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With host broadcaster, France Télévisions, Gravity Media worked on this year’s Tour de France as technical services supplier. On the relationship between Gravity Media and France Télévisions on the Tour
The Esports World Cup (EWC) mega-event is well underway in Paris, boasting an eye-watering $75 million prize pool, spread across 25 tournaments and 24 titles. As one of the most significant remaining events, Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) runs from Aug. 12–23, with 32 of the best teams lighting up the…
When the Saudi Arabia-backed Esports Foundation announced that the 2026 Esports World Cup (EWC) would relocate from Riyadh to Paris with barely two months’ notice, the headlines focused on logistics,
Radio France deployed a fully redundant Lawo IP-based audio infrastructure for the 2026 Concert de Paris, supporting live sound, stage monitoring, and international broadcast production from the Champ de Mars
Prime Video and Rogers Communications have announced a 12-year agreement for Prime Video in Canada to exclusively broadcast Wednesday night regular-season national NHL games in English and French, beginning with
France-based esports organization Team Vitality fields one of the most successful rosters in the history of competitive gaming. And it’s not what you might expect. Team Vitality’s women’s Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) team just won its fourth championship title at the Esports World Cup (EWC)…
2026 marked the latest edition of the French Open, which was also production company Whisper’s second year as host broadcaster. As the only Grand Slam venue on clay, Roland-Garros stands
Wearable tech returns to the coverage, and a brand-new mobile unit is rolled out for the 2026 edition The 21-stage Tour de France is nearing its conclusion. The 113th edition
The LEC returns today with the 2026 Summer Split getting underway in Paris, France. There will be a nine-week run between now and the finals in September, and from there, we’ll see which three European teams head to the League of Legends World Championships. This week, we’re introducing something a…
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) and beIN Media Group have announced a five-year extension of their exclusive broadcasting agreement for Roland-Garros across 10 Asian markets, covering the 2027 through 2031
Snap Inc. and the Esports Foundation have announced Snap’s activations at the Esports World Cup 2026 in Paris, running July 6 through August 23. For the first time, Snap’s CamKit
The Esports World Cup‘s third edition landed in Paris this year, following a last-minute relocation due to geopolitical tensions. The Esports Foundation faced an unenviable task: moving 25 tournaments, thousands of competitors, and all the infrastructure behind them to a new country and city in a…
It’s the most-watched single-day sports event on the planet: the FIFA World Cup Final. In 2022, an estimated 1.5 billion global viewers watched Argentina defeat France on penalties to hoist
ENGO, a French company developingsmart eyewear for athletes, has raised €5.1 million in a funding round toexpand its international presence and accelerate the development ofnext-generation heads-up di...
As the Esports World Cup in Paris heads into its second week, the French gambling regulator, Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has reiterated that betting on esports is illegal everywhere in France, on every platform. The regulator issued the reminder during the first week of the Esports World Cup…
The fifteenth season of The Voice – La plus belle voix on TF1 used four Solid State Logic Live L550 Plus mixing consoles — two for broadcast, one at FOH,
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…
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…
The Esports Foundation (EF) and Sony Group Corporation have announced an expanded collaboration for the Esports World Cup 2026 (EWC), taking place in Paris, France from July 6 through August
Nicolas Maurer can’t quite remember the name of the tournament. A small Call of Duty LAN – somewhere in Paris – the kind where the musk of stale energy drinks and hum of a room full of machines linger longer than the name – left its mark on the man who would go on to … Continued
