During Tuesday night’s MLB game between the Atlanta Braves and the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Florida, the television crew at FOX Sports SUN captured a gorgeous replay of a “strike ’em out, throw ’em out” double play that would make anyone who sports in sports video production smile. More
With each passing year, streaming adoption continues to climb, and more sports content is regularly being delivered to fans anywhere via smartphones, connected TV devices, and laptops. So, why not go all virtual for our upcoming SVG Sports OTT Virtual Series? More
Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, CBS Sports announces the lineup for their coverage of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, a former NBA All-Star joins NBC Sports […] More
Ratings roundup is a rundown of rating news from the past week and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, the WNBA got off to a hot start on ESPN, the NWSL concluded their bubble season with the highest-rated match in league history, NBC Sports’ Premier League coverage hits […] More
NHRA roared back on July 10 with the events that not only featured loud cars tearing down the track at upwards of 300 mph but also fans in the stands and fans outside the track as NHRA events are equal parts sports and fan engagement. More
On Saturday, July 25, the Premier Lacrosse League began its two-week Championship Series at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, UT. The fans are watching from home, but NBC Sports is bringing them down to the field level with back-and-forth communications between commentators and players, coverage via untethered aerial drone, interactivity on multiple social-media platforms, sports-betting […] More
CBS Sports is set to broadcast the PGA Championship for the 30th consecutive year, live from TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, CA, as the network will showcase the 102nd PGA Championship in primetime on Saturday, Aug. 8 (4:00-10:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, Aug. 9 (3:00-9:00 PM, ET), marking the first major of the rescheduled […] More
Ligue 1 football club AS Saint-Etienne has launched a new OTT platform called ASSE TV during the COVID-19 lockdown. A subscription-based service, ASSE TV allows club fans to see matches, historical games, magazine programs and interviews, documentaries, and previously unseen behind-the-scenes images. More
Spectator sports returned to the UK this week with the government supervising a series of three trials of live sport with fans present. The first tentative tests overseen by the UK Government’s Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) took place at The Oval with a two day friendly between Surrey and Middlesex on Sunday, […] More
Thursday, July 23 was a day that has been circled on ESPN employees’ calendars for quite some time. With Opening Day of this peculiar, 60-game Major League Baseball regular season in the rearview mirror, the operations team can recollect their thoughts, assess any pitfalls, and regroup before the rest of the 2020 schedule unfolds. More
