Recent Posts tagged with Rugby League
By Will Strauss | Friday, October 14, 2022 - 17:37
In the second of our interviews with the two host broadcasters for the Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) 2021, SVG Europe gets the lowdown from BBC Sport executive producer Sally Richardson on how the corporation will cover the matches for both a global and domestic audience, and the challenges that the event poses. Delayed due […]
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By Will Strauss | Friday, October 14, 2022 - 09:19
On the eve of the delayed Rugby League World Cup 2021, SVG Europe caught up with the two host broadcasters for the tournament, Whisper and BBC Sport, to find out how they will cover the matches for both a global and domestic audience. In the first of the two interviews, we speak to Whisper head […]
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By Jo Ruddock | Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 15:15
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has appointed Stats Perform as its exclusive Official Data Partner for the rearranged men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions taking place this year in England. Using AI and machine learning, and delivered through its global sales network, Stats Perform will continue to bring rich data insights and storytelling to enhance […]
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By Will Strauss | Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 14:19
Live Super League rugby will be broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK for the first time in its 26-year history after Channel 4 secured a two-year deal with the league’s organisers. The partnership will see ten live Super League matches air on Channel 4 each season. The commercial public service broadcaster’s Super League coverage […]
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By Will Strauss | Thursday, June 10, 2021 - 11:05
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has appointed Whisper as the host broadcaster for the tournament following an invitation to tender process. The agreement includes full delivery of broadcast production, distribution and rights-holding broadcasters’ facilities and service requirements for the men’s, women’s and wheelchair World Cups which will take place simultaneously for the first time […]
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By SVG Staff | Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 15:24
As professional sport resumed behind closed doors, The Rugby Football League (RFL) leveraged its Our League membership platform to bring live action to Super League season ticket holders at home. The RFL is the national governing body for Rugby League in the UK, working to develop and grow the sport at all levels from the […]
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By Will Strauss | Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 09:39
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 […]
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By Will Strauss | Thursday, July 2, 2020 - 11:37
The organisers of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC21) and the International Rugby League (IRL) are bringing TV coverage of the tournament in-house and will look to appoint a production partner, it has been announced. In what is being described as an “historic collaboration”, IRL and RLWC21 will take joint responsibility for the host […]
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By Will Strauss | Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 17:09
OXyFire Media Creative’s Jay Rozanski explains how technology from Telestream and Blackmagic Design is helping him to remotely produce from home a rugby league programme that is, in normal times, a studio-based chatshow. Rugby League Back Chat is a 30 x 60-minutes series produced by PHA Broadcast for FreeSports, part of Premier Sports. The topical […]
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