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Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) has a tradition of broadcasting firsts, but a hard rule about the field of play. The All England Lawn Tennis Club’s (AELTC) Paul Davies, associate director,
LiveU’s LU900Q intelligent production unit was deployed as part of the host broadcast operation for the Games in Glasgow (July 23–August 2, 2026). Host broadcaster Actua Sport deployed 14 LiveU
The BBC has acquired the UK broadcast rights to ATHLOS London, becoming the domestic home of the women’s athletics event’s first international edition. The agreement marks the first partnership between the broadcaster and ATHLOS, with coverage to be made available across the BBC’s digital…
Poland’s Ekstraklasa and production arm Live Park have entered into a multi-year agreement with Hawk-Eye Innovations to deploy a package of tracking, officiating, performance-analysis, and broadcast-enhancement technologies across the country’s
ABC Commercial has launched four free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels on LG Smart TVs across North America, Great Britain, and select countries in Asia, Europe, and the Nordics, available
Gravity Media has added MT501 to its UK fleet of outside broadcast trucks. The vehicle made its debut at the 2026 Betfred World Matchplay in Blackpool as part of Sky
CBS Sports and Concacaf today announced a new multi-year media rights agreement that makes Paramount+ the exclusive English-language home in the United States for the Concacaf Champions Cup, Concacaf Central
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
As Australia celebrated beating England in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this month, it was already clear that the tournament had broken new ground for
Gravity Media has added a scalable production vehicle to its UK fleet of outside broadcast (OB) trucks. Making its debut at the 2026 World Matchplay in Blackpool as part of Sky Sports’
Every medal and every event of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games is being delivered to viewers by Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) TNT Sports and HBO Max brands for the first
BBC head of Future World Design, Manon Dave, and BBC Future World Design principal product manager Laura Harrison spoke with SVG Europe about the origins and potential evolution of Signals,
Standing inside HQ3 at MediaCity Studios during the FIFA World Cup 2026, it quickly became apparent that BBC Sport had reached another milestone in its virtual production journey. On one
Whisper has been appointed by the BBC to deliver its live broadcast and digital coverage of the 2026 season of The Hundred. Marking the first time Whisper has worked with
The Rest Is Football, hosted by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, will return to Netflix for the 2026/27 Premier League and Champions League season, with new episodes beginning
BBC Sport has appointed independent production partner Whisper to deliver its live broadcast and digital coverage of the 2026 season of The Hundred. The partnership marks the first time the production company has worked with the broadcaster on the cricket tournament, expanding Whisper’s…
Among other tweaks to coverage, the broadcaster added announce positions in the booth and in the stands on multiple courts Wimbledon 2026 will be remembered for the heat as well
The directors of three different parts of the operation oversaw a London-based centralized hub supplying content throughout the tournament Just how important is non-live content for an event like the
World Snooker Tour (WST) has extended its domestic broadcast rights agreement with TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland until the end of the 2030-2031 season. Under the terms of the multi-year extension, the broadcaster has secured the rights to show more events on the WST than any other platform. This…
Goalhanger has agreed a two-year contract extension with Netflix to broadcast its hit sports show and podcast, ‘The Rest Is Football’. The agreement secures the future of the show, hosted by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards, on the streaming platform through to the UEFA Euro 2028…
