FIFA has published the key findings of a comprehensive audit of the final audience data for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™.  A combined 1.12 billion viewers tuned into official broadcast coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 across all platforms – a record audience for the competition. Linear TV accounted for the majority of the global audience, with 993.5 million viewers watching at least one minute of coverage on a TV set at home, an increase of 30% on the audience for the 2015 edition held in Canada, which reached 764.0 million.

Following the footsteps of a successful 2019 season, the beach volleyball elite will return once again to three of the most iconic locations for the sport in Europe. Stops in Gstaad (July 7-12), Vienna (August 12-16) and Hamburg (August 19-23) will draw thousands of fans to the Red Bull Beach Arena (2019: 300,000 visitors). Goosebumps will be guaranteed when the top players in the planet will battle an incredible prize money of 600.000 USD.

The Switch, the platform for the production and global transmission of live video, was pivotal in delivering uninterrupted live linear TV broadcasts and online streaming of the ninth Hengshui Lake International Marathon in September, leveraging its extensive network in China to bring the event to audiences around the globe. Working in partnership with Chinese media production and content packaging company New Force Media, The Switch utilized its established experience and the global reach of its transmission network to deliver flawless coverage to international broadcasters – as well reaching marathon fans worldwide via live streaming websites.

Robycam, a stabilized cable suspended camera system and leader in Augmented Reality visual graphics integration, developed by Movicom, helped to deliver state of the art visuals to the International Swimming League's inaugural event in Indianapolis and following event in Naples this week-end  in conjunction with Girraphic graphic services.

Women’s sport has grown in prominence thanks to the rise of digital platforms and is now set to skyrocket. In fact, 94% of industry professionals are primed to increase investment in the creation, production and distribution of content, according to research from Imagen, the leading SaaS video management platform business.

Inaugurated in 2005, Munich’s Allianz Arena, with its iconic façade of almost three thousand air-filled panels which made it the first stadium to display a full colour-changing exterior, is one of the best-known football stadiums in the world. Inside, too, the three-tiered stadium construction leaves an impression on the 75,000 plus spectators who come to see top national and international sport, and especially to support home football team Bayern Munich. For this season, the sound system in the Allianz Arena has stepped up its game. In cooperation with the engineering and planning office Müller-BBM, L-Acoustics Certified Provider System Integrator, Wilhelm & Willhalm event technology group, have installed an extensive Kara system from L-Acoustics.

Austrian-based Spidercam GmbH, developer of the Spidercam system, have been actively working with Ross Video to integrate their newest generation cable-cam Spidercam FIELD and LIGHT with Ross Video’s XPression graphics platform, Voyager rendering engine and UX control system in order to provide tracking data for augmented reality graphics at various ESL esports events in Berlin, Germany and Katowice, Poland.

Adlib’s rental departments implemented a fully integrated video, lighting and audio package linking in with broadcast elements for BBC and Sky. The spectacle took place over 10 glorious days of top sporting action which delivered world class netball to an international TV audience and many thousands packing into the court-side seats which were sold out for the duration.This quadrennial event featured two distinctive criteria. Firstly, a spectacular Opening Ceremony which wowed the crowds and got everyone in the mood for the great sports to follow.

RTS is well established as the go-to intercom choice for sports broadcasters all over the world. Thanks to industry-leading technical capabilities, RTS equipment continues to be standard issue in OB trucks covering international competitions at every level.

The sport of ice hockey in Norway may not be quite as popular today as it was during the heady days of 1994 when the city of Lillehammer hosted the Winter Olympics, but new interest from sponsors and local businesses has brought increased investment in the sport, and Lillehammer Ishockeyklubb (IK) has enjoyed a revival as a result. Lillehammer IK was founded in 1956, and the club has experienced many ups and downs over the last 60 years, from winning the Norwegian Championship in 1994 to difficult economic conditions in the early 2000s that threatened the club’s survival.

Sony is pleased to announce that the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, one of the biggest sports events in Europe, has successfully experienced a new wireless workflow with Sony Virtual Production in partnership with Deutsche Telekom and Infront Productions.

Vislink Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: VISL), global leader in live video production, is pleased to announce a further three-year contract with Dorna Sports, S.L., under which Vislink remains official RF systems supplier for video communications, including onboard systems, for MotoGP, the premier motorcycle racing circuit in the world.

Gearhouse Broadcast, the Gravity Media-owned supplier of technical facilities, crew and services used to capture the world’s most watched content, is providing a range of facilities to FIBA, through is entity FIBA Media, for its host broadcast of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. These include the deployment of Gearhouse’s Flypack portable production systems at three of the eight official venues, with a UHD solution being used in Beijing where the Final will be held. The 32-team tournament takes place across China between 31 August – 15 September.

From September 6th to September 8th, the League of Legends 8th Anniversary Carnival was staged at the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center. With a flick of a finger, League of Legends has been with us for eight years, and the League of Legends Pro League has become the highest level of League of Legends professional competition in China, and it is the only channel for the Chinese mainland to reach the annual midseason championship and the global finals. According to statistics, in 2018, the number of live viewings in the LPL reached 15 billion.

SPORTEL remains true to its primary objective = to bring together the elite of sport business once a year in Monaco. Despite the increased competition from other events, SPORTEL continues to make THE difference by always listening to its participants, and in step with the evolution of the industry. The industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, beyond the fact that sport is still consumed very differently, particularly through new media.