It's time to stand together. Due to the coronavirus numerous #Bundesliga & 2nd Bundesliga matches will have to be held without a stadium audience over the next two weekends. Like all fans in Germany and throughout Europe, we regret that the unique football experience in the stadium, which we all love, is not possible at the moment. We therefore have come together as a #team and have decided that it is time to stand together! We wanted to do our part to ensure that as many fans as possible can still enjoy Bundesliga live. So together with our long-standing partner DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, we have agreed that we will broadcast the original Sky Bundesliga conference on Saturday afternoon as well as the 2nd Bundesliga conference on Sunday live on #SkySportNewsHD, free to all, over the next two match days.

The KNVB campus played host to a two-day VAR technology test event under the umbrella of FIFA and its new working group for innovation excellence. In line with recent vision of FIFA President Gianni Infantino topics including more affordable VAR systems were presented and discussed as part of the roadmap to 2022.

Slomo.tv, a leading manufacturer of slow-motion instant replay servers and video refereeing solutions reports that the worldwide implementation of video-refereeing into various sports continues to gain momentum. Recently, the international swimming federation, FINA, has implemented video-refereeing technology in water polo in search of fair play and error-free refereeing in international tournaments.

Shanghai Media Tech runs the full gamut of production activities: pre-production, broadcast, post-production, network operation and maintenance, application development of new media and more. To match its breadth and depth of services, the China-based media company provides a fully comprehensive, total 4K/IP solution for its OB van and EFP systems. Shanghai Media Tech's mobile production units are equipped for any live program or sports event as Asia's largest all IP, 4K UHD OB vans.

The Future Group, provider of live photo-realistic virtual production system, Pixotope™, has revealed its key involvement in the stunning production and delivery of the NFL’s ground-breaking Super Bowl LIV, mixed reality pre-game presentation. The complex, seven-minute production combined live action from multiple moving cameras with augmented virtual stages and graphics. The 2020 Super Bowl was watched by an estimated domestic audience of 100 million people, plus international viewers.

Riedel’s Artist digital matrix intercom and Bolero wireless intercom are at the core of a comprehensive event communications solution for the all-new International Swimming League (ISL). The integrated Artist/Bolero system enabled clear and highly reliable crew communications for the ISL’s inaugural season in 2019, culminating in December’s Grand Final at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. 

The 2nd Youth Games of the People's Republic of China is the largest comprehensive sports competition held in Shanxi since the founding of P.R. China.

The seats are filled with spectators passionately cheering for their teams while the action is displayed on large screens captured by wireless camera crews. The Super Bowl? The World Cup? No, it’s another type of competition just as heated and intense. It’s esports and in this case, the venue is the new Esport Factory in Osnabrück, Germany. Often hosting multi-player tournaments supported by production crews of up to 15 people, the recently retrofitted facility needed to create the right competitive atmosphere with tight communications capabilities to execute successful events. They chose Clear-Com technologies including LQ Series IP interfaces and Encore^® analog partyline intercoms (RS-702 beltpacks and the Agent-IC mobile app) – all for control room to stage communications during events and for remote productions.

On August 25, 2019, the 2019 DOTA2 International Invitational Tournament TI9, organized by Perfect World, was held at the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center. As the top e-sports IP in the world, Valve brought the DOTA2 International Invitational Tour to Asia for the first time.

In the 2019 Shanghai International Half Marathon, which started on April 21, 2019, Shanghai Media Tech (SMT) and SMG Great Sports went through multiple rounds of technical solution discussions and extensive testing and debugging to overcome 5G signal coverage, 4G and 5G compatibility.

TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP video solutions and remote production solutions, today announced its collaboration with PRG Germany, a leading international provider of innovative event production services.

Grass Valley cements its commitment to the live and sports market in EMEA with the appointment of John Carter as director of business development. Based in Newbury, Carter rejoins Grass Valley to leverage his experience of live production applications and workflows and the mission critical demands of mass audience sports coverage.

SportsInnovation is the platform for innovative technologies you can touch and the ideal meeting point for specialists to exchange information on the latest developments in the industry. SportsInnovation 2020 (SI 2020), which takes place from 25 to 26 March in the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA in Düsseldorf, also offers the international sport and media industry an attractive supporting programme, including live matches, showcases and panel discussions that provide a great opportunity to actively shape the future. Scottish football commentator Derek Rae, who works for FOX and NBC among others, hosts the programme.

South German television and film production company Schawa TV recently specified three Sonifex AVN-CU2-DANTE commentator units for sports broadcast use across a range of projects, including the recent 2019 Badminton World Cup, held in St. Jakobshalle, Switzerland. Schawa TV helped produce the event for leading Japanese TV station, TV Asahi, which brought its own staff and interpreter, but used Schawa TV equipment and knowhow to connect directly to the event network via the Dante audio-over-IP protocol. Patrick Heidorm is the Sound Engineer at Schawa TV: "The commentator systems worked flawlessly for between 12 and 14 hours a day for the whole tournament," he reports. "They’re intuitive to use and work really well."

For the third year in a row the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany, played host to the recent ESL One esports event that saw the world’s top Dota 2 teams come together for a full weekend of battle and an impressive prize pool of US$ 300,000. Once again, Ross Video’s XPression graphics suite and DashBoard control system were chosen by the organizers to drive the live feed and in-stadium production, with stunning results.