All Sports/Outside Broadcast articles
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand features a number of production firsts including volumetric ‘datatainment’, fully remote live matchday hosting, and a stream dedicated to TikTok – but it is all in HD, reports Adrian Pennington
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: The Open
The 151st Open takes place at Royal Liverpool, 16-23 July with EMG in charge of pretty much all broadcast technical facilities, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Industry TrendsBehind the Scenes: Wimbledon 2023
The Championships, Wimbledon 2023 may feature more UHD and High Dynamic Range coverage than ever this year but it’s the volley of editorial firepower being served up that is the real story of the Championship’s technical production, writes Adrian Pennington.
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NewsNEP Group Appoints New CEO
Martin Stewart has been promoted to CEO of live sports and entertainment specialist NEP Group.
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Industry TrendsRemote Production by Pedal Power: Sustainable Broadcast
A flurry of striking new mobile broadcasting projects – including two bike-based units in the Netherlands – provide a tantalising glimpse of how day-to-day news-gathering and remote production could be made more sustainable, writes David Davies.
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VideoNAB 2023: Mathieu Yerle, Chyron
NAB2023: IBC365 spoke to the SVP of Strategy, Product and Marketing, Chyron on the NAB show floor.
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VideoNAB 2023: Abhishek Ranade, Tata Comms
NAB2023: IBC365 spoke to to Abhishek Ranade, Managing Director EMEA Direct Communications & Media Services, Tata Comms, who shared his take on industry trends from the NAB show floor
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Industry TrendsDolby Atmos in Broadcasting - Turning it up to 11
Dolby Atmos is a Next Generation Audio (NGA) technology that’s gaining considerable ground, especially in music, eSports and sports. John Maxwell Hobbs speaks to Anaïs Libolt, Director of Broadcast & Content in Europe for Dolby to get a snapshot of progress.
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Industry TrendsNext-generation XR content: The technical challenges
Technology consistently offers new ways for video to be made and consumed. AI and XR are two of the new frontiers currently rolling out fresh pathways to be explored.
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Industry TrendsPersonalisation: The Key to Increasing Sporting Engagement
There’s more to avoiding churn and satisfying viewers than simply creating good content. As linear TV increasingly takes on the character of a legacy format, the medium through which video is consumed becomes almost as crucial a component as the content itself, writes Andrew Williams.
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NewsWhisper to produce Wimbledon world feed
Whisper has been appointed as Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) production partner for The Championships 2023 and 2024.
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NewsEBU and Warner Bros Discovery win European rights to 2026-2032 Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded all media rights in Europe for the four Olympic Games in the 2026-2032 period to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Industry TrendsSports industry gathers to go OTT in Madrid
While rights-holding broadcasters are increasingly determined to ensure their linear sports output is available to their viewers via online channels, the sports industry is looking to OTT as a means of democratising coverage to engage fans and generate new revenue streams. The SportsPro OTT Summit, held in Madrid at the ...
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NewsEVS licences Blackbird web-editing tool for live sport production
Live production systems developer EVS has teamed with Blackbird, creator of the eponymous web-based editing tool, to embed a new product that both parties are touting as game-changing.
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Industry TrendsThe Future of Sports: A broadcast view
The 2022 Media and Entertainment Leader Summit revealed a glimpse into the future of sports broadcasting, with insights from DAZN Group, Eurovision Sport, Synamedia, LaLiga and Adeia, reports Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsWorld Cup 2022: ITV and BBC share technical production for first time
The BBC and ITV have historically shared the broadcast of World Cup matches but the World Cup 2022 in Qatar is the first time the two have joined forces on production, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Industry TrendsFIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Behind the scenes of stadia rigging
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 may be less than three weeks from kick off but for some facilities providers the journey to Qatar began six years ago.
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Technical PapersIBC2022 Tech Papers: 5G trials and tribulations
IBC2022: This Technical Paper sets out what VISTA aimed to achieve, how it achieved those aims and some of the issues along the way.
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Technical PapersIBC2022 Tech Papers: Immersive audio in large-scale sports production
IBC2022: This Technical Paper looks at OBS’s adoption of 5.1.4 immersive audio at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021.
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VideoNew frontiers for esports: The next wave of innovation
IBC2022: Traditional sports broadcast has learnt a lot from the esports sector over the past fwe years, now using many of the technology hacks as the foundation for new live broadcast models. With the industry caught up, where are esports broadcast innovating?
