Production & Post
dock10 provides home comforts for BBC’s World Cup coverage
The UK’s leading television facility is serving as the UK production base for BBC Sport’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022
FIFA World Cup
Media Consumption
England’s World Cup opener breaks BBC streaming records
However, in terms of linear viewing a bigger audience tuned into ITV's coverage of Wales's draw against the United States
Audio
BBC iPlayer to offer fans alternative commentary during Qatar 2022
Fans will be able to opt for commentary from BBC Radio 5 Live if they're watching on iPlayer
Business
S&P: TV will benefit the most from Qatar 2022
S&P's research found football is the most popular live sport in eight of 10 major global markets and in the top three for nine...
Media Consumption
Spain’s RTVE set for ‘world first’ 4K DTT broadcast
Broadcaster will air around 20 matches from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 4K UHD
Live Production
MagentaTV scores with virtual production during FIFA World Cup
The XR LED Studio will be a central element of the OTT service's coverage
Live Production
LiveU prepares for ‘largest ever’ deployment in Qatar
Company says "hundreds" of its 5G/4G field units have been booked by global broadcasters for 4K/HD quality live coverage of the tournament
Media Delivery
ITVX to launch in time for World Cup Final
Broadcaster is promising viewers will see a "new and improved product experience"
Media Consumption
BBC to stream ‘most of’ its FIFA World Cup games in UHD HDR
Broadcaster has the rights to 33 matches during Qatar 2022, including the big game between Wales and England on 29th November.
Media Consumption
Countdown to kick-off: FIFA World Cup viewing predicted to smash viewing records
Viewers in the UK, France and Spain said they intend to watch a couple of games a day, while in Germany and Italy it's...
Live Production
Total Media Cast and TVU Networks partner to broadcast from Fan Zones in Qatar
TMC will employ a full-redundant IP streaming solution over cloud from TVU and deliver the signals to media outlets using TVU Grid
Live Production
TVP Poland selects WSC Sports to enhance Qatar 2022 coverage
WSC Sports’ machine learning technology analyses, indexes and tags every piece of action that occurs during play
Live Production
Countdown to Qatar 2022: 100 days to go
Gravity Media is counting down to what will be its sixth consecutive Fifa World Cup as a media and broadcast partner
Media Delivery
Sky agrees deal with PSBs to make vital FIFA World Cup play-off free-to-air
The match between Wales and either Scotland or Ukraine will be available on Sky Sports as well as ITV, S4C and STV
Media Consumption
Qatar World Cup ‘will reach audience of 5 billion’ says FIFA
In 2018, the tournament reached a global audience of 3.5 billion viewers
Media Management
‘2021 was about cloud acceptance, 2022 is about adoption’
Grass Valley's Tim Banks talks to TVBEurope about the broadcast industry's adoption of cloud technology, and how the company's LDX 150 cameras will take...
Live Production
Gravity Media forms strategic partnership with Dubai-based OB company ahead of World Cup
Both companies are offering the use of 4K and HD truck-based facilities including Gravity Media’s six camera HD OB vehicle with DSNG capability
Live Production
TVU Networks to provide remote production support for Qatar 2022
Company plans to offer exclusive, rights-cleared live shots of Qatar via its TVU MediaSource content licence agreement
Production & Post
Blackbird scores with FIFA
Football's governing body will use Blackbird's cloud-native editing platform for video editing and publishing content
Live Production
EVS secures broadcast services contract with HBS for 2022 World Cup
EVS will provide live production and replay solution LiveCeption as well as the live production asset management solution MediaCeption
Production & Post
Gravity Media, Belden deliver broadcast infrastructure solutions for Qatar 2022 stadiums
Installations include SMPTE, Triax, Video, Multi Core Audio and single-mode fibre cable
Content
Mediapro will launch 2022 World Cup channel
Broadcaster plans to air every game from the tournament
TVBEverywhere
Summer of sport drives 19 per cent growth in BBC iPlayer requests
Second half of FIFA World Cup and Wimbledon saw requests reach 281 million in July
TVBEverywhere
NEP Netherlands’ CDN platform reaches new streaming milestone
Platform recorded a figure of 726.01Gbit/s partly due to streaming of the FIFA World Cup
Production & Post
LiveU delivers 15,000 hours of transmission during FIFA World Cup
485 units were used by customers from over 40 countries
TVBEverywhere
Akamai: World Cup the most-streamed sporting event ever
France won the most-streamed match of the tournament as well as becoming world champions
TVBEverywhere
BBC sees record-breaking digital viewers during FIFA World Cup
Corporation recorded 66.8 million total match requests on iPlayer and BBC Sport
Content
European broadcasters enjoy record World Cup ratings
24.3 million UK viewers watched England v Croatia on ITV, marking a record high for a football match on a single channel
Content
Parliament to discuss FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
Labour MP John Grogan to raise topic of sporting listed events
TVBEverywhere
Red Bee Media’s OTT services brings the World Cup to McDonalds in Sweden
All McDonalds restaurants in the country are streaming matches from Russia
Business
“Creating a digital culture at the heart of BBC Sport”
BBC exec takes to the MediaTech 360 stage to explain how it is redefining free-to-air sports coverage for the digital age
TVBEverywhere
England v Tunisia breaks live online viewing records
Match is the most watched TV programme of the year so far, beating the Royal Wedding
Production & Post
Gearhouse sets up ITV’s Red Square studio
Company has also installed production infrastructure at the International Broadcast Centre
Data Centre
World Cup live streaming almost as popular as live TV
47 per cent of viewers are streaming more live video today than a year ago, according to study
Production & Post
Over 5000 hours of HD satellite transmissions booked for World Cup
Eutelsat is mobilising five satellites for the event which kicks off on Thursday
Features
FIFA World Cup 2026: It’s a bidding process of two halves
Forget this year's event, Brian Morris, general manager and vice president, Media & Entertainment, Tata Communications, is already planning ahead
TVBEverywhere
YouTube: Global World Cup interest greater than ever
Platform has revealed which national teams, players, and football-related videos have trended over the past year
Content
BBC to trial Ultra HD and VR during FIFA World Cup
All 29 of BBC One's matches will be available in Ultra HD and HDR via iPlayer
TVBEverywhere
FIFA to provide teams with in-match video during World Cup
Will allow teams to track positional data for each player and the ball
Videos
Content
BBC announces World Cup broadcasting schedule
Audiences can personalise their experience and rate players’ performance in every match
Data Centre
Traditional broadcast will remain UK’s main method of watching FIFA World Cup
Quarter of British World Cup viewers ‘switch off once their team is knocked out’