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Daily News
Turkey’s TRT partners with Insys VT
Turkey’s national public broadcaster, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), has adopted technology from Insys Video Technologies for its streaming service, tabii, to secure and encrypt eight live sports channels.
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Daily News
Altman Solon survey highlights live sports concerns
Two-thirds of global sports executives are concerned about the relevance of live sports as more younger fans gravitate towards highlights, documentaries, and short-form videos from fans, teams, and players over watching live games on video, according to Altman Solon’s 2024 Global Sports Survey.
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News
Netflix sees 60m households tune in for Paul vs Tyson boxing
Over 60 million households worldwide watched the weekend boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, which marked Netflix’s first foray into live boxing.
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Warner Bros. Discovery extends cycling rights in Europe
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe has extended its rights to show the world’s top cycling races including the Tour de France & Tour de France Femmes, La Vuelta a España & La Vuelta Femenina and the Classics.
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World Rugby appoints HBS as production partner for Rugby World Cups
World Rugby has extended its partnership with Host Broadcast Services (HBS) to produce the host broadcast for the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup events until 2029.
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Video
Global sports streaming service DAZN rises to the challenge of delivering live sports to all platforms
It’s more than just playout. Learn about how DAZN is leveraging LTN Lift to orchestrate low-latency video workflows to create digital linear channels for diverse platforms. Live sports is a differentiator for subscription, pay-per-view and ad supported channels and DAZN has uniquely discovered the key to highly automated, customized channel ...
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Video
From Paris to Hong Kong: How LTN and IMAX stream the biggest live events to global audiences with theatre-grade quality
IMAX and LTN share first-hand how they have delivered some of the biggest live events of the sporting summer – including Paris 2024 and the NBA Finals – to global fans with the premium visual quality expected in an IMAX theatre. The session will cover the technical challenges of acquiring, ...
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Executive Interviews
IBC Conference preview – Day 3: The evolution of live sportscasting - it’s rocket science
Claire Wilkie, Founder and CEO of Limitless Broadcast discusses the ingredients needed for a successful remote production and how “change happens”, whether everyone wants to get on board or not.
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Daily News
Olympian effort leads to IBC integrations for InSync Technology
FrameFormer has delivered a 300% increase in live broadcast frame rate conversions in the 12 months to June 2024 claims InSync. It enjoyed a further spike during Q3 of this year, as the Euro 2024 tournament, Paris Summer Olympics, and major golf and grand slam tennis tournaments delivered high-quality sports ...
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Paralympic Games set to break broadcasting records
The organisers of the Paralympic Games expect Paris 2024 to surpass the cumulative audience of 4.1bn people that tuned in for the Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Vogo to implement video replay solution for French Handball League
The French Handball League (FHL) has selected Vogo to provide the video referee system for the French men’s championship - Liqui Moly Starligue – for the next four years, starting with the 2024-25 season.
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Real-World AI Applications Championed at IBC2024
IBC has announced a host of new features and sessions for this year’s leading content and technology show which dissect the world of AI, showcasing real-world advances, technology pioneers and industry leaders demonstrating a wide range of AI use cases.
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BBC and ITV confirm UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 deal
BBC Sport and ITV have agreed a deal for live coverage of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament.
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Industry Trends
How Estonia rolled out VAR across all first-division football matches in Baltic first
Luka Marendaz, Business Developer Sport at Vogo, explains how the company worked with the Estonian Football Association to implement a comprehensive VAR system that’s FIFA-certified and economical.
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Sky Sports+ launches ahead of EFL opening weekend
Sky has launched its new Sky Sports+ dedicated channel and numerous live streams.
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Industry Trends
How AI-enhanced automation led to big efficiency gains for a leading sports league
A leading sports league looked to qibb and Vidispine to streamline content workflows, managing hundreds of games per season. The subsequent automation of content ingestion and press conference summarisation helped significantly improve efficiency. Jonas Michaelis, CEO at qibb, provides greater insight on the project.
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News
Olympics President: Paris 2024 on track to reach ‘more than half the world’s population’
More than half of the world’s population will have watched the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by its conclusion on August 11, according to IOC President Thomas Bach.
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Daily News
LTN’s playout solution supports Euro 24
Media technology and video transport software specialist LTN said it was involved in the live and pre-recorded coverage to fan zones across ten locations in Germany for the 2024 European Football Championship.
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News
IBC2024 Innovation Awards Finalists Spotlight Dynamic Media Technology Initiatives from across the World
IBC has announced the finalists for this year’s IBC Innovation Awards, to honour collaborative initiatives leading to ground-breaking solutions that address real-world M&E and tech industry challenges, and celebrate social purpose and environment and sustainability initiatives.