Sky Sports has announced its highest viewing figures ever thanks to a full day of live sport on Sunday 4 October, which included Premier League matches, T20 and the Indian Premier League cricket, the European Tour, boxing, NFL and NBA games. The broadcaster averaged 933,000 viewers throughout the day, which accounted for 11.7% of all […] More
AE Live is working on its eleventh consecutive Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The competition got underway on 19 September with the opening game between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, won by the latter by five wickets. AE Live is the graphics partner for […] More
If you want good evidence of sport production’s increasing globalisation, this is a good one: a Belgian OB firm (Alfacam) signing a major agreement to cover cricket (hardly a Belgian speciality) on another continent (India) using cameras (Grass Valley) from a third. More
India: The final of this year’s IPL takes place on Sunday and much of India is forecast to grind to a halt as the Chennai Super Kings take on the winner of today’s match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Globecast is playing a crucial role in making sure the signals get out to […] More
India: After a consortium led by Times internet, the web division of the newspaper publisher Times of India Group, acquired the international online, mobile and radio airtime rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket competition, the new webcaster appointed EVS to provide servers and content management for its near-live web coverage, including commercial […] More
UK: Commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a new four-year deal with Nimbus Communications for the UK broadcast rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition. Under the new agreement, live coverage of IPL matches will be broadcast free-to-air on ITV4 and simulcast live on ITV.com. More
