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At the recent Riyadh Season ‘The Ring IV: Night of the Champions’ boxing card that saw British light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde taking an unsuccessful third shot at a world title, this
Following the success of the 2024 Paris Creator Collective at the Paris Olympic Games last summer, NBCUniversal unveils its new “Milan Cortina Creator Collective” ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina
Leader Electronics announces the release of v8.2 software for its ZEN and ZEN-W Series, bringing advanced cinematic camera setup and analysis tools into live broadcast workflows. The update adds ARRI
Gary Lineker has signed a multimillion-pound deal with Netflix to bring The Rest Is Football podcast to the 2026 World Cup. Goalhanger, Lineker’s production company, has agreed to sell the rights to the show to the streaming platform. The agreement will see the podcast, which currently airs three…
ITN Productions, a content producer, launches a new low-latency IP gallery for news bulletins. Responsible for delivering a leading public broadcaster’s daily news coverage across two newsrooms, ITN’s newly built
Net Insight recently received its ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate from the accredited certification body Intertek. The ISO 27001 certification is awarded to organizations that meet stringent requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining,
Channel 4 has been confirmed as the official UK broadcast partner for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. The deal marks the broadcaster’s eighth consecutive Paralympic Games since London 2012. Channel 4 will provide extensive coverage of the Games across its free-to-air linear and…
Arkona technologies has formed a new strategic partnership with netorium. Under this agreement, netorium will act as arkona’s local reseller and support provider across Germany and Austria, representing both arkona and
Behind The Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s
FOX Sports, America’s English-language home for FIFA World Cup 2026, announces plans to air 3.5 hours of live coverage of the anticipated Final Draw for the first time ever on
Net Insight secures the first commercial deployment of its world-first media-ready 400G (Gigabit Ethernet) IP solution, marking a key milestone in the company’s next-generation transport portfolio. The deployment supports a
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club currently sit in 11th place in the Premier League, but there’s another ranking of England’s topflight football teams in which the Seasiders sit at the
Held in Canfranc-Pirineos, Spain, at the heart of the majestic Pyrenees — Europe’s second highest mountain range — the 2025 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) marked the first
Ahead of the first Ashes test in Perth on Friday (November 21), SVG Europe caught up with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe’s Scott Young to find out what he and
France’s TOP 14 rugby league has signed 11 new broadcast partnerships and launched its first global streaming platform, TOP 14 Rugby TV. The new broadcast deals, which cover more than 90 territories for the 2025/26 season, include partnerships with Premier Sports in the UK & Ireland, FloRugby and…
NBC Sports is teaming again with the NFL, EA SPORTS, and Genius Sports to present the EA SPORTS Madden NFL Cast, a data-powered alternate broadcast that merges live football with
YouTube announced new programming exclusively coming to the platform from top during the first-ever ‘Creator Premieres’ showcase at the Metrograph in New York City. Hosted by Julian Shapiro-Barnum of Recess Therapy (1.3M subscribers), the
The DP World Tour has extended its broadcast partnership with Sky Sports for a further four years. The new agreement, which begins in 2026, ensures Sky Sports and its streaming service NOW remain the exclusive home of the next two Ryder Cups, taking place at Adare Manor, Ireland in 2027 and…
