Media Delivery
Ampere: streamers to spend $12.5 billion on sports rights this year
Fuelled by increasing budgets, the streamer's combined will equal a fifth of global sports rights spend
nfl
Media Consumption
Kantar: ‘significant momentum’ in ad-supported streaming
Kantar Worldpanel's Q4 data shows robust growth in paid ad-supported streaming with live sports impacting figures significantly
Media Delivery
Beyoncé to appear on Netflix’s next live sport event, but can the streamer cope?
The buffering and sound issues that occurred during the run-up to the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson fight is a "hard and important lesson...
Adtech
Amazon plans to introduce QR codes as part of NFL coverage
The game between New York Jets and Miami Dolphins will include exclusive deals, only available during the broadcast
Virtual Production
RTL Deutschland puts virtual studio at the centre of its NFL coverage
The NFL studio design encompasses an open, 360-degree accessible area featuring four central LED walls
Live Production
‘We have to thread the needle’: How the NFL is preparing for its international games in London and Frankfurt
TVBEurope hears from the NFL about the planning for this year's International Games at Wembley, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and Frankfurt Stadium
Audio
NFL Media headquarters connects with world’s largest Dante Audio network
The NFL Media facility has nearly 18,000 Dante audio network connections, 16,000 MADI connections, and over 2,000 Riedel intercom channels
IP Migration
Case study: How the NFL integrated an ST 2110 system that felt like SDI
Charley Haggarty, broadcast infrastructure architect ST 2110, explains how the NFL Network transitioned to IP with the help of Imagine Communications
Live Production
New camera tech scores Super Bowl LV touchdown
120 cameras will cover the game, including 12 4K and 8K cameras to capture close-up shots
Business
The Switch, MTI Teleport partner to extend reach
Offers US customers of The Switch access to live Bundesliga matches
TVBEverywhere
eSports as popular as American Football with Gen Z
59 per cent of teens and young adults have either participated in a video game competition or played an online video game with multiple...
Interviews
BBC Sport primed for Super Bowl LII
As BBC Sport prepares to broadcast its ninth Super Bowl on Sunday, TVBEurope catches up with head of major events Ron Chakraborty
Data Centre
Sports industry ‘more disrupted than ever’
Annual survey predicts the industry’s growth rate will slow by over 32 per cent in the next three to five years
Business
Intel acquires VR startup Voke
Intel has completed its acquisition of virtual reality startup Voke as it looks to expand into immersive sports. Voke, founded in 2004, is based...
TVBEverywhere
Twitter cuts Vine, reduces staff
Social media giant Twitter is shutting down Vine, its short-form video app, as well as cutting nine per cent of its staff. In a...
Production & Post
Magine partners with four on Superhighway
Magine has secured four content provider partnerships ahead of MIPCOM 2016. The company has sealed deals with beIN, the international media group and owner...
Business
Periscope introduces live curated channels
Periscope has launched curated video channels to ‘highlight interesting topics, ideas and events’. Twitter’s live video service will deliver various channels categorised
TVBEverywhere
Twitter secures MLB, NFL rights
Twitter has signed a deal to live-stream out-of-market games from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Hockey League (NHL) on a weekly basis....
News
TVBEverywhere
Twitter looking to secure further sports deals
Social media giant Twitter is reportedly in talks with multiple right holders as it looks to expand its live sports coverage. According to Recode,...
News
TVBEverywhere
Twitter to broadcast the NFL
Twitter has secured a $10 million deal to broadcast Thursday night NFL games online for free. The social media website, which came out on...
News
Business
Facebook, Twitter interested in live video
Facebook and Twitter are moving into the live TV market. According to the New York Post, both companies are looking to compete directly with...
News
Production & Post
Simplestream partners with MP & Silva
Simplestream has agree a partnership deal with sports distributor MP & Silva. The company, which provides live streaming at live-to-VoD solutions, will enable MP
News
BVE
NFL: Digital “superior” to TV
The NFL is creating a digitally delivered fan experience that will be “superior” to its own TV presentation and soon worth over $1 billion...
News
Production & Post
Streaming Forum at London Entertainment Week
London Entertainment Week is to host Streaming Forum this month
News
TVBEverywhere
Super Bowl 50 to deploy MultiDyne’s HD-500 RX technology
MultiDyne’s fibre-optic signal transport technology will be implemented at Super Bowl 50, as well as the NFL Championship weekend
Business
Sky Sports breaks records with 2015 online video views
Sky Sports has emerged as the UK’s most popular digital sport platform after seeing a 175 per cent increase in its online video views
Opinion
Surrounded by sports
It’s been documented in books, TV shows, and Hollywood movies, and it is a prominent aspect of cultures past and present. Our abundant enthusiasm...
Production & Post
Media giant IMG chooses Forscene for sports
The world's largest independent distributor of sports programming, IMG, has licensed the use of Forbidden’s video editing software Forscene for all of its digital...
News