By Andreas Unterweger, R&D manager, NativeWaves, and Professor of Media Technology, Salzburg University Dan is desperate. As a big sports fan he has had a miserable year and feels as though he has been robbed. In 2019, he could attend every important live event in person, and if that wasn’t possible, he could at least […] 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
The FA Cup Third Round is a traditional curtain-raiser to the New Year when the plucky David’s of lower and non-league English football get to battle against the superstar Goliath’s of the Championship and English Premier League, usually on mud, in mist and against the odds. Over the weekend 9 to 11 January, all 32 […] More
Sports production professionals and content creators looking for more flexible ways to spin tools up and down, and pay for those services on an opex rather than a capex basis, are the target for a new software-as-a-service model being introduced by Vizrt. Called Flexible Access, the new way of offering products is comprised of five […] More
France TV’s live broadcast of the French Open tennis tournament from Roland Garros is seen as a showcase of excellence in sports broadcasting; an event that pushes engineers and manufacturers to innovate in infrastructure and supporting technologies, as well as trialling options for standardisation and pathways to the future. In 2020 the tournament was postponed […] More
The 36th America’s Cup Finals begin on 6 March but the battle to see who will face off against New Zealand in them began this weekend (15-17 January) with the first Prada Cup Round Robin race in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf. For the America’s Cup production team, the race begins a new era of technology […] More
By Susanna Mandel-Mantello, VP and head of sales, sports and events, SES To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the live sports market would be an understatement. In March 2020, live sports broadcasts came to an abrupt halt due to global lockdown restrictions, throwing sports fans into a tailspin. Since then, live sports broadcasts […] More
By Laura Tressler, head of sales, BT Media & Broadcast The pandemic has changed the way people view relationships. Whether that be with family, friends or in business, many have a renewed sense of what’s important. Commercial relationships between suppliers and sports broadcasters are no different. As we come to the end of a year […] More
By Kieran Kunhya, CEO, Open Broadcast Systems Over the past year we have seen a growing appreciation of the value of IP contribution and distribution. However, even before COVID, we were beginning to see that transition and it is the broadcasters and content providers that had already moved to IP that are managing to weather […] More
