Scotland’s UEFA Euro 2020 victory over Serbia became the most watched qualifier match this year on Sky Sports. Scotland and Northern Ireland’s dramatic UEFA Euro 2020 Play-off Finals provided Sky Sports with large audience shares on 12 November, following Sky’s recent decision to offer both broadcasts for fans to enjoy free-to-air in recognition of the […] More
Sky Sports has announced it is making this Saturday’s Fight Night boxing available on YouTube, Facebook and skysports.com, as part of the broadcaster’s bid to make elite women’s sport more accessible to a broader fan base. The triple-header of women’s world title fights taking place on 14 November – including undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor’s […] More
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
Sky Sports has announced a set of new measures to combat abuse and hate across its digital platforms, following a rise in offensive online behaviour from users. Over 40 million users engage on Sky Sports’ channels on digital and social media platforms – including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – which have seen a spike […] 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
Sky Sports News has kept going throughout the 2020 lockdown thanks to the hard work of a great team of people of which production manager Victoria Rudling is one. Rudling’s year has gone from working on location at the Cheltenham Gold Cup to helping to keep Sky Sports News reporters online through the use of […] More
With the second half of 2020 seeing live sports back on our screens after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, audio company Calrec sat down with Chris Eckford, a UK-based A1 mixer, to discuss his career, Calrec’s products and the future of live production. You’ve been an A1 for ten years. Tell us about your […] More
SVG Europe Women has announced Networking Uncovered, a special focus event that will aim to expose the secrets of the art of getting to know people and moving ahead in your sports broadcasting career. Taking place at 10am (UK time) on Thursday 10 September, the panel, made up of members of the SVG Europe Women […] More
After a gap of 21 years, live cricket returns to BBC screens on 30 August. As part of a five year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the broadcaster can cover more than 100 hours of cricket each season. The original plan for 2020 was live coverage of one game in each […] More
With the re-emergence of sport following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sky Sports in the UK was keen to find new ways of working that allowed its teams to produce the highest quality coverage while keeping them in the safest possible working environment. From the announcement of the return of both the English […] More
