Media Consumption
Warner Bros Discovery Sports smashes US Open coverage
Compared to 2021's tournament, WBDS said this year's event saw streaming audiences on discovery plus more than double
tennis
Media Delivery
BBC serves up Wimbledon in Ultra HD again
All matches on centre court will be available in Ultra HD on BBC iPlayer and online
Live Production
ATP Media smashes IP transport with M2A Connect
M2A Connect is being employed to manage the acquisition of streams from third party suppliers and their onward distribution
Live Production
Gravity Media, ATP Media, AWS join forces on large-scale virtualised production PoC
From Paris, 12 live camera feeds with audio, and two Hawk-Eye ball-tracking feeds, were sent over fibre, via AWS Elemental Media Connect, into a...
Live Production
Gravity Media smashes tennis coverage with Dream Chip AtomOne Mini Air Camera
Mini Air's lens is little bigger than a one euro coin and weighs 25 grams
Business
Discovery nets French Open for another five years
In 2021, Eurosport has reported significant year-on-year growth in its audience watching via digital platforms during the first eight days of the Grand Slam...
Production & Post
Infosys serves up AI highlights at French Open
Solution enables broadcasters to resize videos with AI and produce ready-to-publish clips for different social platforms that require specific aspect ratios
Live Production
Bren Hester: Serving tennis packages since 1997
As the tennis season approaches its conclusion with the ATP Tour Final, sports broadcast event producer and EVS editor Bren Hester offers TVBEurope some...
Live Production
MultiCAM helps France Télévisions smash tennis coverage
Eight remote robotic heads have been installed at this year's grand slam event in Paris.
Media Management
Harmonic helps the viewer take control of France Televisions French Open coverage
Harmonic's Thierry Fautier tells TVBEurope about the company's involvement in a demonstration which aims to let viewers choose which camera angle they want to...
Production & Post
How Eurosport is teleporting tennis stars across the Atlantic
TVBEurope discovers how Eurosport is smashing its coverage of this year's US Open tennis
Production & Post
French Tennis Foundation takes Roland Garros production in-house
HBS France Production appointed host broadcaster from 2021
TVBEverywhere
Australian Open smashes audience figures for Eurosport
Eurosport’s social media channels received a 76 per cent uplift
Production & Post
NEP Connect supports top level women’s sport
Company delivered content across football, cricket, tennis and more
Live Production
How radio frequency technology smashes tennis coverage
Jonathan Endley, head of sales development, Gearhouse Broadcast, discusses delivering faultless RF at major tennis events
Business
Eurosport serves ATP Tour in four new markets
Secures rights for 41 ATP Tour events in each territory
Technology
IBM Watson will use noise levels to create US Open highlights
Tech is able to work out when a player is being particularly animated on court
Technology
NEC successfully trials 8K over 5G at French Open
France Télévisions employed NEC's VC-8900 8K material transmission encoder
Production & Post
MOOV serves up augmented reality graphics for BBC’s Wimbledon coverage
MOOV is employing RT Software’s AR solution on a three camera setup
Production & Post
Timeline nets three-year tennis contract
Timeline's IP 4K HDR outside broadcast truck is being used as part of the deal
Features
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Videos
TVBEverywhere
Eurosport reports 31 per cent rise in streaming during French Open
Broadcaster also saw significant rise in linear audience
Content
Amazon Prime Video confirms WTA deal
Amazon will stream a minimum of 49 WTA tournaments a year from 2020
Business
Amazon Prime Video ‘wins women’s tennis rights’
Reports suggest Amazon in Germany bid for Wimbledon rights but was rejected
TVBEverywhere
Amazon Prime Video aims to ace tennis coverage in 2019
Streamer hasn't said whether it has addressed the latency issues seen during its coverage of the 2018 US Open
Production & Post
Australian Open aims to ace video content with Grabyo
Tennis Australia will employ Grabyo to deliver more digital video to tennis fans
Technology
ATP Media and Gearhouse complete successful 1080p50 HDR test feed
Test was carried out at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan last week
Content
Eurosport France nets multi-year deal for ATP tennis
Broadcaster secures rights to 37 ATP World Tour tournaments a year
Business
Globecast extends partnership with ATP Media
New three-year deal will see Globecast supplying ad hoc distribution services for tennis coverage
TVBEverywhere
Wimbledon admits to two years of talks with Amazon
All England Club stressed 90-year relationship with the BBC remains "hugely significant and valued"
TVBEverywhere
Amazon’s US Open coverage suffers major latency issues
Coverage found to be delayed by up to 44 seconds when compared to linear broadcast in the US
Content
Amazon customers left unable to watch US Open
Users who stream via Roku, PlayStation and some LG TV sets left unable to access content
TVBEverywhere
IBM to harness AI for Wimbledon video highlights
IBM Watson auto-curates highlights based on analysis of crowd noise, players' movements and match data
Content
Amazon Prime serves up first tennis coverage
Coverage of Queen's Club championships begins today
Content
France Télévisions to provide Roland-Garros UHD coverage
French PSB is providing free access to a 100% UHD event channel broadcast 24 hours a day on DTT and satellite TV
Content
Eurosport to broadcast French Open in UHD for the first time
UHD channel will be available in France, Germany, Spain and the UK
TVBEverywhere
Madrid Open tennis tournament to broadcast live matches in VR
Matches will be available on the broadcaster TVE's YouTube page in 360-degree video
Production & Post
NEP UK nets coverage of seven more courts at Wimbledon
New robotic camera system will provide coverage of seven of the outside courts
TVBEverywhere
Amazon ‘nets US Open rights’
Company is thought to have paid £30 million for five-year deal