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Cisco infrastructure for FIFA Women’s World Cup

FIFA has announced that Cisco has been appointed as the Official Network Infrastructure Provider for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023. As an Official Tournament Supporter for the Asia-Pacific region, Cisco will deliver a secure network that connects the entire tournament ecosystem, from the venues and operations to the administration and […]

April 20, 2023

Vivaro, BLAST.tv deliver Counter-Strike World Cup Qualifiers

Vivaro’s Liga Ace Esports, Latin America’s leader in organizing, producing, and transmitting eSports, has partnered with BLAST.tv to broadcast the Americas Counter-Strike World Cup Qualifier to an audience of more than 20 million viewers across five continents. AMERICAN RMR – CS GO 2023 will be hosted in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico and will be streamed to viewers in […]

April 6, 2023

Sport 24 to air FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

Sport 24, the live sports channel that’s available on airlines and cruise lines around the world, has announced a deal with FIFA to broadcast the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.  The IMG-owned channel will show more than 90 hours of live coverage across 64 matches from the tournament taking place from […]

March 8, 2023

Red Bee Media, Dotscreen power RTBF’s Auvio

Red Bee Media, THE global media services provider, has signed a multi-year agreement with Radio-télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) to power its recently re-launched Auvio platform through Red Bee Media’s managed OTT services with live TV and radio, Audio on Demand (AoD), and VoD capabilities. As a part of the project, Red Bee […]

March 6, 2023

MPs call for major Scottish sporting events to be FTA

The UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee has called for action from the UK Government and public service broadcasters to enable more Scots to watch major sporting events for free. In its report examining ‘Public broadcasting in Scotland’, the Committee sets out how public service broadcasters are often ‘priced out’ of being able to show sporting […]

March 2, 2023By Colin Mann

beIN teams with Synamedia for new 4K channel

beIN Media Group, the sports and entertainment broadcaster, added a 4K UHD channel to its OTT platform, beIN CONNECT, to stream the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with the support of Cognacq-Jay Image and using Synamedia Quortex’s just-in-time processing. With Synamedia’s SaaS-based solution and Cognacq-Jay Image’s team of experts, beIN was able to quickly launch […]

February 14, 2023

Deutsche Telekom selects WSC Sports

Deutsche Telekom is integrating a new solution from WSC Sports, a specialist in AI-powered video highlights, to broaden the reach and engagement of its sports content. The cloud-based AI-powered solution which is being utilised by Deutsche Telekom’s TV and OTT services – MagentaTV and MagentaSport – analyses games in real-time and automatically creates highlight snippets […]

February 9, 2023

VIDI connects broadcasters for World Cup

More than 5 billion people watched the Football World Cup 2022: The live matches and reports reached TV screens via fibre optic connections set up and operated by VIDI GmbH, a leading German service provider in the field of broadcasting and telecommunications technology. The global fibre optic network connected the IBC International Broadcast Centre in […]

February 8, 2023

Study: Japan led World Cup final streaming

Plume, the personalised communications services pioneer, has revealed insights into the streaming market following a study conducted from homes powered by its cloud-driven solution in Japan, Europe, and the US. Globally, Plume has connected more than 2.2 billion WiFi-enabled devices and currently manages over 45 million locations in the Plume Cloud. This update explores streaming […]

February 2, 2023

ITV: Love Island most streamed BVoD title of 2022

Love Island and ITV’s World Cup coverage were the most watched events in broadcaster streaming in 2022, with 273 million streams and 146 million streams respectively. Reality series Love Island tops the table as the biggest series in UK broadcaster streaming, with more than 273 million streams in summer 2022, making it the show’s most […]

January 31, 2023By Nik Roseveare