The world’s best surfers came together in Rio de Janeiro for the Billabong Rio Pro, the third round of the Southern World Championships, in Barra de Tijuca. A 20-man Mediapro team covered the event providing the international signal for fans around the world from the venue as well with giant screens on site.

The Las Vegas division of Soundtronics Wireless, the specialized RF engineering firm whose live production credits include the Academy Awards®, the Grammys®, Dancing with the Stars, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Ellen Degeneres Show to name a few, is using a mix of Clear-Com® wired and wireless intercoms to support ESPN’s coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker (2016 WSOP) tournament.

From 23 August to 7 September, Normandy is welcoming the World Equestrian Games.8 World Champions, 1000 competitors, 7 competition sites... and 500 million television spectators. As a regular at big events, AMP VISUAL TV took up position on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with an impressive equipment set.

Allen & Heath is playing an important role in the playback, broadcast and transmission of the 2014 FIFA World Cup taking place in Brazil. Supplied by distribution partner, Teleponto. multiple Allen & Heath consoles are being used at several stadiums, in various remote broadcast trucks, and in the master control rooms.

Following last month’s announcement that WCAR has agreed a 15-year deal with the World Air Sports Federation to stage an international series of air race festivals, this is the latest step towards its start date in 2022. WCAR looks to build on the popular Red Bull Air Race brand, which came to an end in 2019. The first season plans to have eight races, growing to 10 the campaign after, and 12 after that. Teams will win World Championship points in each contest, in addition to prize money.

“WISE – Work In Sports Exhibition” is launching its online registration on www.wiselausanne.com with a standard package price for full attendance to the 2-days exciting programme as well as a special price for sports students. The package includes participation to the Forum, Exhibition and Animations areas.

Television audiences for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™ have surged in several territories during the group stage, as growing interest in the competition translates into record viewing figures in key markets.

Women's association football was long subject to ridicule, the prevailing myth being that women lacked the technique and fortitude needed to play good soccer… The recent women's world cup tournament in Germany firmly booted these myths into oblivion, as matches between the world’s best women's soccer teams captivated sports fans around the globe with remarkable athletic prowess, drama, and excitement of the highest order.

The impacts of COVID-19 are already being felt harder by women and girls in many areas of life due to gender inequalities. This reality is also mirrored in sport. The Policy Brief called “COVID 19, Women, Girls and Sport: Build Back Better” clearly points out that “existing gaps between women and men, girls and boys in both elite and grassroots sport may widen if governments, sport organizations, sponsors, civil society, athletes, media and UN agencies do not put women and girls at the centre and address their specific needs in response and recovery plans”.

For the most important woman‘s football tournament from June 26th to July 17th 2011 in Germany Media Broadcast offers a wide range of production and transmission services to assist the TV coverage of the event.

Parsons Technologies and WJHW recently outfitted the Milwaukee Bucks’ newly-built Fiserv Forum arena with state-of-the-art HARMAN Professional Solutions audio and lighting systems to deliver a high-energy experience at basketball games, concerts and more.

FIFA has appointed Host Broadcast Services (HBS) as the host broadcaster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. HBS’ role includes every single aspect of the production of the multilateral signal as well as providing necessary services and facilities to Media Rights Licensees (MRLs) in order to fulfill their unilateral production needs. This includes the design, construction and set-up of the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).

When the world’s best tennis players came together at the historic grounds of Stade Roland-Garros for the 2016 French Open, RF Transmission s.a. was given the daunting task of providing complete wireless coverage for this Grand Slam Championship. In order to ensure there were no double faults in signal coverage, RF Transmission s.a. took the court with Wisycom, designer and builder of the most sophisticated RF solutions for broadcast, film and live production.

In the world of tennis, broadcasters must be ready to serve up any action that comes their way. Through the utilization of Wisycom equipment, Fréquence, a company specializing in wireless audio links, has provided a complete RF over Fiber solution to France Televisions (private signal). Thanks to Wisycom, Fréquence provided solutions to past problems during the tournament’s broadcast and enabled the three journalists from France Télévisions to work simultaneously during all 15 days of live action coverage.
 

With high-velocity racing, sports presenters have to be ready to cover developments as they happen. In the world of Formula 1, those heart-stopping and iconic moments are relayed crystal clear with the help of Wisycom. Gearhouse Broadcast has been working with Sky Sports on its Formula 1 coverage since 2012.  During this tenure, Gearhouse has been using Wisycom wireless microphone/IFB receivers, belt-packs and transmitters supplied by Wisycom’s UK Official Partner Raycom, to deliver pristine audio coverage for viewers and the crew lap after lap. This past year, Wisycom worked closely with Raycom and Gearhouse Broadcast to create a custom design of the MFL Wideband Optical Link – the MFL Fiberbox, which was employed at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.