All live sport articles
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VideoLive sport and the OTT ‘ecosystem challenge’
While live sport is a commercial driver for many OTT services, handling peak traffic remains a significant challenge. The current ecosystem is built around content providers at one end, operators at the other with content delivery networks (CDNs) in the middle: yet there is little or no coordination.
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VideoSporting content moves into the FAST lane
Having revolutionised media consumption by offering new outlets for movies, TV shows and news content, FAST is extending its reach into live sport, for so long the preserve of pay TV channels. This session will range across the factors that have driven FAST to-date and how the business model is ...
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NewsSky to launch Sky Sports+
Sky is to launch Sky Sports+ this August, promising to deliver 50% more live sport to customers.
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NewsBBC appoints Alex Kay-Jelski as Director of Sport
Alex Kay-Jelski, Editor-in-Chief of The Athletic, has been appointed as the BBC’s new Director of BBC Sport.
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NewsRTL Deutschland, Sky Deutschland strike partnership deal
German free-to-air broadcaster RTL Deutschland and pay-TV player Sky Deutschland have agreed a two-year partnership deal to share live sport and other content.
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NewsRick Cordella promoted to President of NBC Sports
NBCUniversal has promoted veteran executive Rick Cordella to the role of President of NBC Sports.
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NewsIBC2023: Sports streaming - ‘Critical to monetise younger viewers’
A key challenge facing sports streaming services is harnessing the potential of younger sports fans, that was the view of a panel of experts in sports streaming, speaking at the IBC2023 Content Everywhere stage.
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NewsNEP Group Appoints New CEO
Martin Stewart has been promoted to CEO of live sports and entertainment specialist NEP Group.
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Daily NewsLTN hits one million milestone
LTN said it delivered one million live video feeds via the LTN Network, the company’s proprietary multicast-enabled global IP network that it says delivers less than 200ms latency and 99.999% reliability.
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Industry TrendsUCI and WWE bring the Metaverse and Web3 video into mainstream sports
Next week, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports promises to harness Web3 technology to preview what it calls a “metaverse experience” around the London leg of the UCI Track Champions League.
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Industry TrendsThe Future of Sports: A broadcast view
The 2022 Media and Entertainment Leader Summit revealed a glimpse into the future of sports broadcasting, with insights from DAZN Group, Eurovision Sport, Synamedia, LaLiga and Adeia, reports Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsWorld Cup 2022: ITV and BBC share technical production for first time
The BBC and ITV have historically shared the broadcast of World Cup matches but the World Cup 2022 in Qatar is the first time the two have joined forces on production, reports Adrian Pennington.
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VideoAccelerator - Cloud based live events, analytics and low latency protocols
IBC2022: This Accelerator project has explored how professional live sports events, with multiple camera feeds, can be delivered at scale with full visibility, including live IP signal ingest, standards conversion, while assessing the impact on latency at each stage of their cloud-based workflows.
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VideoThe John Logie Baird lecture - The state of the TV business and the next 5 years
IBC2022: 5G, ATSC3.0, OTT/SVOD, LIVE sports, virtual production, smart audience engagement and enhanced business models…the pace of evolution in the past three years was breath-taking. The industry now requires new thinking to stay connected to the audience. This panel discuss what strategies are working right now as well as initiatives ...
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Daily NewsYospace orchestrates ‘pop-up’ channels
Server-side ad insertion (SSAI) specialist Yospace demonstrated the latest advances in its technology including a new orchestration system and non-linear live streaming, designed to maximise the monetisation opportunities and user experience of live sports.
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NewsWarner Bros. Discovery and BT Group finalise sports deal
Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group have completed their transaction to form a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) that combines the assets of BT Sport and Eurosport UK.
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Daily NewsSports content ‘an engagement powerhouse’ — NPAW
While the global video streaming industry kept growing in the first half of 2022, each individual service continued losing playtime per user as the competition between platforms increased.
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Daily NewsDejero supports live remote production of El Salvador soccer league
Dejero is supporting Spanish production company, Quality, with its remote production workflow for the live broadcast of eight soccer matches per week for Tigo Sports’ coverage of El Salvador’s brand new national soccer league, Liga Nacional de Fútbol de El Salvador.
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Industry TrendsEvolving live sports production - lessons from the biggest sporting events
From 5G mobile connectivity to drones and data-enhanced storytelling, the biggest sporting events of 2022 show how new technologies are driving live sports production.
