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Mediapro will launch 2022 World Cup channel
Broadcaster plans to air every game from the tournament
FIFA World Cup
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
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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
Content
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
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’
Business
Rohde & Schwarz scores Swisscom contract for World Cup encoding
Swisscom will employ AVHE100 video encoding and multiplexing system for UHD coverage
Content
Sky Deutschland secures UHD rights for 2018 World Cup
Broadcaster will show 25 matches of the tournament in Ultra HD
TVBEverywhere
Danish telco hooks up with TV2 for 4K World Cup channel
National commercial broadcaster will provide 4K UHD coverage for TDC’s YouSee cable arm
Features
Technological innovation brings the Olympics to a bigger audience
Kent Steffens, president of OTT services at CSG, talks to TVBEurope about how the Winter Games is driving innovation from broadcasters
Business
FIFA secures World Cup deals in Russia, Italy
All 64 matches will be broadcast on free-to-air channels in Italy
Production & Post
Magine partners with four on Superhighway
Magine has secured four content provider partnerships ahead of MIPCOM 2016. The company has sealed deals with beIN, the international media group and owner of Miramax; Yaddo
IBC
Euro Media Group acquires Broadcast RF
Euro Media Group (EMG) has announced its acquisition of RF service supplier Broadcast RF (BRF).
TVBEverywhere
Facebook partners with Grabyo for updated Video API
UK-based real time video platform Grabyo has been unveiled as a launch partner for Facebook’s updated Video API, at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Business
TVBAwards winners revealed
TVBEurope is proud to report the resounding success of our first ever TVBAwards event last night.
TVBEverywhere
BT Sport selects LiveU for CNG fleet
BT Sport has chosen LiveU’s cellular uplinking technology to create Europe’s first cellular newsgathering fleet of vehicles.
Production & Post
Genetic Engineering 2 makes European debut
Quantel’s Genetic Engineering 2 made its European debut at IBC2014.
Business
TVBAwards: nominations shortlist announced
The shortlist has been drawn up, and TVBEurope is delighted to announce the nominees that will battle it out for the title of ‘TVBAward winner’
TVBEverywhere
Viaccess-Orca tracks illegal World Cup streaming
Viaccess-Orca has released detailed information about live-streaming and piracy...
TVBEverywhere
NHK 8K image sensor still in prototype
NHK will showcase the latest developments in its 8K Super HiVision broadcasting system at IBC, but has yet to perfect an image sensor with a sensitivity as high as that of HD.
TVBEverywhere
World Cup transmitted in 4K HEVC
The World Cup Final was transmitted to cinemagoers in London in Ultra HD using the High Efficiency Video Coding compression format, the third match from Brazil 2014 to be shot in 4K.
Production & Post
FIFA World Cup Final filmed in 360° Ultra HD
The final of the 2014 World Cup was captured...
Business
Digital devices drive new viewing habits
While TV viewing remains popular, consumption habits are changing rapidly. TV sets alone are no longer enough to satisfy viewers’ needs for content, driving the growth of online media and ‘screen-stacking’ as a result.
TVBEverywhere
LiveU releases World Cup roundup
LiveU has revealed details of its World Cup technology deployments.
Production & Post
EBU invests in Snell for sports and entertainment
EBU has made a further investment in Snell Alchemist Ph.C-HD standards conversion system
Production & Post
Fairlight delivers winning World Cup for ARD and ZDF
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have been delivering coverage of the FIFA World Cup thanks to the deployment of their Mobile Production Unit.
Production & Post
Akamai delivers “monster of challenge” World Cup
Akamai has been supporting high quality video streaming, site performance and in some cases security services to 50 rights holders which have been delivering live and on-demand video across the world.
TVBEverywhere
Sky News Arabia chooses TVUPack for World Cup
Sky News Arabia is covering all the events from the current World Cup in Brazil, using a Panasonic P2 250 camera, a Sennheiser MHK-416 shotgun mic, a cellular IFB setup and TVUPack mobile IP newsgathering transmitters.
Features
Never miss a goal again: Second screen takes the lead in 2014 World Cup
A lot can change in four years, particularly in the world of sport. 2010 saw over 20 million British viewers tune in to the World Cup, with the majority watching it live.
TVBEverywhere
EUROVISION begins biggest broadcast operation for World Cup
EBU-operated media content distributor and producer EUROVISION, is mounting its largest ever broadcast services operation, for the FIFA World Cup.