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Daily News
3SS supports Austria’s ORS on Hisense smart TVs
3 Screen Solutions (3SS) announced that Austria’s national broadcast network operator ORS has gone live on Hisense smart TVs with its super-aggregated multiscreen simpliTV service. The app is powered by the emerging VIDAA operating system.
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Appear on track for summer of sport
Live production technology specialist Appear said it is supporting the live delivery of thousands of camera feeds reaching billions of fans globally during this year’s summer of sports.
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NBCUniversal to send 27 creators To Olympic Games Paris 2024
NBC Universal is to send 27 social media creators to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as part of an effort to reach sports fans of all generations.
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Liberty Global to acquire Formula E stake from Warner Bros. Discovery
Liberty Global is to take a controlling interest in electric car racing series Formula E.
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Industry Trends
Skills and training: live sport tech roles evolving as automation advances
As a long-term pacesetter for the use of new broadcast technology, it’s to be expected that the industry-wide skills gap is especially acute in live sports, writes David Davies.
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Michael Plaut appointed BBC board member for Wales
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced that Michael Plaut has been appointed to the BBC Board as the Nations Director for Wales.
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Industry Trends
Streaming rights: live sports unite audiences in cultural moments worth fighting for
Joint ventures and consolidated services may be stealing the OTT headlines but live sports will be the next battleground as streamers look to shore up engagement and revenue. Adrian Pennington reports.
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Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery name joint sports streamer Venu Sports
The sports streaming service set to be launched by Walt Disney’s ESPN, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox Corp is to be called Venu Sports.
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AI-Media partners with DAZN
Captioning technology specialist AI-Media has formed a partnership with sports entertainment streaming platform DAZN to provide live and recorded multi-language and translated captioning using various solutions from its AI-based LEXI Tool Kit.
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Pascal Fratellia to leave role as EBU’s Olympics Director
Pascal Fratellia, the Director of Olympics at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is to leave the organisation after 17 years.
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Free-to-air sport broadcasting worth €4.9bn to European economy
Free-to-air sport broadcasting is worth €4.9bn to the European economy, according to a new report from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
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BBC appoints Alex Kay-Jelski as Director of Sport
Alex Kay-Jelski, Editor-in-Chief of The Athletic, has been appointed as the BBC’s new Director of BBC Sport.
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Viaplay sells UK business back to Premier Sports
Viaplay Group has sold its UK direct-to-consumer (DTC) business to SSBL Limited, the company behind Premier Sports.
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Silver Lake to take talent and sports agency Endeavor private
Private equity firm Silver Lake is to take talent, sports and entertainment agency Endeavour Group Holdings private in a deal worth $13bn.
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Liberty Media acquires MotoGP owner Dorna Sports
Formula One owner Liberty Media has agreed to acquire Dorna Sports, the exclusive commercial rights holder to the MotoGP World Championship.
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Monumental Sports partners with Synamedia
US-based Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has chosen Synamedia’s video network products to distribute high-value sports content, along with other programming, to its newly launched Monumental Sports Network, which it recently acquired from Comcast/NBC Universal.