EVS has secured a major contract with Host Broadcast Services (HBS) that will see the company provide live production and replay equipment for broadcast coverage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The deal covers the delivery of a turnkey solution consisting of all broadcast equipment and services required to provide Live Replay facilities for […] More
German Football League (DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga) subsidiary Sportcast and TVN Group have strengthened their co-operation by becoming joint shareholders of TVN Live Production. The new venture for TV outside broadcasts is the result of a co-operation between TVN Mobile Production and Sportcast subsidiaries Livecast TV Produktion and HD Sat Communication. TVN Live Production will […] More
LaLiga has opened the bidding process for the exclusive sale of LaLiga Santander audiovisual rights in Spain, including Andorra, on non-exclusive terms. These rights cover a period of up to five seasons, from 2022-23 until 2026-27. The audiovisual content is divided into seven options, each one made up of several lots, intended for both terrestrial […] More
Italian Football league Serie A has teamed with Hawk-Eye Innovations, Sony’s wholly-owned subsidiary for officiating and tracking technologies, on a new collaboration that will result in the launch of a state-of-the-art video assistant referee (VAR) Replay Centre in Lissone, Italy. The new joint venture sees Hawk-Eye providing multiple services including goal-line technology (GLT), VAR, VAR […] More
Streaming platform LiveNow has partnered with Eleven Belgium to offer sports fans in Belgium a new way to access live action from LaLiga and Serie A. In addition to being able to enjoy coverage from both leagues through Eleven’s linear and OTT channels, fans will now have the option to secure pay-per-view match passes with LiveNow. […] More
Eurovision Sport has appointed Stefan-Eric Wildemann as its new head of football, a role that will see him take charge of the exploitation and development of a portfolio of football rights that includes the FIFA World Cup. Wildeman joins from Deltatre, the Turin-based sports and entertainment technology provider, where he served as senior director of […] More
AE Live (AE), the broadcast graphics solutions company, has agreed a deal that will see it deliver graphics services to BT Sport remotely from its UK office. For the start of the 2021-2022 football season, AE operators have been delivering match and presentation graphics for BT’s Premier League football coverage from a newly built Graphics […] More
Eleven Portugal has secured the rights to show the English Premier League for three seasons from 2022-23. The deal will see the OTT and linear broadcaster deliver live and exclusive coverage of all 380 Premier League matches. The live coverage will be supplemented by expert analysis, local commentary, and interviews. The rights are currently held by […] More
More people are watching live football at home via online streams than before the pandemic, new research has revealed. Supporters are just returning to grounds after being forced to sit and watch at home for the best part of 18 months due to the effects of COVID-19, but their viewing habits appear to have changed […] More
In the second part of our interview, Luisella Fusco, head of media operations and broadcast Lega Serie A, takes us behind the scenes of the league’s new production centre and explains how it’s enabling innovation. Read the first part of the interview here. Tell us about some of the technical innovations made possible by the […] More