Live Production
Gravity Media brings it home for ITV
The project is delivering complex, multi-location workflows enabling trans-ocean remote production collaboration at scale
FIFA World Cup
Adtech
How England’s knockout drama is delivering advertising peaks
In an exclusive for TVBEurope, Yospace's Paul Davies explores how key match moments during England v Mexico influenced viewer engagement and why advanced adtech...
Virtual Production
wTVision assists FIFA World Cup coverage across Europe
Multiple projects are supporting broadcasters at different stages of the World Cup production chain, from live programme production to AR graphics, signal management, channel...
Media Consumption
Bringing the FIFA World Cup to life in immersive 3D
TVBEurope talks to Immersiv.io co-founder Emmanuelle Roger to hear how the company is bringing a new way of watching the FIFA World Cup to...
Virtual Production
The technology behind ITV’s hybrid World Cup studio
ITV Sport's New York studio has been a big hit with viewers. TVBEurope talks to Jim Mann, creative director at Lightwell, about how it...
Adtech
How the World Cup is reshaping the economics of sports advertising
Paul Davies, head of marketing and partnerships at Yospace, explains how this year's FIFA World Cup is creating significant new commercial opportunities for broadcasters...
Media Consumption
Capitalising on excitement
Mark Phillip, founder of Are You Watching This, explains how predictive technology is enabling fan engagement in a congested sports landscape
Media Consumption
BBC records biggest ever UHD event during France v Senegal
The broadcaster's second-screen 3D Experience was used more than a million times during the first week of the tournament
Media Delivery
Opinion: The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be streaming’s biggest anti-piracy test yet
With the FIFA World Cup 2026 underway, Antonio G Corrado, founder and CEO of MainStreaming, outlines the strategies needed to disrupt bad actors and...
Live Production
The battle for attention, technology and connectivity at FIFA World Cup 2026
Analyst Paolo Pescatore explores how the FIFA World Cup 2026 is pushing the boundaries of broadcast innovation and testing the entire technology ecosystem
Media Consumption
Research: mixed picture for FIFA World Cup broadcast revenues
The latest data from Caretta Research predicts record revenues of $8.9 billion while rights values and broadcast deal volumes have fallen
Live Production
HBS prepares for record-breaking FIFA World Cup
To manage the challenge of connectivity across this summer’s FIFA World Cup’s vast geographical footprint, HBS is centralising key operations at the International Broadcast...
Media Delivery
Success is no accident
At dock10, planning for the FIFA World Cup began 18 months before kick-off. Jon Hatto, head of production technology, explains how the operation will...
Production & Post
Extra time: How the editor of US Against the World dealt with 700 hours of footage
Editor Lucas Harger explains the process of editing the HBO Max series which spends four years with the US Men's football team in the...
Production & Post
Watch: Behind the scenes of the BBC’s FIFA World Cup trail
The film aims to build-up to the tournament through the physical language of fandom, to elevate everyday artefacts, such as scarves or flags, into...
Live Production
FIFA World Cup 2026 IBC officially opens
According to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the 45,000 sq metre hub is "the most technologically advanced and top of the art international broadcast centre...
Live Production
MagentaTV to operate entire FIFA World Cup production chain in HDR
The company is working with DMC Production Germany, which will be responsible for IP-based signal management and conversion, playout and feed enhancement, gallery production,...
Media Delivery
Roku scores with UK broadcasters to spotlight FIFA World Cup
The company is working with the BBC, ITV and STV to showcase live matches, highlights, and related content together in one simple, centralised hub...
Media Delivery
Vodafone Deutschland reduces cable TV latency in time for FIFA World Cup
The company will utilise an early signal from ARD and ZDF that will be distributed directly via its cable network, without any additional processing...
Live Production
Germany’s MagentaTV selects One Trade Center for FIFA World Cup studio
Key pundits will be based in the platform's New York studio at One World Center, while the broadcast centre in Ismaning/Munich will provide commentary,...
Business
Gravity Media launches as unified global brand
The new brand unifies worldwide operations under a single name as the company continues its global growth strategy
Live Production
PSSI prepares for FIFA Club World Cup kick off with Appear technology
PSSI has acquired multiple X20 chassis, HDR HEVC encoder and decoder cards, and multiple hardware-accelerated SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) cards
Live Production
Dallas returns as host for FIFA World Cup 2026 International Broadcast Centre
Operated by FIFA's Host Broadcaster, Host Broadcast Services, the Dallas IBC will home more than 2,000 broadcast professionals delivering coverage to over 200 countries
Media Delivery
Verizon scores 2026 FIFA World Cup connectivity deal
The company is promising to deliver experiences for fans, players, media and more as part of the tournament
Live Production
Can the broadcast industry meet its sustainability goals in time for the next World Cup?
Dejero's Ivy Cuervo considers how the evolution of remote production and blended IP network connectivity is pivotal in helping broadcasters reduce their carbon footprint...
Live Production
German fibre company VIDI connected broadcasters to FIFA World Cup 2022
Company was able to absorb a major submarine cable failure during the tournament through its redundancies and backup paths
Media Consumption
Spanish broadcaster RTVE employs SAPEC solutions to deliver 4K DTT broadcasts
The Sivac-ONE Media Processor module (SMP1000), received the signal sent from the IBC in Qatar via IP and fibre, decoding it so that both...
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
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