As the first in-person event after seven months of lockdown, Sky Summit 2020 at Mathäser Filmpalast in Munich (8 October 2020) brought together the top decision-makers of the sports broadcast industry in Germany. Hosted by Sky Deutschland in cooperation with SVG Europe, the main topics at the event included the management of crisis situations as […] More
SVG Europe’s Sports Production Leaders Briefings begin today with Broadcasters & Over the Top (OTT) providers, kicking off at 4pm (UK time). Today’s speakers are BBC Sport’s Narinder Ball, outside broadcast engineering manager, DAZN’s Natalie Cornforth, head of global virtual production operations, Sky Deutschland’s vice president of sports production and SVG Europe chair, Alessandro Reitano, […] More
SVG Europe is pleased to announce more speakers for the Sports Production Leaders Briefings panels, part of the Sport Production & Technology Summit 2020. Sky Deutschland’s vice president of sports production and SVG Europe chair, Alessandro Reitano, will be joining the panel of broadcasters and over the top (OTT) providers taking place on Tuesday 15 […] More
SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner is excited to announce its first Sports Broadcasting Partners. These Partners are extending the reach of Speakers Corner with their own extensive networks, further validating the work of SVG Europe Women. The first sports broadcasters to join SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner are: BBC Sport; BT Sport; DAZN; ITV Sport; […] More
As the Bundesliga became the first top tier league to return to live football last weekend, Sky Deutschland worked with Reality Check Solutions to deliver a new production workflow using the Singular.Live platform for dynamic graphic overlays. Since this was the return of live top tier sport, the eyes of the world were on Bundesliga […] More
In Germany, the Bundesliga break will be extended until April 30 due to the coronavirus pandemic, following an announcement by the chair of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga). As the general assembly discussed in mid-March, it is still the intention to continue with Bundesliga matches in the current season as long it is acceptable legally […] More
I am incredibly excited to commence my term as chairman of SVG Europe, writes Alessandro Reitano. I replace David Shield, whose amazing work and achievements over the last five years have brought SVG Europe into a great environment for further growth and positioning. My first major SVG event ten years ago allowed me to get […] More
SVG Europe is very pleased to announce that Alessandro Reitano, Sky Deutschland vice president of sports production, has become the new chair of Sports Video Group Europe. He succeeds David Shield, IMG Media senior vice president and global director of engineering and technology, who has stepped down after five years at the helm. Joe Hosken, […] More
SVG Europe and Sky Sport Germany are pleased to announce that our multi-year cooperation will continue with the return of the Sky Sport Summit 2019 at the broadcaster’s facilities in Unterföhring, Munich on 27 June. The title sponsor for the event is Broadcast Solutions. Once more for this year, we look forward to panel discussions, […] More
By Birgit Heidsiek Sportcast, the 100%-owned subsidiary of the Deutsche Fussball Club (DFL), is in the midst of another successful season as the host broadcaster for Germany’s Bundesliga. And the production continues to see increased demand from broadcasters around the world to not only broadcast matches but also create additional content around the matches. In […] More
