Pixotope successfully delivered 3D recreations of Paris and Monaco during France TV’s live broadcast of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs AS Monaco in the French Football Cup final on 19 May. XD Motion’s X fly 3D with mechanical tracking AR recorded live footage of the Stade de France opening and at halftime, with Pixotope graphics covering […] More
As the Ligue 1 season in France came to a dramatic close, Canal+ enhanced its final day broadcast coverage by providing viewers with predictions of the likely winners and losers in the title race, using insights powered by Stats Perform’s Qwinn. Those insights included predicting match outcomes with Live Win Probability and predicting the title […] More
Equidia, a European television channel dedicated to horse racing, has developed a Blackmagic Design live production workflow to produce and broadcast its live events. Central to the project was a need to modernise the video production and live broadcast capabilities at racecourses throughout France, including an upgrade from analogue SD to HD. Equidia enlisted Anjou-Image […] More
Altice France’s SFR, the country’s second-largest telecoms operator with 25 million customers, has extended its deployment of MediaKind’s Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP) solution to deliver live OTT coverage of the UEFA Champions League. In August 2020, MediaKind’s VSPP enabled SFR to deliver premium sporting content to its highest ever live streaming audience. Over […] More
wTVision has worked with Mediapro to develop the visual identity and on-screen graphics for TF1’s new football channel Téléfoot. The company’s creative team are behind all visual aspects of the TV and mobile station, and has implemented its concept into impactful broadcast graphics. Everything from overlay and on-air graphics, video design and augmented reality being […] More
In order to provide better fencing sports coverage, the French Fencing Federation has signed an agreement with VNProd, a Parisian company that specializes in the production of sports programmes. With the London Olympic Games just a few months away, fencing is trying to increase media awareness of the sport, so its actions are being mirrored […] More
In March 2011, Canal+ launched a dedicated 3D channel as part of the offer available for Canal Satellite subscribers. Each month a film and a top sporting event were aired, but the football match broadcast in December was the last one as the French audiovisual group decided to cut its 3D experience short. More
Reports from France over the Xmas and New Year break (picked up en anglais by Broadband TV News and Rapid TV News) state that Canal+ is going to fold its dedicated 3D channel on 24 January, with the number of subscribers put as low as 12,000 in one report (and only as ‘high’ as 30,000 […] More
GlobeCast and FRANCE 24 are launching a Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) trial in early 2012 with the support of Orange and SES. The service, to be offered to satellite viewers of FRANCE 24, initially in Western Europe, will add a layer of interactivity to satellite TV programming by harnessing the capability of connected TVs. More
France: The 35,000-capacity Hippodrome de Paris-Vincennes, which over the years has been as well known for hosting rock concerts as for its main purpose of horse racing, has recently upgraded its production infrastructure. More
