UK public service broadcasters are making attempts to persuade the government to expand the list of sports crown jewels – the core sporting events protected for free-to-air (FTA) TV. A plea from the BBC to add the Six Nations Championship to the group of events that must be offered to terrestrial channels was rejected in […]
As the broadcast production industry continues its shift towards hybrid workflows combining new software solutions with traditional hardware, NEP Australia—part of NEP Group, the media services provider for live sports and entertainment—has launched a new outside broadcast (OB) facility built entirely around this hybrid environment, with software being used for all video and audio processing. […]
IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club have announced a multi-year renewal of their long-standing technology partnership. From the launch of the Wimbledon website in 1995 and the mobile application in 2009, to the first integration of enhanced AI-powered solutions in 2017, IBM and the All England Club have collaborated for 36 years to […]
A busy summer of sport is generating a surge of readership for UK media outlets, according to data from Taboola, with TV and digital audience figures for major events also breaking previous records. Wimbledon netted the top spot as this summer’s most read about sporting event, with articles around the tournament receiving 35 million page […]
The Wimbledon tennis Grand Slam attracted a record breaking 69.3 million online requests for BBC Sport from June 30th to July 13th – the highest ever digital engagement for the championships on record. Audiences turned to BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app in unprecedented numbers across the two weeks with […]
Wurl, the streaming TV specialist, has announced a collaboration with Prime Video to support the streamer’s growing portfolio of live TV channels available for Prime members in Germany. Wurl is supporting Prime Video to launch its new TV Channel – Prime – in Germany dedicated to Prime Video entertainment content. “The streaming TV market in […]
Emma Raducanu’s Centre Court at Wimbledon on July 4th appearance attracted a peak TV audience of 5 million on the BBC – the third-highest peak for a non-final match in four years behind only her own fourth-round clash with Lulu Sun last year and Andy Murray vs John Isner in 2022. The match, which saw […]
Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) channels and platform set to showcase the Wimbledon tennis tournament which commences on June 30th. Max and HBO Max will be the ticket to every match taking place at Wimbledon for viewers streaming the action in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. Eurosport will […]
Sky Italia has extended its exclusive rights to broadcast Wimbledon in Italy for a further 4 years. The tennis tournament, the oldest of the Grand Slam tennis events, will remain on Sky and streaming on NOW until at least 2030. “Wimbledon is not just a tennis tournament […] it is a world sports legend.,” commented […]
BBC Sport has secured a three-year rights extension with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to continue broadcasting the HSBC Championships live on BBC TV, radio and digital services from The Queen’s Club, meaning there will be even more hours of live tennis across the BBC this summer. For the first time in over 50 years, […]