Production & Post
NBC, Sky launch joint golf coverage
Broadcasters plan to swap analysts and some content
golf
TVBEverywhere
Discovery, European Tour on course to establish ‘digital home of golf’
GOLFTV to launch in January 2019
Content
Sky Deutschland secures Ryder Cup rights for next two tournaments
Broadcaster signs deal with the European Tour covering 40 tournaments
Technology
Ericsson, Intel, AT&T partner with Fox to deliver 4K over 5G
Technology will be employed at US Open Championship next month
Technology
IBM’s Watson AI to help produce Masters highlights
Service will enable fans to choose to receive highlights from their favourite players
Business
Sky Sports extends Masters deal
Deal will see Sky deliver the coverage live for the eighth consecutive year
TVBEverywhere
Twitter and PGA Tour tee up new deal
Twitter will globally distribute free streaming of more than 70 hours of live action
TVBEverywhere
PGA Championship picks up 1.3 million viewers on Facebook Live
"Sports rights are ripe for reinvention"
TVBEverywhere
PGA strikes livestreaming deal with Twitter and GiveMeSport
PGA wants to bring golf to a younger audience
Technology
Case Study: RF hole-in-one for NEP’s Presidents Cup coverage
RF specialist ETL Systems provided the Australian systems integrator with the ability to easily switch between cameras and transmitters
Business
Sky Sports breaks records with 2015 online video views
Sky Sports has emerged as the UK’s most popular digital sport platform after seeing a 175 per cent increase in its online video views
Business
Sky to create ‘world first’ for British Masters
Sky Sports is to create what it claims to be a world first as part of its coverage of the British Masters golf, when...
Business
BBC loses Open contract to Sky a year early
The Open golf championship will move from the BBC to Sky Sports next year, as the broadcaster agreed to pay £15 million a year...
Business
Open Championship deal is a win for Sky, but will audience gain?
Sky has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the Open Championship from 2017, after signing a five-year deal.
Production & Post
Sky Sports trials 4K Ryder Cup with Vizrt
Vizrt has delivered a successful 4K graphics workflow for Sky Sports’ Ultra HD trial at the recent 2014 Ryder Cup.