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HBS director of digital Johannes Franken talks SVG Europe through the operation built to serve FIFA World Cup 2026 rights holders remotely from Stratford, east London – and why HBS
Sports technology business Urban Zoo has secured a £20 million investment from BGF. BGF’s investment will support the development of Urban Zoo’s proprietary technology, while enabling the company to capitalise on the significant growth potential across international markets, particularly in North…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is a big deal for DAZN, which has distribution rights in three markets: Italy, Spain, and Japan. Each requires a different editorial approach and even
The following article "Versant acquires Bundesliga in latest sign of change in media rights market" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. A new media rights deal for one of the higher-profile international soccer leagues may be a sign of things to come in the sports rights marketplace. Versant…
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) has completed a comprehensive modernization of its Ü5 radio outside broadcast vehicle, transforming the mobile unit into the broadcaster’s first fully software-defined, SMPTE ST 2110-based radio OB
Hawk-Eye Innovations and the Hrvatski nogometni savez (HNS), the Croatian Football Federation, have entered into a multi-year agreement to deliver state-of-the-art video assistant referee (VAR) services across Croatia’s top-tier football
ITV is selling its media and entertainment business to Comcast-owned Sky for up to £1.6 billion, following months of talks. The deal – subject to adjustment for cash, debt and
Eurovision Sport is making live athletics more accessible to fans than ever before with multilingual AI-generated commentary at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Rieti, Italy (16 to 19 July).
Ahead of the ALGS 2026 Split 1 Playoffs at the Esports World Cup in Paris, we handed Bowen “Monsoon” Fuller the mic and let him interview his own teammate, Miguel “Blinkzr” Quiles, with Esports Insider (ESI) stepping in only occasionally. Rather than the usual pre-match press questions, we’ve got…
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, the USMNT’s Round of 16 win
BBC Sport’s presence at the IBC doesn’t involve sharing space with fellow UK broadcaster (and World Cup rights holder) ITV like back in 2022 in Qatar, so for Phil Bigwood, BBC
BBC Sport is once again providing viewers in the UK with the inside story of the Scotland and England teams plus all the major football moments from the FIFA World
As England continues its FIFA World Cup 2026 journey on Saturday 11 July when the team takes on Norway in a huge quarter final game, BBC Sport has been bringing
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was a diminutive silhouette as he sat at the end of the stage where he’d be illuminated at the end of the Esports World Cup’s Opening Ceremony’s opening gambit. Five minutes later, French superstar Aya Nakamura performed one song and left the stage. So too did…
Gravity Media is delivering a three-hub remote production workflow for ITV’s FIFA World Cup coverage, connecting its London Production Centre with ITV Sport’s live studio operations in New York, with
NEP Europe has announced a new multi-year agreement with Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) as broadcast technical services provider for The Championships, Wimbledon, extending their longstanding relationship. The announcement accompanies NEP’s
From a rooftop studio in Manhattan, multiple Germany-based companies share responsibilities for all aspects of the production European broadcasters onsite for the World Cup are finding ways to make their
Ever since the conclusion of Masters London at the end of June, seemingly no topic has been more prominent in the VALORANT esports scene than the unexpected kicking of Head Coach Hector “FrosT” Rosario from Global Esports. What started as a leak on June 24th sparked a wave of rumors, speculation…
Telemundo’s coverage is packaged with Multiview, Catch Up with Key Plays, interactive brackets, and new Spanish-language World Cup Hub As FIFA World Cup 2026 moves deeper into the Knockout Rounds,
ARRI has announced the ALEXA 35 Live Xtreme, a camera that adds high frame rate output of up to 8x via SDI to live productions. The camera comes pre-installed with
