For the first time at an Open Championship, the Sky Sports Golf team wasn’t using a glass studio by the 18th green as its main presentation platform. Instead, anchor Sarah Stirk and guests could be found out on the golf course during coverage, using a return vision monitor and control system supplied by Broadcast RF […] More
The 148th Open Championship in 2019 marked the fourth year that European Tour Productions (ETP) was the television production partner for the Royal & Ancient Golf Club (R&A). ETP was responsible for providing the world feed from the sport’s oldest Championship, which was used by Golf Channel, NBC Sports, Sky Sports, TV Asahi, and its […] More
The 148th Open Championship took place this past weekend in Northern Ireland. There to catch the unfolding action was BBC Sport whose television commentary team is still led, astonishingly, by 88-year-old Peter Alliss — one of only two surviving golfers to have competed the last time The Open was held at Royal Portrush. The BBC […] More
Last Monday, Dalet, a technology provider known largely for its production and content-management–media solutions, made a major move into the live-streaming–technology space, announcing the acquisition of Ooyala Flex Media Platform. With the deal, Dalet adds a key piece to its portfolio and moves into providing a subscription/SaaS offering, a solution for servicing OTT and digital-media–distribution […] More
Does the future of sports viewing belong to traditional broadcast services or to over-the-top streamers? According to a report created by NAGRA and research and strategy consultancy MTM, The Global Market for Premium Sports OTT Services, it’s not that simple. To keep sports loyalists happy while appealing to new fans, pay-TV companies need to be […] More
Twitter grabbed the attention of many in the content-creation game last week with the announcement of its new live-video–editing and –distribution tool, LiveCut. The cloud-based web application allows quick editing and sharing of video highlights of a live stream occurring from one’s own Twitter account. It’s a move that the social-media giant has been chatting […] More
Last Sunday produced one of the most nail-biting half hours in British sporting history, with both the Wimbledon Men’s and the Cricket World Cup Final. With two major events on at the same time, fans turned to streaming the crucial moments of each event to keep up with the other, according to data from Limelight […] More
Premier League champions, Manchester City FC, have launched a new paid-for OTT streaming TV app that will show live coverage of friendlies, delayed as-live coverage of certain Premier League matches, and on-demand content. More
In the fourth year that NBC Sports has provided coverage of the 148th Open Championship to U.S. golf fans, 350 people on hand in the small seaside town of Portrush, Northern Ireland, and production teams in Stamford, CT, and Orlando delivered the coverage via Golf Channel as well as NBC stations across the country. More
The 148th Open Championship is into its second day of competition at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The last time the Open was played at the course was 1951, so it’s giving some fresh energy to the CTV OB and ETP Production teams. And the effort has seen some Open Championship firsts for the production, […] More
