Few esports organizations have made as sizable a commitment to the content-creation game as Dignitas, which launched a 3,000-sq.-ft. media-production facility in Newark, NJ, over the summer. Although Dignitas has made its name in esports, the original content churned out of this facility runs the gamut from esports and gaming to pop culture and entertainment […] More
The Sports Video Group is delighted to welcome Red Bee Media as a new corporate sponsor. The company operates as a leading global media-services company headquartered in London, with 2500 media experts spread across 11 countries. Every day, millions of people across the globe discover, enjoy, and engage with content prepared, managed, broadcast, and streamed […] More
Swedish esports-production company DreamHack and AT&T made a little history during the DreamHack Atlanta esports event over the weekend. During the festival, a DreamHack Open CS:GO tournament was played onsite and live-streamed using 5G workflows, making it the first 5G-enabled live coverage of an esports event in North America. More
The way sports fans consume media has changed dramatically over recent years. No longer are they reliant on watching live broadcasts on TV or avoiding seeing the score until they can watch highlight shows in the evening. Instead, almost a third of sports fans are streaming live sports to their phone or tablet and 2018’s […] More
Sportradar, a provider of sports data intelligence, has released its second over the top (OTT) whitepaper, The Future of the OTT Experience. The paper examines and explains how rights holders and content owners can best engage with the modern viewer using advanced sports data and statistical insights as part of their video output. More
The Premier League has a hard act to follow, with last season’s nerve-wracking title race decided by a single point on the final day. But this season looks just as exciting, with Liverpool enjoying its longest ever winning streak and record-breaking Manchester City scoring five times in the first 18 minutes of one game against […] More
By Mehul Kapadia, Managing Director of Tata Communications’ F1 Business; Global Head of Marketing, Tata Communications It is a fascinating time in the world of sports, with digital platforms enabling a complete reinvention in the way fans engage with the action and their heroes. Rightsholders, broadcasters, sponsors and others in the sports ecosystem are capitalizing […] More
Earlier this year, Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) turned to Quicklink to improve and optimize its content offering and production operations. NRL’s webcasts both on official website NRL.com and on the NRL app have driven digital audience engagement to new heights in 2019. More
The Finals of Riot Games’ 2019 League of Legends World Championship were held on Sunday, Nov. 10 at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, with the winning Chinese FunPlus Phoenix team lifting the Summoner’s Cup as 2019 World Champions and taking home more than US $2 million in prize money. Riot Games chief executive Nicolo Laurent […] More
Out of a total of 16 drivers, eyes will be fixated on a quarter of the pack Sunday, Nov. 17 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. As the normal broadcast focusing on the entire race rolls on the primary NBC channel, an alternative viewing option of the network’s NASCAR Hot Pass will run on NBCSN, offering an inside […] More
