The 2020 League of Legends World Championship has a duration of 5 weeks and it is divided in 3 stages: Play-Ins Stage, Groups Stage and Knockout Stage. Only the Grand Final will be at Pudong Stadium, the rest will be held at SMT, in a studio with no audience. XR (Extended Reality) is the main focus of this event. It is known that this will be the first time using XR in competitive scene.

To step up their digital footprint, American football team the Pittsburgh Steelers brought in Brooklyn, NY-based KMH Integration to consult with their production team on a major facility upgrade. The task was to evaluate the team’s TV and radio production and propose facility designs and workflow changes to improve them. According to KMH Integration President Kevin Henneman, this was a typical case of the end-user’s requirements outgrowing their current systems and workflows. “Like many organizations, the Steelers started their digital efforts in social media, connecting with their fans. But they realized that the time had come to expand their digital content capabilities,” he notes. “They had a large studio space but no control room, so they literally could not do radio and TV at the same time. It was a pretty major redesign.”

Real-time graphics development company RT Software has just released a major update to Tactic, its acclaimed sports analysis graphic product. The company says this is its most important release to date. Version 5.4 includes many new and exciting features, the most important of which is the Player Detect function, which is free for existing users of its flagship product Tactic Pro. Using state-of-the art Machine Learning and AI, Player Detect provides automatic assisted keyframing of multiple players in parallel.

The prologue takes place on January 2 with the start proper the following day on its second running in Saudi Arabia following its switch from South America for the 2020 edition.A star-studded Red Bull Desert Wings squad will be chasing glory in the various categories over the course of the 7,646-kilometre course.  Here is all you need to know: - Carlos Sainz begins the car class as reigning champion and once again will be driving a MINI JCW Buggy as he attempts a fourth victory in the prestigious event. Also driving the same machinery will be 13-time Dakar champion Stéphane Peterhansel.

Augmented Reality technology has developed impressively in broadcast industry on an international level, sportscasters can be regularly seen walking through virtual line-ups of teams, moving in and around players, kicking virtual balls across the field and other seemingly unbelievable things. The technology that's driving this change is a tremendous improvement in the speed of computing and the integration of different aspects of visual graphics, including on-the-fly graphics generation, positional tracking of cameras, and keying technology.

wTVision and MEDIAPRO Canada joined forces to provide an Augmented Reality (AR) Solution throughout the final rounds of soccer's Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, which concluded yesterday with the final between Tigres UANL of Mexico’s LigaMX and Major League Soccer’s LAFC at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. AR3 is an augmented reality (AR) solution that generates high-quality virtual placements on the soccer field. Designed and developed by wTVision, AR3  was implemented in the final seven games of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, from the quarter-finals to yesterday’s final, to create virtual placements, providing the two finalists, the sponsors and CONCACAF itself with added visibility and brand enhancement in front of a global television audience of millions.

We announce that the prestigious Monaco World Sports Legends Award, the Oscars of Sport, cannot be held this year due to the current international situation but we are already working on the 2021 Edition with the presence of many world-renowned sporting stars! The Monaco World Sports Legends Award - the Oscars of Sport - aims at promoting sport’s ethical and moral values in order to inspire the new generations. The Awarded gain entry to the Pantheon of World Sporting Legends by leaving their hand prints.

Racing got underway at the 2021 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia as some of the biggest names in rally-raid took part in today’s 11km prologue stage. Holding an early lead in the car race is Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah, while Ricky Brabec took first place in the bike category.

The 2021 Dakar Rally is now well and truly underway as competitors were set a punishing 277-kilometre route on Stage One. Rising to the challenge were Cristina Gutiérrez, Carlos Sainz and Toby Price who all bagged victories.

Three-time Dakar Rally champion Nasser Al-Attiyah held his nerve on Monday's Stage Two to claw back time on rivals Stéphane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz in the car standings as Russian Dmitry Sotnikov extended his truck lead.

Toby Price put Monday's dune trouble behind him to claim his second stage win of the 2021 Dakar Rally as Nasser Al-Attiyah recorded another car victory over the 403km timed special stage skirting the notorious Empty Quarter desert.

Two-time Dakar champion Nasser Al-Attiyah cut Stéphane Peterhansel’s lead to under five minutes as he sealed a third consectutive stage win. Meanwhile in the bike class, Sam Sunderland was the best placed of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders and truck leader Dmitry Sotnikov ended the day with an advantage of more than 25 minutes.

CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for live event productions, has joined forces with Greenlight Television, highly experienced producers of sports and documentaries to demonstrate the value of remote production models for sports and live events. Greenlight produced and live-streamed the USA-based muscle car racing championship, the Trans Am Series, for fans worldwide — embracing IP and bonded cellular systems from CP Communications — to reduce local costs and limit infrastructure while keeping a small crew safe and healthy.

Stéphane Peterhansel finished third on Stage Five behind 2009 champion Giniel De Villiers to extend his 2021 Dakar Rally car lead over Nasser Al-Attiyah as Russian Andrey Karginov opened up his account with a truck stage win.

Rookie Seth Quintero boosted his bid for overall victory in his 2021 Dakar Rally category by winning the shortened Stage Six on Friday as Carlos Sainz and Ayrat Mardeev also tasted victory in their respective categories.