SVG Europe is very pleased to announce the names of the sports broadcasting and production projects that have been shortlisted for the Sports TV Awards 2020, sponsored by Canon.

After receiving nominations from all across Europe, covering many different sports and representing sport and media organisations big and small, the judges chose 23 entries across five categories that they felt had helped to push sports television forward within the 2019 calendar year.

Awards will be presented for Achievements in Production, OTT Experience, Sustainability and Diversity.


The full shortlist is:

Outstanding Production Achievement (Event)

  • – BT Sport, Timeline, Telegenic, Moov and Redbee – 2019 UEFA Champions League Final
  • – FIBA Media – FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019
  • – ICCTV with Sunset+Vine – Cricket World Cup 2019
  • – SailGP, Oracle, Whisper, Timeline, TATA – SailGP remote production
  • – SVT, Arista, Clear-Com, Grass Valley and Net Insight – 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships remote production
  • – Videohouse and Sunset+Vine – The INEOS 1:59 Challenge
  • – World Rugby and IGBS – Rugby World Cup Japan 2019

Outstanding Production Achievement (Innovation)*

  • – BBC Sport, AE Graphics and dock10 – Virtual reality studio
  • – Pixellot and Sporttotal – Revolutionising the German sports market with AI automation
  • – Sky Sports, Sky Creative Agency, MRMC and Dimension Studio – Sky Scope
  • – DFL, netventure and TVN Mobile Production – Bundesliga Augmented Reality broadcast drone
  •  -TV2 Danmark, Promotheus – 3D Real-Time graphic system for analysing sports

Outstanding OTT Experience

  • – DAZN – Streaming the Sports Revolution
  • – Eleven Sports and Reactoo – Watch Together
  • – Endeavor Streaming with UFC – UFC Fight Pass
  • – On Rewind, Orange Vélodrome & Olympique de Marseille and Netco Sports – Live Stadium @ Orange Vélodrome
  • – Prime Video,Sunset+Vine and BT Sport – Amazon Premier League

SVG Europe Women Award for Diversity in Sports TV

  • – BT Sport – Takeover
  • – Rise with BT Sport, ITV and Clear-Com – Rise Up
  • – SVT Sports – Gender-equal sports coverage

One Planet Award for Sustainability in Sports TV

  • – SailGP, Oracle, Whisper, Timeline, TATA – SailGP remote production
  • – Sky Sports – #GoZero
  • – SVT, Arista, Clear-Com, Grass Valley and Net Insight – 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships remote production

Chair of the judges and SVG Europe editorial director Fergal Ringrose, said: “We were overwhelmed by the quality and breadth of the submissions for the Sports TV Awards 2020 with entries arriving from many different countries, covering some of the biggest events, but also some unique and very interesting smaller ones.

“The level of innovation and ingenuity demonstrated by the entries illustrates how exciting and forward-thinking the sports television industry in Europe continues to be.

“As judges, we have looked to reward and recognise production and broadcasting excellence but also those projects that have led by example, experimented, taken risks and achieved results that can contribute to the forward momentum and success of the industry as a whole.

“The selection process was tricky but I think we’ve produced a great shortlist. I would like to congratulate every single one of the companies that have made it through to the final stages of the Sports TV Awards 2020.”

Ceremony

The SVG Europe Sports TV Awards were scheduled to take place at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 27 May. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, the awards cannot be bestowed in person at this time. Instead, SVG Europe will be announcing the winners during an ‘as live’ online awards ceremony that will premiere on YouTube and the SVG Europe Awards website at 17:00 (UK time) on 27 May 2020.

The awards ceremony will be hosted by Abi Stephens, sports broadcaster and presenter.

The Sports TV Awards trophies themselves will then be handed over in person at a future physical SVG Europe event.

*Additional award

During the submission process, it became clear to the judges that the entries for Outstanding Production Achievement Award could be logically divided into two categories – ‘overall production excellence’ and ‘specific production innovation’. As such, two shortlists have been announced within this category and two awards will be given.

The SVG Europe Sports TV Awards 2020 recognise and honour the outstanding companies, teams and individuals that pushed sports broadcasting and production forward within the 2019 calendar year. The judges look to reward people, organisations and projects, big or small, that have led by example, experimented, taken risks and achieved results that can contribute to the continuing forward momentum and success of the industry as a whole.

For more information, including judging criteria, please visit: https://www.svgeurope.org/sports-tv-awards-2022/