Sky Deutschland’s Imke Dunker, senior producer for Formula 1 and team lead for Formula 1 and tennis, has united a career focused on motorsport production and her family in a cohesive bundle that has enabled her to continue taking opportunities as they presented themselves. “Working in live sport isn’t a job from nine to five; […] More
Sky Deutschland Formula 1 presenter, Sandra Baumgartner, decided she wanted a career on television when she was just a teenager. She has used that intent to get herself in front of the cameras to represent the top tier of motorsport to German fans, and for Sky Germany, that means an average audience of 800,000. She […] More
It almost goes without saying that the pandemic accelerated the introduction of automated and remote production workflows and web-based technologies, but a lingering side effect has been to exacerbate an industry-wide skills gap. The issue was top of mind for executives speaking during the Sport Production Leaders Briefing at SVG Europe’s Sport Production and Technology […] More
British broadcaster Sky Sports is all set for live coverage of the Formula 1 2021 season, which begins in Bahrain this weekend. SVG Europe caught up with Sky Sports’ director of F1 Billy McGinty and Andrew Ferrans, F1 senior production manager, to talk about how they work with host broadcaster Formula One Management (FOM), the […] More
Sky Germany has launched a dedicated 24/7 Formula 1 TV channel in advance of the beginning of this year’s racing season, which will see the chequered flag drop this weekend in Bahrain. The new channel will host a mixture of content from across the motorsports world, including F1, F2, F3 and more, with live and […] More
Hollywood is coming to the UEFA Champions League as Sky Germany prepares to use an Arri Alexa Mini film camera for the first time in a live football transmission, bringing a cinematic experience to viewers. During the second leg of round 16 of the UEFA Champions League between Bayern Munich and Lazio Roma on 17 […] More
Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has confirmed that Sky Germany will broadcast coverage of the championship’s X Prixs, highlights and magazine shows. Sky Germany’s coverage of the tournament is to be broadcast in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and will be available to view in both German and English. Charly Classen, executive vice president of […] More
SVG Europe is in the thick of the action as football leagues around Europe return to TV screens. Our online Football Summit 2020 on Thursday 18 June provided unique insight from leagues, host broadcasters and rights holders behind coverage of the German Bundesliga, Poland’s Ekstraklasa, Spain’s LaLiga, the English Premier League and Italy’s Serie A. […] More
Germany: Sky Deutschland is launching its new 24 hour sport news channel for Germany and Austria on the 1st of December, writes Birgit Heidsiek. Following the model set in other territories, Sky Sport News HD will report around the clock about all important events from the world of sport. More
Germany: PLAZAMEDIA GmbH has been commissioned by Sky Germany with the broadcasting operations for its third HD channel, set to launch on August 6. More
