At the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) World Cup Finals in Flaine, France from 6 to 9 April 2022, Eurovision Sport tested innovative solutions for contributing, producing and distributing content through the cloud in a proof of concept (PoC) that will inform its production goals for the Federation going forwards. “The main goal of this […] More
You can now watch an on-demand recording of SVG Europe Audio’s Immersive Audio Forum – Look back at Beijing online event. Viewing is free but registration is required. Speakers include Nuno Duarte, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) sound design and audio manager, and Karl Malone, director of sound design, NBC Sports and Olympics, NBC Universal. More
Eurovision Sport is working with the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) to turn the niche sport of ski mountaineering into an Olympic-ready discipline in time for the Winter Games in Milano Cortina in 2026. The EBU division is looking to repeat the success it achieved with the biathlon, governed by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), […] More
The production efforts for the Beijing Games point to the tremendous dedication of those in our industry to get things done. If you have any friends on social media who have made the journey to China you can see that it was long, difficult, and now has them enclosed in tight bubbles designed to maximize […] More
Speakers from Sky Sports, Infront Productions, Olympic Broadcasting Services, Formula 1 and more have been added to the content programme for SVG Europe’s Sports Graphics Spotlight 2022, sponsored by Singular.Live. Taking place on Wednesday 23 February at 14:00, the online event will bring together the best creative and technical minds in the industry to discuss […] More
BBC Sport is raring to go for the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics Games, which is fast approaching. The public service broadcaster has been cooperating with fellow rights holder Discovery to ensure each network provides viewers with the best offering, says Jonny Bramley, executive producer for major events at BBC Sport, speaking to SVG […] More
Beijing 2022 viewers on Discovery+ and Eurosport will be treated to improved expert analysis, an updated version of The Cube mixed reality studio and even more athlete stories as part of Discovery’s extensive plans for the winter games. The broadcaster, speaking at an online launch event on Monday 24 January, revealed that it will show […] More
The trend towards remote production of TV winter sports events and the associated increased demand for broadcasting services raised new challenges to all involved in the winter of 2020/2021, working amid a pandemic. Vidi has mastered these challenges and, with the successful finalisation of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, has delivered the winter […] More
The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) Nordic World Ski Championship, which took place from 23 February to 7 March in Oberstdorf, Germany, marked the first use of the diPloy IP-based infrastructure from Euro Media Group (EMG). Host broadcaster Infront Productions used the IP flypack to co-ordinate a remote production, with the ski jumping production team situated a few kilometres […] More
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) chief technology officer Sotiris Salamouris is the latest name to join the speaker line-up for next week’s Winter Sports Summit. One year out from Beijing 2022, Salamouris will be discussing plans for the broadcast coverage of the next Winter Olympics, an event that is being described as “more sustainable and more […] More
