Augmented Reality (AR) is where text, pictures and animations are digitally inserted intosomeone’s field of view to enhance their experience of the real world. These digital augmentations can be inserted using AR headsets/glasses but they can also be inserted into mobile apps and integrated into conventional TV broadcasts…
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Foxtel secures NRL rights to 2027 as Nine finalises extension
Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has today (Thursday) marked the resumption of its 2020 season by agreeing fresh rights deals with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial free-to-air broadcaster N…
FFF vetoes LFP’s Ligue 2 expansion plan
The French Football Federation (FFF) has voted against the French Football League’s (LFP’s) proposal to expand the second tier of the domestic game, Ligue 2, to 22 clubs for the 2020-21 season.
Virtual Reality and Sport
The idea behind Virtual Reality (VR) is to convince the user they are somewhere else – like diving on a coral reef, sitting aboard a 12-metre racing yacht or standing beside the 18th hole at the US Open...
Artificial Intelligence and Sport
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic over the last few years, with the media and film makers using provocative narratives and graphic imagery to capture consumers imaginations, and probe…
OZ Sports launches AR platform to enhance matches at empty venues
Sports technology company OZ Sports has joined forces with visual content studio RVX Productions to launch a new product designed to enhance broadcasts of sports events played out in empty stadia during…
Covid-19 delays World RX’s electric vision, World Motorsport Games postponed
Plans to introduce electric cars into the World Rallycross Championship (World RX) have been hit with further delays, with 2022 now set to be the earliest the project will be implemented, while the World…
Socios unveils Covid-19 immunity verification tool for football fans
Blockchain-based fan engagement platform Socios has announced plans for an immunity verification tool, designed to allow football fans to return to stadiums and watch live sport safely once the Covid-19…
CBA lands wide-ranging China Mobile rights deal
Migu, the video entertainment subsidiary of mobile telecoms operator China Mobile, has signed a wide-ranging agreement with the CBA, the top basketball league in China
Four years on, LaLiga’s international focus is paying off in sponsorship
Since LaLiga put internationalisation at the heart of its commercial growth plans in 2016, the Spanish league operator has increased its international presence to 84 countries and grown its sponsor portfolio five-fold.
Iconic Strat-O-Matic games find new lift during pandemic
Venerable maker of sports simulation games has seen a strong resurgence amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Eric Fisher reports.
How the Covid lockdown is redrawing international federations’ content strategies
Without live events, international federations are being forced to innovate with their fan engagement strategies. Adam Nelson reports.
Legal challenges inevitable whatever the final form of English football’s ‘Project Restart’
As the end of May approaches and the Premier League continues to work on ‘Project Restart’, Adam Nelson examines the legal issues facing English football’s operating bodies as they push for football’s return.