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TVBEverywhere
Orange provides be-spoke tech for Tour de France
Including 6,300 hours of broadcasting in 190 countries
Content
Amazon Prime Video announces Premier League entertainment show
Back of the Net is hosted by Peter Crouch, John Bishop and Gabby Logan
Content
Eleven Sports, TVI extend Champions League agreement in Portugal
Content will be shared across the two platforms
Technology
La Liga announces Startup Competition winners
La Liga has announced the winners of the first stage of The Startup Competition 2019. Organised by La Liga and the Global Sports Innovation...
Production & Post
Avid releases MediaCentral 2019
Features fast ingest, log, search, edit, distribution and video publishing capabilities
News
TVBEverywhere
ViewLift, LNP announce OTT basketball partnership
LNP Pass will feature all League games live and on-demand
Technology
UEFA invites start-ups to demonstrate technology
Includes ball-tracking and analysis on mobile, and interactive chat functionality for OTT platforms
TVBEverywhere
Insight TV launches on Ahí+
Spanish service operates in small communities and remote areas
Features
This month in sport broadcasting…
Featuring news from UEFA, Wimbledon and the Women's World Cup
Videos
Business
DAZN lands Africa Cup of Nations, CONCACAF Gold Cup rights
Exclusive broadcast deal covers Germany, Austria and Brazil
Business
EFL to review TV negotiation process
Report commissioned following EFL's controversial Sky deal
Content
Cricket World Cup final “could go free-to-air”
Talks reportedly taking place regarding the final at Lord's on 14th July
Business
Red Bee Media extends live captioning services for beIN SPORTS France
Covers captioning of live content for major national and international sport broadcasts
TVBEverywhere
UEFA unveils new OTT platform
Announces Bundesliga as first national league to be represented on UEFA.tv
Data Centre
A quarter of Women’s World Cup viewers will watch on social media
Consumers reportedly "craving" more immersive viewing experiences
Features
Champions League: why HDR is the next step in sport broadcasting
BT Sport COO Jamie Hindhaugh discusses the introduction of HDR in Saturday's final
Business
Amazon Prime Video ‘wins women’s tennis rights’
Reports suggest Amazon in Germany bid for Wimbledon rights but was rejected
Data Centre
Gen Z “more willing to pay” for content
Found to prefer personalised and complementary content
Production & Post
Mediapro broadcasts 10 simultaneous La Liga matches
Deployed 1,000 staff and 10 mobile units
TVBEverywhere
Guinness PRO14 launches own OTT platform
PRO14 TV allows fans to watch the Guinness PRO14 Finals Series live
Business
FIFA explores VAR sponsorship
Breaks carry untapped sponsorship potential of up to £100 million
Content
Channel 4 to broadcast Welsh Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
Wales take on England on 17th August and Ireland on 31st August
Content
BBC to stream first MLB games played in Europe
The New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox at London Stadium on 29th and 30th June
Technology
Blackbird takes Deltatre into the Cloud
Deltatre uses Blackbird for the fast turnaround of sporting highlights
Production & Post
Whisper Films, Gearhouse deliver F1 highlights for Channel 4
Gearhouse flyaway system designed so highlights can be remotely produced in London
Audio
L’Equipe deploys Calrec audio mixers
36+8 Summa and Brio36 installed in main and secondary control rooms
Production & Post
DAZN launches global live sports content distribution service
DAZN CONNECT distributes content over IP, is Cloud-native and AWS-integrated
Technology
Global sports outlets ‘will spend over £5 billion on OTT tech by 2021’
Investing in new functionality to maximise fan engagement through OTT services results in a 24 per cent uplift in subscriber acquisition
Business
STATS, Perform partner for AI deployment in sport
Transaction expected to close in second half of 2019
Business
TF1 to exclusively broadcast Rugby World Cup in France
Reportedly invested €45-50 million for Rugby World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup rights
Content
30 broadcasters saddle up for live Randox Health Grand National coverage
Includes airlines, cruise ships and troops watching oversees
Business
Ooyala signs LFP to Flex Media Platform
Helps LFP launch its direct-to-consumer OTT service
Business
Piero Sports Graphics acquired by Ross Video
Formerly owned by Red Bee Media, Piero fits into Ross’ sports solutions portfolio
Technology
Speechmatics and Tedial partner for live ASR solution
Allows operators to generate speech-to-text from a commentary track
TVBEverywhere
La Liga rolls out OTT service
First major European league to launch its own OTT platform
Business
NAGRA and MTM launch 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum
Programme will research the challenges facing pay-TV service providers
Business
Eleven Sports extends F1 rights agreement in Poland
Sport platform will sub-license highlights to Polsat