Live Production
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As the Olympic Flame arrives in Italy, Jenny Priestley talks to Warner Bros Discovery’s Matteo Pacor about changes in winter sports production, which give...
Eurosport
Live Production
WBD reveals Cortina d’Ampezzo studios as countdown to Olympic Winter Games gets underway
100 days before the Opening Ceremony, WBD has unveiled its purpose-built studios and details of the coverage to come
Live Production
TNT Sports, Eurosport play doubles at Roland-Garros 2025
WBD Sports will use the combined skillset from its UK, European and US production teams to bring coverage of the French Open to viewers
Business
Warner Bros Discovery splits TV channels and streaming into separate divisions
The new corporate structure will "increase optionality to pursue further value creation opportunities for both divisions in an evolving media landscape", said the company
Live Production
BCE broadcasts every moment of the Škoda Tour de Luxembourg 2024
A wide range of technological solutions was deployed to provide coverage of the 707 km event
Business
Warner Bros Discovery ‘mulling possible split’
The company has not begun any specific transaction and has yet to bring in bankers that would initiate any such deal
Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery to stream Paris 2024 Opening and Closing ceremonies in HDR
The broadcaster has revealed a number of innovations aiming to enable flexibility for viewers watching the Olympics on Max and discovery+
Features
How Eurosport captures the spectacle of the world’s best-known motor race
Capturing the sights, sounds and sensation of the Le Mans 24 Hour motor race places unique demands on the team behind the TV production....
Live Production
Warner Bros Discovery puts fans in the director’s chair with UCI Track Champions League coverage
The broadcaster will be employing 20 cameras including Spidercams, five on-board rider cameras, two behind-the-scenes and trackside cameras to take viewers to places they...
Live Production
Regional hubs, remote production and ‘every form of connectivity’ will underpin Paris 2024 for WBD Sports
WBD Sports' SVP content and production Scott Young tells David Davies about how the broadcaster is aiming to bring viewers ‘closer to the story’...
Live Production
‘The cameras will go where TV doesn’t usually have access’: Discovery Sports prepares for metaverse debut
Warner Bros Discovery's Francois Ribiero and Scott Young talk to TVBEurope about the broadcaster's coverage of cycling's UCI Track Champions League, and why the...
Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery Sports smashes US Open coverage
Compared to 2021's tournament, WBDS said this year's event saw streaming audiences on discovery plus more than double
Live Production
Gravity Media serves up broadcast services for US Open
Gravity Media shipped eight 50-tonne sea containers and 43 tonnes of air freight for the three-week rig across 17 different courts
Media Consumption
WBD’s Tour de France coverage breaks records across 50 European markets
Broadcaster reported its best overall pan-Europe Tour de France television performance on its linear channels for five years
Live Production
Live in the moment: WBD aims to capture every minute of Tour de France Femmes
Guy Voisin, senior director of cycling and golf, talks to TVBEurope about the broadcaster's plans for its coverage of the inaugural race
Media Consumption
WBD: Linear sport channels see 10 per cent growth during first half of 2022
discovery+ has also seen sport video views more than double (149 per cent) and streaming minutes more than triple (213 per cent) compared to...
Live Production
Warner Bros Discovery to bring ‘raft of innovations’ to Tour de France coverage
In a sports broadcasting first, the Cube studio will use Unreal Engine 5 to showcase some of the finer, technical nuances of the sport
Live Production
Discovery to produce over 600 individual broadcasts during 2022 cycling season
Broadcaster will employ remote production for much of its coverage, Scott Young, SVP content and production at Discovery Sports, tells TVBEurope
Media Consumption
Discovery: 8x more viewers streaming Beijing 2022 than last Winter Olympics
Almost three-quarters of a billion streaming minutes have been consumed on Discovery’s subscription services so far
Production & Post
‘We’ve completely modernised every piece of infrastructure’: Discovery’s CTO talks plans for Beijing 2022
Simon Farnsworth, SVP, Technology and Operations at Discovery Europe talks to TVBEurope about the work that's gone on behind the scenes ahead of the...
Business
Canal Plus faces damage claim from Eurosport
Eurosport seeks €10 million in compensation for pandemic-related programme alterations
Media Consumption
Discovery: More than 372 million viewers across Europe watched Tokyo 2020
Discovery presented Tokyo 2020 in 50 markets in Europe featuring 11 national productions and coverage in 19 languages
Media Consumption
Discovery reports three-quarters of a billion streaming minutes during first week of Tokyo 2020
The broadcaster has also reported increases in linear viewing, particularly in the Nordic markets
Media Delivery
Tokyo Olympics gets underway as Sky adds 4K HDR
Sky is today rolling out 4K HDR options for its coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which it will continue to deploy for...
Live Production
Discovery enhances the Cube for Tokyo 2020
Studio has been updated to include newly-released 3D Zoom software to allow viewers to see wider and more spectacular panoramic views of Cube locations
Media Consumption
Spain’s Telefonica testing 4K Olympics channel
Movistar is carrying out tests in conjunction with Eurosport
Media Consumption
Eurosport reports record digital growth
Numbers for the first half of 2021 sees record digital growth for Eurosport with 75 per cent increase in streaming viewers as it continues...
Business
TVBEurope July 2021 issue released
The latest issue of TVBEurope focuses on 2021's summer of sport
Business
Discovery launches new corporate sports brand, Andrew Georgiou appointed president
Discovery Sports includes Eurosport, Global Cycling Network (GCN), Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN), Golf Digest and GOLFTV, as well sport on Discovery Plus and...
Business
Discovery nets French Open for another five years
In 2021, Eurosport has reported significant year-on-year growth in its audience watching via digital platforms during the first eight days of the Grand Slam...
Media Consumption
Eurosport 4K to broadcast Olympics in UHD HDR
Both this Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 will be available to viewers in UHD HDR
Media Management
Grass Valley, Eurosport partner on ‘true Cloud’ playout
Eurosport is aiming to use Cloud and remote technology within a unified production ecosystem to allow it to create and distribute content onto any platform,...
Production & Post
How Eurosport is teleporting tennis stars across the Atlantic
TVBEurope discovers how Eurosport is smashing its coverage of this year's US Open tennis
Production & Post
Archives score when the live action stops
Philip Stevens discovers how sports broadcasters filled the gap left by a lack of live events
Media Delivery
Discovery races off with Extreme E partnership
Deal covers broadcast and streaming rights
Media Delivery
Spain’s Vodafone TV integrates Eurosport Player
First operator in the Spanish market to integrate Eurosport’s app into its set-top box
Business
Eurosport appoints Scott Young to oversee global production and content
Will lead production and operations on the Olympic Games, cycling, tennis and winter sports
Production & Post
Eurosport UK dips into the archive for Return to London 2012
Eurosport UK's Jamie Steward tells TVBEurope about the broadcaster's aim to recapture the feel-good factor from the summer of 2012
Media Delivery
German Football League considering legal action against Discovery
Discovery believed to have a "special termination" clause in its media rights deal
Business
Discovery borrows $500 million to weather the coronavirus storm
Aims to "maximise flexibility" in light of uncertainty caused by COVID-19
Business
Discovery opens new tech hub in Hilversum ahead of Tokyo 2020
Offers direct access to a private Cloud for live sports productions for across all of Eurosport's channels in Europe
TVBEverywhere
UCI launches new cycling league in tandem with Discovery
Management, production and distribution will be handled by GCN in collaboration with Eurosport