Tata Communications has been named the Official Broadcast Connectivity Provider of Formula 1, with the intention of delivering a world-class, technologically advanced experience to fans globally. Tata Communications will provide global end-to-end managed network services for video contribution. For this, it will facilitate the transfer of more than 100 video feeds and over 250 audio […] More
Sky Deutschland’s Imke Dunker, senior producer for Formula 1 and team lead for Formula 1 and tennis, has united a career focused on motorsport production and her family in a cohesive bundle that has enabled her to continue taking opportunities as they presented themselves. “Working in live sport isn’t a job from nine to five; […] More
Sky Deutschland Formula 1 presenter, Sandra Baumgartner, decided she wanted a career on television when she was just a teenager. She has used that intent to get herself in front of the cameras to represent the top tier of motorsport to German fans, and for Sky Germany, that means an average audience of 800,000. She […] More
Channel 4 and Sky Sports have agreed a rights deal that will see live coverage of the Formula 1 season finale shown free-to-air in the UK, on what could be a historic occasion for Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton stands on the brink of history as a victory in Abu Dhabi would clinch an eighth world […] More
Georgina Sadler, assistant producer at Sky Sports Formula One, has moved from one kind of horsepower to the next, going from her first job working for a polo production company where she concentrated on capturing each chukka and every pony’s twists and turns on the field, to the roar of Formula 1’s engines. Commenting on […] More
It almost goes without saying that the pandemic accelerated the introduction of automated and remote production workflows and web-based technologies, but a lingering side effect has been to exacerbate an industry-wide skills gap. The issue was top of mind for executives speaking during the Sport Production Leaders Briefing at SVG Europe’s Sport Production and Technology […] More
Sky Sports has announced its highest ever daily viewing figures as the Premier League, Formula One and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup all contributed to recordbreaking numbers. An average of 1.2 million viewers tuned into Sky Sports channels throughout the day on 24 October with a reach of over 8 million. Numbers peaked at […] More
The majority of Formula 1 fans still want to watch live races on pay TV, according to a new survey from Formula 1 and Motorsport Network. The 2021 F1 Global Fan Survey, which was carried out by Nielsen Sports, the global information, data, and measurement experts, shows that penetration of pay TV is high, with […] More
Formula 1 debuted a brand new onscreen F1 Insight called Start Analysis at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix held on 10 October 2021 at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul. Powered by AWS, the new insight analyses those vital few seconds at the start of the race when drivers are going from a standstill to incredibly […] More
Formula 1 has revealed its next generation race car that will be used by teams in the 2022 season. The vehicle, which has been developed with AWS, is more aerodynamic, designed to create more wheel-to-wheel racing and more action on the track. The project was run using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and thousands of compute […] More
