Volumetric video of live sports is set to be hitting viewers’ screens far sooner than they might expect, according to Unity. The company, which is the creator of real-time 3D content development platform Unity, and Unity Metacast, a platform announced in October 2021 designed specifically for use in sports broadcasting, is working with Ultimate Fighting […] More
UK sports producer Amanda Lawson has announced the launch of Hang Loose Media Group, a production company specialising in sports and esports content. An industry powerhouse, Lawson is stepping out on her own following 25 years of industry success working for some of the world’s leading brands and organisations including Octagon CSI, IMG, ITV Sport, […] More
The next generation of Cage Warriors champions will soon be crowned with every knee, kick and knock-out in the Octagon coming to discovery+ in the Netherlands and Eurosport in Spain. Cage Warriors, one the fastest-growing competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) events globally, has already staged more than 150 events in three continents over the past […] More
Eleven Belgium has secured a multi-year rights extension with the UFC to continue to bring the best action to MMA fans. Viewers will be able to enjoy the UFC, as well as Cage Warriors, with the Eleven fight pass, available for €6.99 a month. Guillaume Collard, managing director of Eleven Belgium and Eleven’s group chief […] More
Delivering a successful social strategy for UFC was more vital in 2020 than ever before for the mixed martial arts (MMA) firm. With fans unable to attend fight nights thanks to lockdowns, the content and production staff at UFC had to bring the entire experience to fans on connected platforms, remotely. Move to the cloud […] More
Mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation UFC has announced a new broadcast partnership with Altice Médias-owned RMC Sport. The broadcaster will show all UFC events in France, including French Overseas territories and Monaco exclusively, plus Andorra, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and Mauritius non-exclusively. The prelims will also be aired when there is a local French athlete competing. […] More
Ahead of the highly anticipated UFC 250: Nunes v Spencer fight in Las Vegas, UFC has stated it has strengthened its multi-platform content offering by teaming up with cloud video platform, Grabyo. UFC began utilising Grabyo’s cloud-native platform to distribute live and real time video optimised content for their global digital and social channels earlier […] More
