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NBC Olympics selects Comcast Technology Solutions

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Peacock selected Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) to provide multi-screen video management and delivery for its production of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The announcement was made by Bart Spriester, Vice President and General Manager of Content and Streaming Provider Suite at Comcast Technology Solutions, and […]

August 3, 2021

Postimees using GeoGuard to protect Olympics broadcast in Estonia

GeoComply Solutions has announced that Postimees Grupp, the largest media group in the Baltics, has signed a new contract to use the GeoGuard VPN and proxy detention solution on an on-going basis in order to protect against geo-piracy across its live and on-demand content. As Postimees begins broadcasting more high value content such as the […]

July 30, 2021

Sky New Zealand partners with PTO for Collins Cup Coverage

The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and Sky New Zealand have agreed a partnership, arranged by IMG, that will see The Collins Cup screened live and on-demand across multiple platforms in New Zealand. The Collins Cup is the PTO’s inaugural flagship event taking place on 28th August in Šamorín, near Bratislava, Slovakia and is a new […]

July 28, 2021

LAGUNA OCTAL solution chosen to receive the signal for Olympics

Sapec’s versatile LAGUNA solution has once more been selected for a project of great relevance within Sports Broadcast. This time is the OCTAL model, which will meet the requirements established by the Spanish public broadcaster of receiving the signals from the Japanese capital and must be simultaneously encoded and distributed. For simultaneous processing of these […]

July 28, 2021

Sky Q offers Olympics, Premier League in HDR

Sky Q is adding High Dynamic Range (HDR) to Ultra HD (UHD), for the first time on live sport this summer. Sky says the move marks its latest step in its ambition to make HDR the new standard for home entertainment. From July 23rd Sny viewers can watch every moment of the Olympic Games Tokyo […]

July 23, 2021

Samba TV launches Real-time TV Viewership Dashboard

Samba TV, a global player in omniscreen advertising and analytics, has announced the launch of its global Real-time TV Viewership Dashboard, an interactive TV analytics dashboard featuring geographic and demographic analysis of viewership in real-time across the world, starting with four of the largest media markets: the US, UK, Germany and Australia. “The Olympics this […]

July 23, 2021

90min named Team GB Women’s Football content partner

Football community, 90min, has been selected as the official home for GB Women’s Football team content, which includes creation and distribution. As a part of this partnership, 90min is the only media outlet on the ground and in the training camp with GB Women’s Football, capturing content leading up to the Olympic Games, which will […]

July 21, 2021

Sky Brown doc on discovery+

An exclusive discovery+ Original Series documentary featuring skateboarding star Sky Brown is available to stream from today (July 21st) on discovery+ with the Olympics only a few days away. Reaching the Sky charts the 12-year-old’s journey from baby boarder to Olympic gold medal hopeful. The 45-minute film includes never-before-seen footage of the family time, skateboarding […]

July 21, 2021

Delhi court restrains illegal Olympics broadcasts

The Delhi High Court has restrained the unauthorised broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics by rogue websites, multi-system operators and local cable operators in India. The court has directed ISPs to block access to these websites illegally broadcasting the games on their platforms and also asked the Central government to issue necessary directions/notifications calling upon various […]

July 20, 2021By Colin Mann

Discovery partners with YouTube for Olympic moments

Discovery and YouTube have announced a new content and advertising partnership that will bring Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 moments to audiences across Europe on-demand. Designed  to keep audiences updated with the Games and showcase the full Olympic Games offering on discovery+ and Eurosport services, Eurosport YouTube Channel  will host regular clips during the Games, including on-demand highlights, […]

July 16, 2021