World Championship Air Race is set to commence in Q1 2022 World Championship Air Race (WCAR) has partnered with Aurora Media Worldwide to develop its broadcast format. Following last month’s announcement that WCAR has agreed a 15-year deal with the World Air Sports Federation to stage an international series of air race festivals, this is […]
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IMG appoints Graham Fry executive chairman, production
Fry has been with IMG since 1991 and plans to retire by the end of 2022 IMG has revealed that Graham Fry is its new executive chairman, production. The move comes as Fry aims to manage the transition to new leadership when his career before the end of 2022. Fry joined the company in 1991, […]
Shoot the Company to produce UK Pro League tennis
Shoot the Company will create the live feed for BT Sport’s live weekend coverage of the year-round domestic tennis championship River Media Partners has revealed that Shoot the Copany will produce the broadcasts of the UK Pro League tennis competition. The film production company will create the live feed for BT Sport’s weekend coverage of […]
AWS and Bundesliga kick off new in-game match facts
Most Pressed Player, Attacking Zones, and Average Positions – Trends will all be available to broadcasters during matches Amazon Web Services and the Bundesliga have launched three new in-game match facts, beginning from Matchday 21 on 12 February. From this weekend, broadcasters will have access to Most Pressed Player, Attacking Zones, and Average Positions – […]
World Rugby partners with Whisper ahead of 2021 World Cup
Whisper has also made a double appointment to boost its sport production offering in Australasia ahead of the World Cup in New Zealand World Rugby has appointed Whisper as its key digital video and audio production producer for 2021. In a year that includes the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Whisper will create […]
Nascar adds LiveLike interactive audience experience
Features including polls, predictions, a cheer meter, emoji sliders, and alerts will be available Nascar has added interactive audience engagement features to its app for the 2021 season. The organisation is working with LiveLike to provide interactive features such as polls, predictions, a cheer meter, emoji sliders, and alerts through the live sections of its […]
La Liga becomes first major league to use cutting-edge cameras in live broadcasts
The technology allows to get closer to the players than they have before La Liga and Mediapro have begun to use cutting edge cameras to bring fans closer to players in live broadcasts – which you can see in the video above. The innovation, using a Sony A7S II camera (35mm sensor), Sony optics (Zeiss) […]
Verizon creates 5G interactive stadium and watch together option for Superbowl LV
There will also be a fan experience within Fortnite, which supporters can watch a live stream of on Twitch and Twitter Verizon is providing a 5G-powered ‘SuperStadium’ for fans to view Superbowl LV within the NFL mobile app. The SuperStadium will allow fans with an iPhone 12 and using the app to choose from seven […]
Extreme E partners with Al Kamel Systems for broadcast support
Al Kamel Systems will assist with TV graphics, timekeeping, and more… Extreme E has partnered with Al Kamel Systems for time keeping, TV graphic services and data information related to broadcast. Ahead of the launch of the environmentally focused electric racing series, the organisation has joined with Al Kamel Systems to assist its broadcast. The […]
World Rugby recruits new broadcast operations manager
She joins the organisation from IMG’s media arm World Rugby has appointed Amanda Godson as its new broadcast operations manager. She joins the organisation after leaving IMG Media last year, where she had worked since 2017 as commercial manager, media rights and aquisitions. She also had roles at the company acting as broadcast manager at […]
COMMENT: What sports broadcasters have learned in an unprecedented 2020
Greg Burns, head of business development at Arqiva, reveals what sports broadcasters can take on board going into 2021. The sports broadcasting industry was granted a unique opportunity to test and trial new ways of working when producing and distributing content this year as it wrestled with the impact of the global pandemic. It forced […]
COMMENT: Sunset+Vine on producing the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in a pandemic
James Livingston, features producer at Sunset+Vine, reveals the work that went on behind the scenes at the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup With the COVID-19 pandemic adversely impacting all aspects of production in 2020, we knew we had our work cut out for us ahead of the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup for […]
Timeline TV predicts 200 tonnes of C02 savings in 2020
Timeline TV CEO, Daniel McDonnell, was speaking at the Broadcast Sport Tech Innovation Forum Timeline TV CEO Daniel McDonnell has revealed that the company predicts it will save 200 tonnes of C02 by the end of this year. Remote production has meant the company has been able to cut back on flights this year, as […]
DAZN launches globally with Luke Campbell v Ryan Garcia
DAZN is will live and exclusive in the UK and around the world DAZN has announced that its global launch event will be the Luke Campbell v Ryan Garcia match up on 5 December. The OTT broadcaster will show the fight live and exclusive in the UK and worldwide, except Poland, with an initial price […]
Insight TV to broadcast live Red Bull freestyle football and breakdancing
Football legends such as Roberto Carlos, Gary Neville, and Fabio Cannavaro will be judging the footballers’ skills Channel provider and producer Insight TV will broadcast two Red Bull Media House events live next month. First up will be the Red Bull Street Style Final 2020 on 14 November at 7pm GMT. In a new online […]
TECH: Changing The Rules of the game for live news and dynamic sports productions
Ronen Artman, VP of Marketing, LiveU, chats with Broadcast Sport about the capabilities of the LU-800 and the various projects undertaken this year. It’s fair to say that in the build-up to the launch of the first LiveU product in 2008 there was some industry scepticism about the viability of the underlying technology we were […]
Eurosport gears up for its most extensive Tour de France coverage
The broadcaster is utilising digital platforms for faster highlights and more Tour de France action than ever before. Eurosport is covering ‘every minute of every stage of the 2020 Tour de France’ across 75 markets, including new formats and ways to watch (the Eurosport App, Eurosport.com and the GCN app). Working together with Discovery-owned Global […]
SailGP to bring fans closer to the action with onboard conversations
The competition has paired with Acronis to deliver the project SailGP and cyber protection company Acronis have announced a voice recognition project that hopes to let viewers listen to onboard conversations. The project will track every conversation on the national teams’ F50 catamarans, and then transcribe and translate them in real-time. The resulting content will […]
Live boxing to return to DAZN in July
Three fights will air exclusively on DAZN in a variety of territories. DAZN will show live boxing once more, from 24 July, with three US cards in five weeks from Golden Boy Promotions and Matchroom Boxing USA. On Friday, 24 July it will air Vergil Ortiz Jr. against Samuel Vargas from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino […]
LiveScore to add live football streaming to app and website
Popular scores app aims to become a major sports streaming service. Sports scores app LiveScore is working with OTT specialist StreamAMG to add live football streaming to its website and app. The platform will host live matches and on-demand content from football clubs and media outlets, and says it will become “a major new sports […]
ITV4 returns to live sport
Championship League snooker tournament to take place in isolation ITV4 is to host the first live free-to-air sport since lockdown with coverage of next month’s Championship League snooker. The tournament is to be played behind closed doors at Milton Keynes’ Marshall Arena, with players, officials and staff staying on-site for the duration of the 11-day tournament. […]
M2A Media unveils cloud-based live video platform
The service is described as a user-friendly, cost-effective alternative to satellite and fibre. Cloud-based video specialist M2A Media has launched a new live video cloud distribution platform it describes as “a flexible and cost-effective alternative to satellite and fibre.” M2A Connect enables producers to schedule and automate the global delivery of live feeds, via a […]
K League to work with Grabyo as season kicks off again
Cloud-based platform will enable remote production of live matches on social media. The season opening return of K League tomorrow (Friday, 8 May) is being produced for social media remotely using Grabyo. The match – between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Samsung Bluewings – is being broadcast on K League’s YouTube and Twitter channels at […]
Roundtable: How to Build A Fan Base
The rise in new sports formats has focused attention on the best way to combine traditional media with social and digital platforms to engage with and retain audiences. In recent years, a plethora of newly devised sports formats have launched. Formats like Sail GP, Extreme E, the Six Day Series and Roborace or major one-off […]
Arsenal FC chooses Blackbird for quick-turnaround social content
Cloud video editor to be used by the club for editing and distributing live and archive content on social platforms. Arsenal Football Club has announced it’s to use cloud video platform Blackbird for the speedy editing and publishing of content to fans. The club, which has a combined following of 70+ million fans across its […]
LiveU and Tencent partner to broadcast live sport despite covid-19 lockdowns
LiveU supplied remote production equipment to film the event LiveU and Chinese broadcaster Tencent managed to bring some live sport to viewers recently, in the form of speed skating. The 2020 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in South Korea were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and in reaction, the China Short Track Speed […]
DAZN Spain reveals 49 million hours of sport watched in first year
78.1% of the hours were spent watching live sport DAZN has revealed that over 49 million hours of sport were watched on its platform during its first year in Spain. The live and on-demand sport streaming service launched in the country on 27 February 2019, and has since shown coverage of competitions such as MotoGP, […]
LaLiga to produce 4K El Clasico with latest tech
It is looking for a high-quality viewer experience LaLiga are set to produce the latest El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona in 4K-HDR when it is played on 1 March. It is also set to make use of some of the latest camera and graphics technology to film one of the biggest games in […]
Gravity Media reveals the tech behind 4K Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury 2 coverage
It produced BT Sport’s coverage of the fight Gravity Media has revealed the tech behind BT Sport’s live 4K PPV coverage of last weekend’s heavyweight world title bout between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. The fight, which saw Fury crowned the WBC world heavyweight champion after Wilder’s corner threw in the towel during the seventh […]
Game on: the ever-growing production values of esports events
Head of marketing & communications at live production specialists EVS, Sebastien Verlaine, gives a view into the world of esports production Across online and TV it is estimated that more than 500 million people around the world are watching other people play video games. Yet, as esports continue to grow in popularity, tournament producers are […]
Second Spectrum/AWS to usher in sports viewing innovations
AWS tools will help bring new game-watching experiences to fans Optical tracking company Second Spectrum has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and media services provider. Second Spectrum, which provides optical tracking for both the NBA and the Premier League, says its partnership with AWS will […]
BBC launches pop-up FA Cup channel on iPlayer
The channel will show two full days of FA Cup content, including all live games this weekend The BBC has created a pop-up FA Cup channel on BBC iPlayer centred around this weekend’s fourth round action, as well as showing archived FA Cup content. The VoD channel will show two full days of FA Cup […]