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NESN has announced “Sox in the Box,” a players-only broadcast booth featuring former Red Sox players Lou Merloni, Jonathan Papelbon, and Will Middlebrooks for two games of the upcoming Red
When HBO’s U.S. Against the World began streaming ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it offered something rare in sports documentary filmmaking: nearly five hours of storytelling almost entirely
ESPN will provide English- and Spanish-language news and information coverage of FIFA World Cup 2026 across its U.S. media platforms from June 11 through July 19. Coverage will originate from
The NBA’s Broadcast Operations and Engineering teams are once again anchoring the league’s behind-the-scenes effort at the NBA Finals. As the Knicks and Spurs battle it out, it’s up to
DAZN-owned digital-media company launches three fan-first series leaning into creators, lifestyle storytelling, the energy surrounding soccer across North America As the FIFA World Cup begins in Canada, Mexico, and the
For UFC EVP, Production and Content, Craig Borsari, next week’s UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House is the kind of production challenge that surfaces every few years in
NBC Sports will present live coverage of Overtime’s OT7 football league Championship Weekend from Sullivan Field at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The finals air Saturday, June 13, at
FOX Sports and ReachTV, an airport media network, have announced an agreement to distribute all 104 FIFA World Cup 2026 matches live across ReachTV screens in U.S. domestic airports from
Online outrage surfaced after ABC aired an AI-generated image of Tony Parker.
At Ohio State University, the growth of the Buckeyes’ StudentU program had led to a dramatic increase in the scale and quality of live game productions streamed to the Big
The Miami HEAT and WPLG Local 10 have inked a newly expanded media rights agreement, making the South Florida station and its streaming app the home of HEAT basketball during
Sportradar Group AG has announced a multi-year global agreement with Kalshi, a prediction market platform, making Sportradar an official data and solutions provider for Kalshi. The agreement covers sports including
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, ESPN delivers the most-viewed Stanley Cup
For the race’s third year at the historic racetrack, the broadcaster has added cameras and will incorporate multiple drones The 158th edition of the Belmont Stakes will run tomorrow at
When the United Football League announced on June 1 that the playoff game between the Orlando Storm and DC Defenders would shift to Daytona Stadium in Daytona Beach, FL, the
The broadcast-engineering team overcomes wind, speed, and salt water — and distance— to deliver races to sailing fans around the globe The SailGP flotilla descended on New York Harbor this
The Athletic has announced that PGA TOUR highlights will be integrated into its golf coverage beginning with the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. PGA TOUR footage joins the NFL, NBA,
California studio, two production trucks, global distribution system are combined to produce NBA, WNBA, NWSL, and, in Canada, NHL Monday Night Hockey Amazon Prime Video has spent the past decade
Although collegiate production programs are tasked with delivering high-quality shows for networks like ESPN, one of the main priorities at this level is to teach and cultivate skills that will
The Challenge: Receiving Heavy Media Files From Road Games Quickly and Reliably The HEAT’s primary challenge was fast and reliable transfer of large video packages during road games, where uploaders
