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Sportradar has added DATA.BET, Esportsbull and GRID to its Unified Odds Feed, giving betting operators a choice of esports odds providers through a single integration. Operators will be able to choose their preferred provider title by title, subject to availability and commercial terms. At launch…
T1 has added two-time Masters champion Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo to its Valorant roster for VCT Pacific in 2027. The move ends his retirement and builds on T1's signing of crashies, who has just left London-based Fnatic.
Aurora Gaming came from a map down to beat F9 EICAR 2-1 and win the first VCT EMEA Kickoff Europe open qualifier. The win came days after they were put back into the bracket when the UK team BONK was disqualified for cheating.
Aurora Gaming beat Pixel Lumina 2-0 to reach the Europe Qualifier 1 final, days after the UK side that had knocked them out was disqualified for cheating. The final decides seeding for the Europe Qualifier Playoffs, the next step towards VCT EMEA Kickoff 2027 in Berlin.
Vizrt has built a proof-of-concept integration with the Story Object Model (SOM), shown at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam as part of the Smart Stories Accelerator project. Vizrt was the project’s
With more than 400 races across six days of competition, Henley Royal Regatta is the most prestigious event in the rowing calendar. Telling the complete story of such a packed
Pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sports has secured exclusive live broadcast rights across the UK and Ireland for WTGL, the new tech-focused women’s team golf league launched in partnership with the LPGA Tour and TMRW Sports.
World Netball has announced that the netball competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games generated a record-breaking reach of over 55 million viewers across global broadcast and digital platforms.
Sky Sports will broadcast the inaugural 2026 and 2027 seasons of the women’s TGL (WTGL) exclusively in the UK, as part of an expansion of its golf rights that also
Sky Sports and 1071 Media, the production company founded by former England manager Sir Gareth Southgate and Jimmy Worrall, will make and distribute three long-form football shows for social and digital platforms. Sky Media will handle commercial sales for all three. The Football Dugout is a new…
Gen.G beat LYON 3-0 in Allen, Texas, removing North America's last team from Worlds 2026. The LCK top seed are now one series from a first Worlds final, with a revived Invictus Gaming in the way.
Düsseldorf-based production company Bildquadrat is using Riedel’s Virtual SmartPanel (VSP) to expand its intercom infrastructure for mobile and geographically dispersed teams. VSP lets production personnel join production communications from smartphones,
RTÉ combined Calrec’s Type R system with its SMPTE ST 2110 network to change how it mixed commentary for the 2026 World Football Championship. Where six commentary booths once needed
Following the experimental Playmobil-themed alternative coverage of last weekend’s Der Klassiker, Bundesliga Media’s Dominik Scholler reflects on the production, the technology behind it, the lessons learned and the wider possibilities
Invictus Gaming knocked out fellow LPL side Top Esports in the opening quarter-final of Worlds 2026 in Allen, Texas. The result guarantees China a semi-final place after the LPL's 0-4 start in the Swiss Stage.
HPE and Brentford Football Club have announced a partnership to enhance the digital fan experience at the club’s Gtech Community Stadium. During Premier League matches, thousands of supporters, employees, stewards and stadium operations teams use HPE’s network to stay connected. The platform…
Gravity Media has deployed its fully IP-based OB truck, Nova 110, in Belgium for the first time. It made its operational debut supporting a UEFA Europa League match between Union
SES and WELT TV have renewed their partnership under a new multi-year agreement for satellite distribution in Germany. The agreement runs into the next decade and continues delivery of Welt
Grass Valley has announced that France Télévisions has completed the first phase of Genesys, its production infrastructure renewal program, for Franceinfo. The channel’s production environment has moved from SDI to
Italy will host the 38th America’s Cup in 2027, with Naples set to welcome the world’s oldest international sporting trophy. The Defender of the title, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
