With video refereeing becoming a precious decision-making tool in a growing number of sports, Vincent Lagnier, Product Manager at Vogo presents an overview of video refereeing practices.
Football or soccer has been the vanguard of defining the framework for video-assisted refereeing (VAR) and implementing such systems. IFAB is in charge of defining the rules and FIFA applies these standards for its competitions, providing leadership in how regional and national federations apply them.
VAR is the name specifically given to the video refereeing process in football, but many other sports have now introduced a video refereeing solution in their competitions or are actively working towards it. TMO in rugby, video replay in handball, video challenge in tennis… the objective is the same for all: help referees and judges guarantee fair and transparent decisions, by providing them with dedicated video and audio tools...
You are not signed in
Only registered users can read the rest of this article.
Truth in the age of deepfakes: Building trust in the human-machine era
As deepfakes become prevalent throughout the media industry, experts at the BBC, Guardian, and ITN wrestle with the implications of today’s unprecedented levels of disinformation and distrust.
Rory Peck Awards: Truth has never needed its defenders more
This year’s Rory Peck Awards was an affirmation that press freedom is in severe danger, that it has become a vicious fight to sustain that facts matter. George Jarrett reports.
Camerimage: “The time to be afraid of AI was two years ago”
The festival of cinematography remains political with the rise of AI and gender equality bubbling beneath the surface.
.jpg)
Content Everywhere: Disruptive forces in 2025, from AI to ROI and SGAI
Looking back over 2025 to date, it’s clear that AI continues to widen its role in the Content Everywhere ecosystem, and many companies are becoming more discerning about how and where the technology should be applied to streaming and video technology. Clearly, there is still much more to come, and much more to learn, but what have recent developments taught the industry to date?
Scalable broadcast tech provides backbone for Esports World Cup Festival
Tasked with producing the festival side of the 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Vanguard engineered a multi-venue broadcast workflow built on Blackmagic Design infrastructure to handle weeks of continuous live programming.
