The business of sports tech, in brief.
MLB’s Ryan Zander discusses the league’s work to integrate the ABS Challenge System, expand broadcast enhancements, support a growing global production operation When Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras successfully challenged
Appear has announced that NSC TV, a TV Globo affiliate in Brazil, has selected the Appear X Platform to migrate its distribution network across the state of Santa Catarina from
ESPN’s deal to acquire the NFL Network, NFL Fantasy and the rights to distribute the NFL RedZone channel to cable and satellite operators was given the regulatory nod in February
As the NFL continues to expand its roster of international games, so the need for technology that can be easily transported across the globe becomes ever-more important. For the league,
NEP has been working across all NFL International Series games over the last two months, from Australia and Brazil to the UK and mainland Europe. NEP Australia was on hand
The Stade de France played host to the NFL International Series’ first-ever game in France last weekend on 25 October. The NFL now occupies a prominent place on the international
Gravity Media deployed a flypack production system and RF cameras for Red Bull Rampage 2026 in Virgin, Utah. Marshall Lucas, Technical Project Manager at Gravity Media USA, was on site
SES and CANAL+ have extended their partnership through 2040 with a multi-year agreement covering satellite capacity across Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. Under the agreement, CANAL+ will use SES’s satellite
Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA) has deployed Grass Valley AMPP for Movistar Plus+ playout, moving the first 20 linear channels from a hardware-based environment to a software-defined platform designed to support
The NHL has announced NHL Monday Night Hockey, a new initiative that will bring 11 live NHL games to fans across Europe in local primetime windows on Monday nights during
DIRECTV and DAZN have signed a multi-year distribution agreement for local telecasts of Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs games. The games are available
The PGA Tour announced Monday that Brian Gordon has joined PGA Tour Studios as executive producer and head of live content. He began with the Tour on Oct. 26 and
ATSC, the Broadcast Standards Association, has reported results from a laboratory validation and live demonstration in Brazil of interference cancellation and signal reception capabilities for ATSC 3.0. The results come
PROTON Camera Innovations GmbH will show the PROTON FLEXY at SATIS 2026 (Booth A13-B12), after the camera won a Best in Market award in the ProAV category at IBC2026. The
Eutelsat has renewed its partnership with Qatar Media Corporation (QMC), Qatar’s national public broadcasting organization, under a new multi-year agreement for distributing QMC’s television services across the Middle East and
Satellite, bonded cellular, and IP- and cloud-based solutions. Those are three of the many ways that the sports-video-production industry are transporting valuable assets and resources to compile the final, televised
Fox Sports Australia will conclude its five-year domestic broadcast and streaming rights partnership with Netball Australia following the final match of the 2026 Constellation Cup on Wednesday, 28 October 2026.
The following article "DAZN-exclusive NBA teams add DirecTV distribution" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. Less than a week into the new NBA regular season, the five teams whose broadcasts had been exclusively streaming on DAZN will now add linear distribution through DirecTV. DAZN has…
A 10-person team at American Family Field is supporting live game and studio programming As the 2026 World Series moves to Tampa Bay for tonight’s Game 3, it’s an opportune
NAB Show New York and the SMPTE Summit will co-locate at the Javits Center in 2027, bringing together two leading events serving the media and entertainment industry. Taking place Sept.
