Media Consumption
Paris 2024 reached 5 billion viewers, 84 per cent of global audience
The IOC's report also revealed 95,000+ highlights of the Games were generated using artificial intelligence
Olympics
Live Production
When failure is not an option: The technology powering coverage of the Summer Games
As viewers tune in once again to watch athletes competing for medals in Paris, TVBEurope hears from three technology vendors who are helping broadcasters...
Media Management
Inside the nerve centre of France Télévisions’ Paris 2024 coverage
The broadcaster is employing technology throughout its Paris HQ, including 11 high-performance servers
Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery’s Olympics coverage hits one billion streaming minutes after two days
Eurosport's average linear audiences have also increased compared to Tokyo 2020, up 98 per cent so far
Media Management
Alibaba, OBS partner on AI-fueled OBS Cloud 3.0 for Paris 2024
OBS Live Cloud has become the main method of remote distribution to Media Rights-Holders (MRHs) for the first time in the history of the...
Media Delivery
‘Localisation is our superpower’: How WBD Sports is delivering the Olympics to Europe
TVBEurope catches up with WBD Sport's Scott Young to hear how the broadcaster is using its streaming services to bring the Olympics to more...
Media Delivery
A new era of broadcasting at the Olympic Games
Writing exclusively for TVBEurope, Digital TV Group CTO Alex Buchan details a 5G Broadcast demo by TDF in the run-up to the Games
Media Consumption
How will we watch the Olympics in 2032?
From VR headsets to volumetric video, the Video Labs team at InterDigital give us some insight into how we might watch (and produce) the...
Audio
Bringing the ‘wow’ factor to the sound of Paris 2024
John Schur, president, solutions group at Telos Alliance, explains why sound is just as important as video when covering a major sporting event
Artificial Intelligence
OBS, AI and Paris 2024
TVBEurope’s Matthew Corrigan sits down with Sotiris Salamouris, chief technology officer at OBS and Intel’s EMEA chief technology officer, Jean-Laurent Philippe, to hear about...
Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery to stream Paris 2024 Opening and Closing ceremonies in HDR
The broadcaster has revealed a number of innovations aiming to enable flexibility for viewers watching the Olympics on Max and discovery+
Media Delivery
Cisco confirmed as official network equipment partner of LA28 Games
The collaboration builds on Cisco's Olympic experience at London, Tokyo, Rio and Paris
People
Pascal Fratellia leaves Olympics role at EBU
He played a central role in securing key broadcast rights, including the FIFA World Cup 2018 and 2022
Live Production
Intel outlines 8K live OTT broadcast workflow delivery for Paris 2024
This edition of the Olympics will be the first to showcase a pathway for the future of low-latency, 8K resolution live streaming
Live Production
Panasonic to provide 150 cameras, 31 switchers for Paris 2024
Panasonic will also be supplying PTZ cameras in 29 press rooms across the Games
Live Production
Multi-camera replay systems and first-person view drone footage planned for Milano Cortina Winter Games
At a gathering of media rights-holders, OBS provided broadcasters with an update on its plans for the Games
Live Production
Regional hubs, remote production and ‘every form of connectivity’ will underpin Paris 2024 for WBD Sports
WBD Sports' SVP content and production Scott Young tells David Davies about how the broadcaster is aiming to bring viewers ‘closer to the story’...
Live Production
TVU Networks aims to help broadcasters deliver winning coverage of Paris 2024
A variety of TVU IP and cloud-based remote production solutions will be used to cover the Games, which takes place from 26th July to...
Business
EBU, WBD win 2026-2032 Olympic Games media rights
Speaking about the deal, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, president of the EBU and CEO of France Télévisions, described the deal as a "game-changer for public...
Business
France Télévisions wins rights to Paris 2024 Paralympics
Broadcaster commits to airing 300 hours of live coverage on its free-to-air channels during the Paralympics
Media Consumption
Discovery reports three-quarters of a billion streaming minutes during first week of Tokyo 2020
The broadcaster has also reported increases in linear viewing, particularly in the Nordic markets
Media Delivery
Analyst: Discovery Plus ‘Once in a lifetime opportunity to leverage Olympics to drive subscriptions’
TVBEurope talks to analyst Paolo Pescatore about Discovery's entrance into the crowded global streaming market.
Media Delivery
Discovery’s new streaming service to launch globally on January 4th
Discovery Plus will debut in 25 key markets in 2021, including the Nordics, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.
Production & Post
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics integrates press and broadcast centres
Smaller equipment and 5G technology are expected to be able to help enable interviews to be conducted inside venues.
Media Delivery
New streaming channel celebrates Great Olympic Moments
IOC launches streaming channel to mark one year until the start of Tokyo 2020
Production & Post
Japanese PM: Olympics postponed until 2021
Shinzo Abe says Games will be held by summer 2021
TVBEverywhere
Eurosport brings Olympics to Twitter
Twitter to amplify Eurosport’s digital coverage of the Games in 16 European markets
Technology
Toyota unveils Olympics telepresence robot
Allows people physically unable to attend the Olympics to experience the games virtually
Business
France Télévisions sub-licenses Olympic rights from Discovery
Follows Discovery’s long-term partnership with IOC
Technology
Facial-recognition app draws Olympics’ attention
App provides athlete profiles to users who hold their smartphones to focus on particular athletes' faces on television
TVBEverywhere
Eurosport to deliver live Winter Olympics VR coverage
VR app will deliver more than 50 hours of live coverage
TVBEverywhere
Discovery partners with RAI to expand Winter Games coverage
Italian broadcaster will present up to 100 hours of free-to-air coverage
TVBEverywhere
BBC, UK Sport sign live-streaming deal
Partnership will see a range of Olympic and Paralympic sporting events streamed free of charge
Content
Discovery, Eurosport to ‘transform’ Winter Games
Eurosport will deliver the "first fully-digital Games"
Business
Eurosport partners with Bridgestone for Winter Olympics
Deal includes all Eurosport platforms in major markets across Europe
Business
Sky loses Premier League viewers as clubs demand bigger TV windfall
Premier League suffers largest drop in viewing on Sky Sports in seven years
Business
Sunset+Vine appoint new executive director
Sunset+Vine has appointed Andrew Preece as executive director to oversee all digital, branded content, distribution and news operations within the company. Preece, who has...
Analysis
A look back at NBC Olympics’ coverage of Rio 2016
Darryl Jefferson, VP post operations and digital workflow, NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, looks back on Rio 2016
TVBEverywhere
Olympic Channel launches in six new languages
Content is now available in Chinese, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish, in addition to English
Business
Eurosport becomes the new home of the Olympics
Eurosport’s Olympic Games logo will "define a new era" for Europe’s number one sports destination. The logo reveal took place on-air and across all...
Features
Inside the chief executive’s office
Philip Stevens talks to the CEO of the Olympic host broadcaster about the upcoming spectacular in South America