Host Broadcast & Production
Mediapro adapts LaLiga host broadcast to highlight virtual overlay, minimise empty seats
Spanish production group and rights agency Mediapro has reworked its host broadcast of LaLiga matches since the league returned earlier this month with shots of empty seats minimised
Sportway and Swedish Ice Hockey Federation sign five-year AI production deal
Sportway, the Swedish production and live streaming firm backed by leading sports industry figures in the Nordic region, has signed a five-year agreement with the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation (SIF) to…
Israeli investment house part of Pixellot’s $16m funding round
Automated sports video production company Pixellot has announced the completion of a new $16m (€14.3
NBC Sports’ Premier League coverage to include enhanced audio
NBC Sports has revealed that its coverage of the Premier League in the coming weeks will include "atmospheric enhanced audio" in order to improve the broadcast experience of games that will have no spectators…
Celtic turns to Sunset+Vine to produce streamed league matches
UK-based sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has been appointed as the production company for Celtic’s in-house broadcast of Scottish Premiership matches next season.
Eurosport recruits Sky Sports’ F1 channels head Young to lead production
Scott Young, who heads up Sky Sports’ Formula 1 channels, is to leave the UK pay-television broadcaster to join Discovery-owned Eurosport later this year in the position of senior vice-president, production a…
No pitchside cameras at Hungarian league in reduced production set-up
The host broadcast of matches from the Nemzeti Bajnokság, the top-tier football championship in Hungary, is being undertaken with a reduced production set-up with no cameras allowed alongside the field …
Robotic cameras and automated production reduce Covid-19 risk at German tennis exhibition
The organisers of an exhibition tennis tournament in Germany are using robotic cameras, and semi-automated production to minimise the risk of spreading the coronavirus at the event, which starts today…
Sunset+Vine furloughs 100 staff, adapts production set-up in face of Covid-19
UK-based sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has furloughed around 77 per cent of its full-time workforce at it seeks to shield the business from the impact of the Covid-19 shutdown
Eurovision Services offers new world feed service for rights-free sports content
Eurovision Services, the media services arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of free-to-air broadcasters, has launched a new offering designed to help broadcasters easily gain access to a…
NFL, TV networks prep complex Draft production
Production to cover three separate networks, roughly 180 different video feeds
Highlight’s sports and event sales up after higher Team Marketing commission
Highlight Communications, the Switzerland-based media company, has reported a 1
K-League opens KRW1bn media production centre
The K-League, Korea's professional football league, has opened a media facility that will be the central hub for the production of its live matches and other content
Optus ‘begins production talks’ ahead of Rugby Australia bid deadline
Telecoms operator Optus is considered the leading candidate to acquire pay-television rights in Rugby Australia’s ongoing invitation to tender process, and has begun to seek out production companies, r…
Coronavirus prompts RTL to remain in Germany for F1 production
German commercial broadcaster RTL has said it will refrain from on-site reporting of the opening three races of the 2020 Formula 1 season due to risks presented by the coronavirus
Discovery invests €40m in sports production technology hub
International media company Discovery has opened a new technology hub in the Dutch city of Hilversum to store and distribute live sporting productions.
Discovery has invested close to €40m ($44.5
Bundesliga tender includes improved production, more clips and digital out-of-home rights
Further details of the inventory on offer in the Bundesliga’s forthcoming domestic broadcast rights tender process were released today by the German Football League (DFL).
Infront and CEV finalise long-term €106m media-rights and production deal
The Infront agency has finalised a 12-year global media-rights and production agreement understood to be worth €106m ($115.8