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Calrec Golf Craft Interview with A1s Florian Brown and Ja...

Golf is gaining popularity; the 2025 Ryder Cup achieved record-breaking viewing figures in the UK specifically, with five million fans tuning in – a 45 percent average viewership increase on the 2023 event. Last year's US Open and Ryder Cup tournaments also smashed records on digital platforms. The US Open was the most streamed golf event in NBC Sp...

Submitted by Kate Ford

Published 28 April 2026

How AI Is Reshaping Sports Media

In today’s broadcasting landscape, it’s not enough to simple keep up, the new standard is to anticipate, analyze, and adapt in real time. As streaming overtakes traditional broadcasting and the trend of second screens rises, the pressure to deliver faster, smarter, and more personalized coverage is only intensifying. Artificial intelligence is...

Submitted by Bubble Agency

Published 23 October 2025

Kiloview Powers the 71st Macau Grand Prix with NDI AV-ove...

The Macau Grand Prix, one of the world’s most prestigious motorsport events, returned in 2024 with a thrilling showcase of Formula 3, GT, and touring car races. This year, the iconic Guia Circuit underwent a transformative AV upgrade, thanks to Kiloview’s state-of-the-art NDI AV-over-IP solution. Collaborating closely with the Macau SAR Government...

Submitted by Judy Zuo

Published 24 September 2025

Calrec Craft Interview with Marine Martignac

Can you tell us about your background, and how you started in the industry? I finished my studies in 2016, and I started a sound technician course in operation and an audiovisual engineering course. These two highly complementary courses enriched each other. Engineering allows you to understand the infrastructures used during operation and operat...

Submitted by Kate Ford

Published 13 August 2025

Glensound Adds Ravenna and Full Remote Control to Its Mos...

What operational gap does this update address? Commentary teams often need compact, reliable units that can deliver flexible audio routing, network integration, and robust remote control. While Dante has been widely adopted in this space, expanding into Ravenna-based workflows introduces new compatibility and infrastructure demands. Glensound’s la...

Submitted by Simon Tillyer

Published 03 June 2025

How Providers Can Win Man of the Match With Live Sports O...

Times are tough for traditional broadcasters and live TV; the rise of on-demand TV and paid subscription services isn’t a secret and a large amount of the population are turning to these alternatives rather than their established counterparts. When it comes to sports, however, it’s a different playing field. No one can dispute the buzz of the build...

Submitted by Chris Wood

Published 16 July 2019

State of the Nation - If Winter Comes

Here’s an important fact that might get lost in all the noise of the moment. HBO’s Game of Thrones, which is relentlessly covered in the press as well as being talked about by its fans, is not actually terribly popular. The opener of the current (and last, thank goodness) series attracted a consolidated audience of about 3.5 million – that includes...

Submitted by Dick Hobbs - new

Published 04 June 2019

Giving Welsh sport a global audience

From the Ospreys Rugby Union team, to the Football Association of Wales, as well as national cycling, swimming and boxing coverage, Port Talbot based Buffoon Film and Media has been heavily involved in putting Welsh sports on the world stage. Focusing mainly on platforms including Facebook Live and YouTube, the team has already live streamed to mor...

Submitted by Adam Amor

Published 09 November 2018

State of the Nation

I am writing this in the middle of a record-breaking heatwave in southern England. Yet it is time to be thinking about the mists and mellow fruitfulness of autumn, or at least the predictably damp and chilly Amsterdam when IBC hits town. What will be the hot talking points of IBC this year? I am not in a position to talk about what the big vendors...

Submitted by Dick Hobbs - new

Published 18 July 2018

League of Legends European Masters

ESL, the world’s largest esports company, relied on a full Blackmagic Design live production workflow at the inaugural League of Legends European Masters tournament. The new league launched this Spring, with the first split taking place in the UK, specifically, at the historic Haymarket Theatre in Leicester. The European Masters tournament is the p...

Submitted by Sam Deans

Published 18 July 2018

AoIP Solutions at Sky TV

Sky UK has recently moved the whole of its Sky News operation into new, state-of-the-art facilities in the Sky Studios building on the Sky TV campus in Osterley, West London. Described as being both the most sustainable broadcast facility of its kind in Europe as well as the most technologically advanced, the Sky Studios project is set to completel...

Submitted by Tom Pidsey

Published 18 July 2018

Broadcasting Indoor Sky Diving

When you say you’re broadcasting skydiving, there are two types of reactions. One is the creative, who’ll say something along the lines of “Wow. Those shots must look great” and other is the engineer who’ll say “That must be a real hassle to get all the infrastructure in and secure.”When you say you work on indoor skydiving, both people will think...

Submitted by Daniel Harker Barnes

Published 07 June 2018

State of the Nation - Telling Imaginary Stories

In mid-October, Nokia issued a press release from its headquarters in Finland, announcing a refocusing of its business, with a growing emphasis on digital health. Read on a few paragraphs, though, and you find this statement: In digital media, the slower-than-expected development of the VR market means that Nokia Technologies plans to reduce invest...

Submitted by Dick Hobbs - new

Published 02 November 2017

Remote Production - Speed, Control, Infrastructure

i Remote production gives broadcasters the ability to capture a wider range of live events, such as regional sports, news or music festivals, and mix them in a remote facility hundreds or thousands of miles away. Many of these events might be of restricted interest, and may be broadcast to a narrow audience demographic. They may be regional news ev...

Submitted by Ian Cookson - new

Published 01 August 2017

Object Based Audio - The first steps

i The world of broadcast audio is about to reach new levels as we embrace the future in terms of Next Generation Audio (NGA). Although at this stage we can\'t be precise about what this will bring, we do know that some 3D Immersive formats are already under development and will find their way into broadcast production and distribution very soon. Un...

Submitted by Peter Poers

Published 01 August 2017