With time ticking on the run-up to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham later this month, host broadcaster Sunset+Vine is working hard to ensure all rights holders have everything they need to bring every event to viewers. This is Sunset+Vine’s third Commonwealth Games, but it’s first working independently as a host broadcaster. David Tippett, Sunset+Vine’s managing […] More
Rugby League World Cup (RLWC21) and the International Rugby League (IRL) have released more information about the host broadcast services contact that they are putting out to tender ahead of next year’s tournament. Last week, the two parties announced an “historic collaboration” that will see them jointly take responsibility for the world feed at the […] More
UK-based production company Whisper has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the West Indies’ home series against Ireland in January 2020 as part of what has been described as a ‘trial partnership’ The agreement with Cricket West Indies (CWI) covers three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three T20Is in Barbados, Grenada and St Kitts […] More
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 is set to begin today (7 June) in Paris with France taking on South Korea and FIFA TV’s efforts around the event continue to expand in order to meet the growing demands of rights holders and a growing global audience. Not only will the live match coverage take a […] More
Coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup will be the focus of a special preview session during SVG Europe’s SportTech 2019 event at Lord’s in May. The seminar, called ‘Finding the Edge: Covering the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup on TV and Online’, will features speakers from the tournament’s host broadcaster Sunset+Vine. Chairman Jeff Foulser […] More
Sky Sports has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2019 Netball World Cup and will share the rights to show matches with the BBC. Sky will show all the games from the ten-day tournament in Liverpool with BBC Sport broadcasting every match from day four onwards. Commenting on the announcement, Netball World Cup 2019 […] More
After more than 40 years in the broadcast industry and nearly 20 years as chief executive of Host Broadcast Services (HBS), Francis Tellier is to retire. Effective 1 November, Dan Miodownik, current chief content officer and deputy chief executive, will take over officially as chief executive of the Infront subsidiary. At the same time, Luc-Antoine Charial […] More
The 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships has appointed Sunset+Vine to be the host broadcaster for the 35th edition of the competition taking place at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow from 1-3 March 2019. Under the terms of the agreement, Sunset+Vine will produce the world feed for the championships, where the very best of Europe’s athletes will feature in […] More
