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Any rights-holder can now reach international media markets – but success requires a tailored approach
Increasingly easy access to international sports content worldwide is presenting rights-holders with an unprecedented opportunity to grow their global fan bases – if a tailored approach can be applied.
BCCI invites quotes for broadcast graphics
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the sport’s governing body in the country, has invited quotations for "Broadcast Graphics Services (Equipment and Personnel)" during the live production of i…
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli league to overhaul match statistics, tactical video streaming model
The Israeli Professional Football League and its member clubs are set to implement a new league-wide model of physiological data collection along with tactical video capturing and live streaming, with…
Riot Games to open trio of remote production centres
US-based video games developer, publisher and esports tournament organiser Riot Games has launched a new production venture that will see three remote broadcast centres developed across the world, beginning…
Hungary’s Network4 is first in Europe to use Bundesliga’s interactive feed
Media group Network4, the new Bundesliga rights-holder in Hungary, will this weekend become the first broadcaster in Europe to make use of the German league’s new interactive feed service.
IMG recruits experienced Ormston to production business development role
The IMG agency has recruited experienced broadcast production executive Jo Ormston to the newly-created role of director of business development for its global production business
Mixed approach for Beijing 2022 coverage in India, IOC’s European ITT on horizon
Coverage of Beijing’s 2022 winter Olympics in India and across the Indian subcontinent looks set to be split across broadcasters’ linear and digital platforms, along with the International Olympic Com…
Infront Moto Racing renews Eurovision Services distribution, streaming agreement
Infront Moto Racing, the company that manages the exclusive broadcast, sponsorship and promotional worldwide rights of the FIM Motocross World Championship, has renewed an agreement with Eurovision Services,…
Francis to replace Fry as IMG’s production chief
Barney Francis, the former managing director of Sky Sports, has been recruited as executive vice-president, global production at the IMG agency
ESPN adds aerial, on-ice cameras to NHL broadcasts
ESPN has unveiled a series of initiatives to bolster its National Hockey League coverage, including on-ice camera operators, players microphoned during their warm-ups, locker room cameras, and puck and…
Pixellot adds Craig Thompson to advisory board
Craig Thompson, one of the founders of the commercial concept behind the Uefa Champions League, has joined the advisory board of Pixellot, the automated sports broadcast production and analytics company
Digital native approach for Eurovision Sport in five-year ski mountaineering deal
The sport of ski mountaineering has landed a dramatic increase in exposure through a digital-led production and live streaming agreement with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting…
Sportway receives $6.3m injection in biggest funding round to date
Swedish automated production and live streaming firm Sportway has announced that all existing investors in the firm have provided more financial backing to close its latest round of funding with a total…
Pixellot ‘democratises’ Hungarian sport with ice hockey production deal
Automated sports video and analytics company Pixellot has agreed a broadcast production deal with the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (MJSZ)
Helbiz Media appoints Hiway Media for Serie B streaming technology
Helbiz Media, the domestic and international streaming rights-holder to Italian football’s second-tier Serie B, has today (Monday) announced the appointment of Hiway Media, the OTT platform technology p…
IMG selling centralised international rights to Africa’s World Cup qualifiers
The IMG agency has begun selling centralised international broadcast rights to the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup following a recent agreement struck with w…
Serie A chief sees direct-to-consumer future with new production centre
Lega Serie A chief executive Luigi De Siervo has said the organisation’s new production centre will help it potentially offer matches on a direct-to-consumer basis from the 2024-25 season onwards.
Sportway agrees rights deal with Swedish Tennis Association
Sportway, the automated production and live streaming firm, has signed up the Swedish Tennis Association as its latest client in a two-year agreement