SNTV, a provider of sports video news and highlights, has announced a partnership with next-generation fan engagement platform, Sport Buff, to create enhanced fan engagement solutions around large sports events for broadcasters and publishers. SNTV specialises in providing premium sports coverage and sports video news tailored to the needs of broadcasters and digital publishers worldwide. […]
Italy’s state broadcaster RAI is vigorously lobbying the government to postpone the January 10th 2024 deadline for switching one of its three national DTT multiplexes to DVB-T2. While technically prepared for the transition, RAI general director Giampaolo Rossi is deeply concerned about excluding millions of viewers during the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament and Paris […]
Joymo has announced partnership with World Archery encompassing the development of its archery+ online streaming platform, and the digital broadcast of its marquee events, on a multi-year basis. Under the terms of the alliance, World Archery, the international federation for the sport of archery, has appointed Joymo as the exclusive provider of its owned and […]
The schedules of France 2 and France 3, French PSB group France Télévisions’ main networks, are set to be dominated by Olympic Games coverage during July and August 2024. With the exception of news bulletins and Sunday morning religious programmes, the Games will take up all broadcast slots of both channels, the official TV hosts […]
Thierry Fautier, previously in a senior VP position with Harmonic and now MD at Your Media Transformation, has blogged one of his ‘long form insights’ about the recent UHD Forum and Summit in Malaga, Spain. Fautier says that the UHD event in Malaga is partly responsible for Spain’s enthusiasm for UHD. “Spain was the first […]
The stars of track and field are preparing to descend on Budapest for the 2023 World Athletics Championships from August 19th to 27th and audiences across Europe can watch all the action on discovery+ and Eurosport. With just a little under 12 months until the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the World Athletics Championships will offer […]
World Athletics Productions, the joint venture between World Athletics and ITN, is in the final week of rigging for production ahead of the World Athletics Championships (WCH) in Budapest, which begins on August 19th. ITN’s expertise in live broadcast production will be reflected in the technical set up in Budapest and new innovations this year […]
European broadcasters have signed up to a draft roadmap for the use of 5G technology during major events taking place in 2024. Germany’s public broadcasters SWR and Bayerischer Rundfunk BR, plus France Télévisions, Italy’s RAI, NPO of the Netherlands, RTÉ in Ireland and ORF/ORS in Austria have signed an MoU to introduce new 5G broadcasting […]
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia (SOEE), a regional office of Special Olympics, has partnered with Story10, the global sports video production and distribution agency, to increase the international exposure and awareness of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 (World Games) through its global distribution network. The partnership will also promote the first-ever SOI Global Leadership […]
NBCUniversal has announced a more expansive partnership with Twitter to amplify NBCU’s coverage of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. The new partnership with Twitter will build upon details that were in place for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Twitter and Paris 2024 Partnership Highlights: Pre-Games Countdown Coverage: Beginning in February 2024 […]