Registration is now open for The Motorsport Show 2021, sponsored by Veritone. Hosted by Abi Stephens, The Motorsport Show will focus on best practice around the circuit and in the compound, highlighting how broadcasters and motorsports associations are changing their workflows, augmenting their output and upping their viewer engagement. It takes place online at 14:00 […] More
Discovery is set to become the first Premium Broadcaster of the Roland Garros tournament, in a new agreement announced today that runs till 2026. Following the invitation to tender issued on 13 April 2021, the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) and Discovery have outlined the official agreement for exclusive broadcasting rights to the next five […] More
WSC Sports is working with NRK Sports, the sports division of NRK, the Norwegian state-owned public broadcasting company and largest media organisation in Norway, to bring automated real-time video highlights of the Euro 2020 action to fans across the region. NRK will be using WSC Sports’ full suite of tools to deliver an innovative viewing […] More
Norway’s biggest commercial broadcaster TV 2 Norway has chosen the Kaleido-IP video multiviewer from Grass Valley as part of its migration to open standards-based IP workflows. TV 2 provides a range of programming including news, sports, entertainment, children’s programming, TV series, movies and magazine shows. It is extending a longstanding partnership with Grass Valley so […] More
Technology from TVU Networks has been widely used in Portugal’s first football games broadcast using 5G technology. AV supplier Ibertelco connected Portuguese telco NOS with TVU Networks to supply video-over-IP delivery solutions at the country’s first 5G-enabled stadiums – Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade. NOS recently equipped both stadiums with a full 5G communications infrastructure. As part of an […] More
Coverage of the UEFA European Championship (Euro 2020) from the German public service broadcaster ZDF will be remotely produced and controlled from Mainz. Studio presentation, as well as direction, technology and post-production, will be done from the “sportstudio-Arena” which is on the ZDF site in its home state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The NBC (National Broadcast Centre), […] More
The 2020 UEFA European Championship (Euro 2020) kicks off today (Friday 11 June), 12 months after it was originally slated, but with an extensive match coverage set-up and vast contribution, distribution and content options for rights holders. 1.9 billion individuals are expected to tune in to Euro 2020 live matches via official TV and streaming […] More
The French Open is taking place once again at Roland Garros in Paris, yet it is all change for this Grand Slam. 2021 sees the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) and its new host broadcaster, HBS, taking the production over from France Télévisions for the first time, as well as bringing in a plethora of […] More
UEFA Euro 2020 is finally upon BBC Sport, one year late, and despite the action kicking off in just a few hours, many parts of the production are still a moveable feast thanks to ever-changing COVID restrictions. The broadcaster, however, is ready and is even launching a new look for all of its football programming […] More
Sinclair Broadcast Group has unveiled its new 25,000sqft, SMPTE ST-2110 media operations centre for its regional sports networks (RSNs). The centre features cloud-hosted disaster recovery channels and a large-scale ST-2110 production facility for its Tennis Channel complete with a cloud-based environment for pop-up live special events ― all built around Imagine Communications infrastructure and playout […] More
