Media Consumption
Paris 2024 ‘on track to reach half the world’s population’
Broadcast and digital figues for the Games "are going through the roof" said IOC President Thomas Bach
Olympic games
Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery’s Olympics coverage hits one billion streaming minutes after two days
Eurosport's average linear audiences have also increased compared to Tokyo 2020, up 98 per cent so far
Media Management
Alibaba, OBS partner on AI-fueled OBS Cloud 3.0 for Paris 2024
OBS Live Cloud has become the main method of remote distribution to Media Rights-Holders (MRHs) for the first time in the history of the...
Media Delivery
‘Localisation is our superpower’: How WBD Sports is delivering the Olympics to Europe
TVBEurope catches up with WBD Sport's Scott Young to hear how the broadcaster is using its streaming services to bring the Olympics to more...
Media Delivery
A new era of broadcasting at the Olympic Games
Writing exclusively for TVBEurope, Digital TV Group CTO Alex Buchan details a 5G Broadcast demo by TDF in the run-up to the Games
Media Consumption
How will we watch the Olympics in 2032?
From VR headsets to volumetric video, the Video Labs team at InterDigital give us some insight into how we might watch (and produce) the...
Audio
Bringing the ‘wow’ factor to the sound of Paris 2024
John Schur, president, solutions group at Telos Alliance, explains why sound is just as important as video when covering a major sporting event
Artificial Intelligence
OBS, AI and Paris 2024
TVBEurope’s Matthew Corrigan sits down with Sotiris Salamouris, chief technology officer at OBS and Intel’s EMEA chief technology officer, Jean-Laurent Philippe, to hear about...
Sustainability
Opinion: Could this year’s ‘Summer of Sport’ be the greenest yet?
Matthew Williams-Neale, VP of marketing, Appear, explains how broadcasters' efforts are ensuring the excitement of live sports can be enjoyed sustainably, setting a new...
Media Delivery
Medal alerts, multi-audio feeds, 3,800 hours of live coverage: WBD reveals streaming plans for Paris 2024
The broadcaster will deliver 3,800 hours of live content, covering every event – peaking at 54 simultaneous live streams - across Max and discovery+
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+
Live Production
OBS to use smartphones to capture video of Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony
The high-quality HDR footage will be shared and streamed via a private 5G network powered by Orange which will install more than a dozen...
Live Production
Opinion: overcoming Olympic hurdles with technology
As Paris counts down to the 2024 Olympics, Stephane Guez, co-founder and principal, Dalet, explains how technological innovation will deliver an engaging experience
Live Production
Panasonic to provide 150 cameras, 31 switchers for Paris 2024
Panasonic will also be supplying PTZ cameras in 29 press rooms across the Games
Media Consumption
NBCUniversal’s Peacock to offer ‘multiview’ option during Paris 2024
Peacock Discovery Multiview will offer an what it says is an industry-first, enhanced four-view experience, with real-time on-screen descriptions from NBCU’s Olympic experts
Live Production
France Télévisions prepares cloud and wireless remote workflow for Paris 2024
The broadcaster employed a hyper-mobile broadcasting wokflow on special programming marking one year to the start of next summer's Olympic Games
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services aims to give Paris 2024 big screen feel with cinematic lenses
OBS revealed plans to provide more than 11,000 hours of content from the Games, including more athlete-centric coverage and behind-the-scenes material, pre-and post-competition
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
TVU Networks aims to help broadcasters deliver winning coverage of Paris 2024
A variety of TVU IP and cloud-based remote production solutions will be used to cover the Games, which takes place from 26th July to...
Business
EBU, WBD win 2026-2032 Olympic Games media rights
Speaking about the deal, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, president of the EBU and CEO of France Télévisions, described the deal as a "game-changer for public...
People
Olympic Broadcasting Services founder Manolo Romero passes away
Romero oversaw the broadcast operation for numerous Olympic Games, and is described as being "renowned for his high standards and constant drive to achieve...
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services lays out initial plans for Paris 2024
OBS said it is aiming to produce an "unprecedented" amount of content and deliver it to RHBs in a wider range of options
Business
France Télévisions wins rights to Paris 2024 Paralympics
Broadcaster commits to airing 300 hours of live coverage on its free-to-air channels during the Paralympics
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
Live Production
LiveU reports 400 per cent deployment increase at Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 saw the first deployments of both LiveU's LU800 and its LiveU Matrix IP cloud video management solution
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 Consumption
Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony ‘first mainstream 8K rip on pirate sites’
File, which includes 8K HLG and 22.2 surround sound, appears to have been taken from Japanese broadcaster NHK
Media Management
Olympic Broadcasting Services hosted in the cloud for first time
Content+, OBS’ content delivery platform, is fully migrated to the cloud for delivering short-form content, content asset management and content production
Production & Post
Boosting fan engagement and interaction during the summer of sport
With the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games just days away, Vualto's Femke Schurer looks at how broadcasters can mimic a seamless linear...
Media Consumption
Spain’s Telefonica testing 4K Olympics channel
Movistar is carrying out tests in conjunction with Eurosport
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services to employ ’10 firsts’ for Tokyo 2020
Company has laid out 10 'firsts' it plans to implement across the production for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Live Production
TVU Networks offers number of solutions for broadcasters heading to Tokyo
Company is offering rights-cleared live shots of Tokyo alongside its equipment and studio rentals
Media Management
NBC Olympics selects technology vendors for Tokyo 2020
NBC Olympics is working with Xytech. Telestream, Sony, MediaKind, Signiant, TAG Video Systems, Amagi and Ross Video
Live Production
Germany’s ZDF and ARD talk Olympics remote production plans
Broadcasters will produce the majority of their coverage from Germany
Business
Discovery sublicenses Olympic Games rights to Denmark’s DR, TV 2
Danish broadcasters will be able to show action from Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Media Delivery
Japan PM: Olympics “impossible” unless pandemic contained
Shinzo Abe said the Games must be held in a "complete form"
Production & Post
New dates announced for Tokyo Olympics
Rescheduled for 23rd July to 8th August 2021
Production & Post
Japanese PM: Olympics postponed until 2021
Shinzo Abe says Games will be held by summer 2021
TVBEverywhere
New OTT highlights British Olympic and Paralympic sports
Search is on for a media organisation to co-create the platform
Technology
Olympic Broadcasting Services partners with Alibaba Cloud
Intel will also support new distribution service to be deployed by 2020
Technology
Facial-recognition app draws Olympics’ attention
App provides athlete profiles to users who hold their smartphones to focus on particular athletes' faces on television
Features
TVBEurope February edition now available
Issue investigates PyeongChang 2018, Game of Thrones, Great Art, AIMS and Imagine Communications