All Sports articles – Page 5
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Tour de France 2022: Behind the scenes with the WBDS mixed reality Cube
Behind the scenes at this year’s Tour de France 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports used the Cube studio to enhance its coverage of cycling’s greatest show.
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Amazon and BBC break BT Sports’ exclusive hold over Champions League
BT Sport has lost its exclusive hold over coverage of the UEFA Champions League, with streaming service Amazon securing 17 games and the BBC airing highlights for the first time.
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Behind the Scenes: The Championships, Wimbledon 2022
With more matches broadcast than ever before, some in 360-degrees and plans for an UHD HDR upgrade, Wimbledon braces for two weeks of global attention.
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Apple scoring MLS rights is part of a growing SVOD trend
The broadcast game is changing. In the pursuit of growth, streaming platforms are turning their attention to grabbing sports rights from traditional broadcasters.
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Streaming live sport: lowering latency and enhancing quality
With the direct to consumer (D2C) model becoming more influential, live sports streaming is increasingly subject to the kind of quality expectations associated with traditional linear output, writes David Davies.
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US hits three streamer subscriptions per household
The number of streaming services subscriptions per household in the US jumped from 2.1 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2021, according to a survey by consultancy firm Altman Solon.
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Five billion people to watch 2022 World Cup
Five billion people around the world are expected to watch the 2022 World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said this week.
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BT agrees sports TV deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
BT has finalised a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to form a 50:50 joint venture company to create a new premium sport offering for the UK & Ireland.
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IBC Digital 2021 Interview: BBC Sport’s Barbara Slater, winner of IBC 2021 International Honour for Excellence
Barbara Slater, BBC Director of Sport, was awarded the IBC 2021 International Honour for Excellence in recognition of her career in sports broadcasting and for leading the way in establishing women’s sport and bringing women to the fore in sports broadcasting. She talks about her career, achievements and goals for ...
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Daily News
Synamedia gives BT a sporting chance
Video software provider Synamedia revealed that its VIVID Compression platform was one of a range of partners to support UK broadcaster BT Sport’s 8K-UHD broadcast of the Saracens vs. Bristol Bears Gallagher Premiership Rugby in March 2022.
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FIFA launches free streamer FIFA+
Sports federation FIFA has launched its own global streaming platform for football fans, FIFA+.
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Sandeep Tiku to join DAZN Group as chief technology officer
Sports streamer DAZN Group has hired Sandeep Tiku as Chief Technology Officer.
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Daily News
LTN Global appoints new operations SVP
Video transport solutions specialist LTN Global appointed Catherine Gonzalez Pack as its new senior vice president of operations.
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Daily News
Telstra and Grass Valley team for Stan Sport
Long-standing Grass Valley customer and partner Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) has selected GV AMPP (Agile Media Processing Platform) to enable cloud-based production and playout capability for Stan Sport.
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Apple TV+ snaps up first sports rights
Streamer Apple TV+ has bought its first set of sports rights, picking up a package of Major League Baseball (MLB) rights in nine territories including the US, UK and Japan.
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Industry Trends
Taking the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup to a global audience
After being postponed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup is finally upon us, running until the start of April. Eight teams are taking part in the tournament, which is being played in the One Day International (ODI) format, over 31 matches, and ...
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Multicast with a dial a delay option: 5G VISTA will ignite fan interest
The next big steps for the DCMS-sponsored 5G VISTA Project will be the imminent arrival of test handsets and the 31 March release of a report containing all the collateral from two years of technical and business case endeavours. VISTA stands for Video in Stadia Technical Architecture, but distributed events ...
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Len Blavatnik refinances DAZN
Billionaire Len Blavatnik has agreed a $4.3 billion recapitalisation of sports streamer DAZN.
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Super Bowl LVI: How NBC is preparing for Super Gold Sunday
The Super Bowl is usually the biggest day in the US broadcast calendar but this year it touches down in the middle of 2,800 hours of Beijing Winter Olympics coverage, so what will NBC do to make it standout?
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BT Sport enters exclusive negotiations with Discovery
BT has entered into exclusive negotiations with Discovery to create a joint venture for its BT Sport business.