tennis

SES nets ATP Media content delivery contract

ATP Media’s 70+ broadcast partners will be able to select from a variety of video feeds, audio, metadata and other content

Media Delivery

ATP Media looks to ace interactive broadcast experiences

ATP will leverage Ease Live's interactive graphics engine and Play Anywhere's compliance platform to give fans more information about each match

Live Production

EMG / Gravity Media smash Laver Cup in full 1080p HDR

The PoC used 49 cameras, including a network of behind-the-scenes robotic and specialty cameras

Live Production

Whisper takes flight as new Roland-Garros Host Broadcaster

Whisper will deliver coverage of the Paris event for the next five years

Audio

Tennis PRODIGY.MP: DirectOut delivers full redundancy for Next Gen ATP Finals

DirectOut's PRODIGY.MP provided full redundancy for the audio system at the Jeddah competition

Live Production

Advantage Wimbledon with NEP HDR coverage

NEP is supporting WBS with IP technology, specialty cameras, media asset management and training

Live Production

HBS smashes immersive experience with French Open coverage

The collaboration built on innovations introduced over the previous three tournaments, and included referee cams for the first time

Artificial Intelligence

Using AI to spare the referee’s (and broadcaster’s) blushes

Gonzalo Zarza, chief data officer at Sportian, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) could help with compliance during live events

Media Consumption

Sky Sports serves up ATP and WTA tennis for next five years

Both Sky Sports and NOW TV subscribers will be able to watch more than 80 tournaments broadcast live every year, and over 4,000 matches

Live Production

Gravity Media aces US Open coverage with host, domestic and international production facilities

This year's broadcast featured UHD on Ashe court produced with Dolby Atmos

Live Production

ATP Media takes to the skies with Birds Camera Solutions

The cable camera systems can be easily integrated into all common augmented reality applications, and can cover areas from 50 x 50m to 250...

Media Management

ATP Media, IMG extend archive management and licensing deal

The IMG Replay archive includes more than 400,000 hours of footage, including content from the Olympics, the Premier League, Wimbledon, golf's The Open, and...

Live Production

ATP Media partners with Deltatre to smash broadcast graphics

Innovative tournament locator maps have helped enhance the storytelling during live broadcasts, delivering 3D maps that bring the geography of the venue to life

Production & Post

ATP Media aims to smash highlights with WSC Sports’ AI video technology

WSC Sports-generated clips will be distributed near-live to all ATP Media stakeholders including broadcasters and media partners

Live Production

Gravity Media aces Australia’s ‘Summer of Tennis’ coverage

Company is creating and managing 1080i, 1080P and UHD coverage across multiple courts during the Australian Open

Live Production

Gravity Media uses innovative speciality cameras to capture Billie Jean King Cup

Company is utlising NetCam, a dual UHD camera platform that offers full remote shading and racking

Live Production

Stockley Park serves up remote virtual advertising for ATP Paris Masters

uniqFEED is deploying its entirely software-based virtual advertising solution, AdApt, for 48 matches

Business

Out! Amazon Prime ‘set to give up’ tennis streaming rights

Streamer is said to have decided not to renew its exclusive rights package with the ATP and WTA tours

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

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...