration to IP has been used for all core components of MPE. […] More
Europe has been gripped by Euro 2020 fever since 11 June, and many of those football fans in the UK have been watching all the action on BBC Sport, which is presenting from its new virtual studio based at Dock10 in Salford, Manchester. The 360 studio also marks the start of a new visual era […] More
