Recent Posts tagged with sky sports
By Heather McLean, Editor | Thursday, May 12, 2022 - 09:45
Boxxer, the UK’s next-generation boxing promotion, has announced a plethora of new broadcast agreements which will air live Boxxer programming to over 100 international territories. Boxxer shows air live and exclusively on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, after the UK sports broadcaster signed Boxxer as its exclusive British provider of boxing content in […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Monday, May 9, 2022 - 13:36
SVG Europe Audio is excited to announce speakers from Warner Bros. Discovery and Sky Sports for the IP Audio Forum, which is taking place on 26 May. At 15:00 (UK time BST), this live online event will explore the hot topic of audio over IP (AoIP). AoIP peaked just in time to help the sports broadcasting industry over the […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Monday, May 9, 2022 - 10:44
Sky Sports is celebrating a BAFTA win for its Formula One coverage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the 2022 British Academy Television Awards. Sky partnered with Formula 1 and Channel 4 to make Sky Sports’ live coverage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix available to the nation, ensuring millions of Formula 1 fans […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 10:07
Sky Sports has announced a new multi-year broadcast partnership with W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for women. W Series will include ten races across eight Formula 1 Grand Prix weekends in 2022, and Sky Sports will broadcast live coverage of every qualifying and race session. The three year partnership – through to […]
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By Jo Ruddock | Friday, April 8, 2022 - 14:03
Augusta National Golf Club has extended Sky Sports’ rights to show the Masters Tournament exclusively live in the UK and – starting with last week’s tournament – Ireland. The multi-year deal gives Sky the exclusive rights to the first, second, third and final rounds and play-offs (if applicable) at the iconic course. The extension of […]
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By Jo Ruddock | Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 13:48
On Saturday 2 April, Sky Sports treated sports fans to 24 hours of women’s sport with live action from across the world. The headline event began early on Sunday morning (02:00) as cricket fans were able to watch the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final in Christchurch as defending champions England took on six-time winners […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Friday, March 18, 2022 - 08:08
Louise Popplewell, a camera operator at Sky Sports, was 14 when she decided she wanted to be a camera operator after filming an advert in her English lesson at school. “I really enjoyed the creative process and being at the centre of the action,” she says. “When I went on to college I did A-Levels […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Monday, March 7, 2022 - 19:43
Nia Wyn Thomas, senior producer for Sky Sports football on Women’s Super League (WSL) and Samantha Mills, Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday producer, are a dream team focused on bringing the beautiful game alive for sports fans across the UK. Both Thomas and Mills are part of the Sky Sports football team. When Sky Sports won […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 08:41
“I’m super proud to say I’m a complete product of Sky,” says Sara Chenery, senior director and team lead at Sky Sports. “At 17 I was secretary to the head of business development and director of marketing for a year or so, before I offered to look after guests at an outside broadcast in my […]
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By Jo Ruddock | Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - 16:50
Sunday’s Carabao Cup final saw the highest in-home peak and average viewing figures on record for a League Cup Final on Sky Sports, as well as the introduction of a host of new filming technologies. The match averaged 3.16 million viewers and peaked at over 4 million – the highest in-home peak for any match […]
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