When Tennis Channel International was launched in Germany last May, the OTT service didn’t intend to broadcast live tennis programming. But COVID-19 and its impact on the tennis world opened up opportunities that were unforeseen only months earlier. More
Faced with the threat of COVID-19, and the subsequent travel restrictions for talent and production crew, Sky Sports has adopted a remote commentary workflow for its live coverage of England’s two-match Test cricket series in Sri Lanka: a set-up that links Galle to Isleworth via Colombo and Manchester. Between the first and second tests, SVG […] More
Ahead of England’s second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Sky Sports commentator and former England captain Nasser Hussain talks to SVG Europe about the ups and downs of doing remote commentary. None of the Sky Sports commentary team are at the ground for this series because of COVID. How have you found the experience? […] More
SVG Europe Women Virtual Wellbeing has announced its first workshop of 2021, which aims to help participants cope better with stress. Liberation: A freedom model for good stress will take place on 11 February 2021 at 10am (UK time). Special guest speaker, chartered and counselling psychologist Sarah Hosken, will take participants through a view of […] More
While many sports events are at a standstill, or have had to reduce their activity and scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic, adapting to the constraints of the ‘new normal’ situation is the key to finding ways of offering a robust broadcast product for the ones that are still taking place. Such solutions maintain the […] More
German public broadcaster WDR is among the first European customers to adopt Riedel Communications’ new MediorNet MicroN UHD media distribution and processing device, in its latest outside broadcast truck. WDR is deploying 13 MicroN UHD devices to support live HD and UHD broadcasts using Ü3, the broadcaster’s newest OB truck. Broadcast Solutions, a Germany-based systems […] More
Brand new for 2021, SVG Europe’s Winter Sports Summit will look at the unique challenges and opportunities faced by winter sports productions. Experts in producing coverage of sports such as skiing, biathlon and ice hockey will discuss workflow evolutions, new methods for remote production, the future of winter sports production and more. The event will […] More
Eurosport has secured the rights to broadcast multiple 2021 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) events from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). This agreement will give fans access to a host of UCI’s events across 35 territories in Europe, including the UCI Road World Championship, UCI Track Cycling World Championship, UCI Mountain Biking World Championship, BMX World […] More
By Paul Every, VP media products, Stats Perform While much of 2020 has been unpredictable, innovation in the sports broadcast industry has remained a constant. In fact, it seems the pandemic has forced innovation at an even faster velocity than many would have foreseen back in January. Remote production and cloud-based workflows are an area […] More
By Igor Vitiorets, CTO, slomo.tv The idea and development of remote workplace technology began quite a long time ago. For optimal locations of the video referee workplace and the server, a proprietary system for a remote workplace was developed. It included a Full HD referee monitor with a remote console connected to a Linux-driven box. The […] More
