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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…
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
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
DAZN has secured an exclusive option on the global streaming rights to the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup, according to the Guardian. The deal extends the streaming platform’s relationship with football’s world governing body. DAZN paid $1bn (£745m) for the global rights to the first 32-team Club World…
Production strategy includes remote control rooms in Los Angeles and Charlotte, Big Ten Network resources, and scalable camera complements for marquee matchups Rome is not exactly a traditional place to
RTL News has rebuilt Audio Control Room TR 1 at its Cologne headquarters around a Lawo mc²96 Grand Production Console and a new IP-based infrastructure. The room now supports 5.1
UK outside broadcast specialist Cloudbass has completed a proof of concept for software-defined production that it says could significantly reduce the onsite infrastructure and physical footprint needed for an OB.
TNT Sports will show England’s white-ball tour of Australia and March’s 150th Anniversary Test live and exclusively in the UK, after agreeing a broadcast deal with Cricket Australia. Channel 5 will reach a free-to-air audience with exclusive highlights of every match on England’s tour, shown on its…
Germany’s Bundesliga will produce a fully virtualised live version of this weekend’s Der Klassiker between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, styled in 3D as Playmobil toys. Children (and adults) may
Media Links has appointed Mikhail Zavalin Market Development Technical Specialist, EMEA. Based in Norway, he will provide technical sales and pre-sales support to customers and partners across Europe, the Middle
