2018 FIFA World Cup

Creation

HDR brings new dynamics to content production and consumption

Whether broadcasters and content producers are working in 4K/Ultra HD or HD, it would appear that HDR is playing an increasingly key role in bringing the most immersive viewing experience to the home.

HDR

Axon’s Cerebrum powers a summer of sports

For instance, Cerebrum simplified the production workflow for BBC Sports’ FIFA World Cup 4K/UHD HDR coverage Some of the largest sporting events taking place this summer, including the FIFA World Cup, tennis’ Wimbledon and the ongoing Asian Games, used, or are using Axon’s Cerebrum control and monitoring platform to eliminate engineering bottlenecks and create efficient unified workflows.

Management

How WHATS’ON was used during 2018 FIFA World Cup

BY JOHAN VANMARCKE During the build up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, one of our clients, A+E Networks UK/HISTORY, used WHATS’ON, the broadcast management system by MEDIAGENIX, to create a special pop-up channel, which scheduled football-related programming.

APB+

Surge in OTT traffic highlights importance of CDN infrastructure

For streaming of live events such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup on OTT services, TV delivery networks have to be equipped with a scalable content delivery network (CDN) workflow to manage peaks in their streaming traffic, suggests Edgeware Edgeware has reported that many of its customers have experienced a doubling of their peak CDN streaming traffic on match days during the 2018 FIFA World Cup football tournament.

Management

ITV picks Eyeheight’s LE-2M for 2018 FIFA World Cup coverage

Eight LE-2M compliance legalisers have been installed, and are ready to support the month-long football tournament which will kick-off in Russia this June ITV, a UK TV network, has chosen to deploy Eyeheight compliance legalisers for its broadcast coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will be taking place in Russia this June.

News & Events

Video streaming is the new TV

Even some of the most-watched TV programmes in the world, including next month’s FIFA World Cup, are increasingly being streamed onto mobile devices BY SHAWN LIEW The Netflix juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing down.

HDR

2018 NAB Show: Innovation accelerates broadcast industry’s growth amid IT/IP disruptions

The media industry will be seeing more IP integration in coming years BY JOSEPHINE TAN Early this month, 2018 NAB Show opened its doors to delegates worldwide with the continuity of last year’s theme, “The M.

Creation

Vizrt unveils Viz Libero AR at 2018 NAB Show

Combining sports analysis with augmented reality (AR) graphics, Viz Libero AR allows sports presenters to bring the action from the pitch to the studio At this year’s NAB Show, Vizrt will be debuting Viz Libero AR, a broadcast studio tool that combines the analysis power of Viz Libero with augmented reality (AR) graphics.

APB+

Twitter seals new APAC sports partnerships

In addition to the live original programming, live games, highlights and events on the platform, Twitter has unveiled nine new video partners who will utilise its In-stream Sponsorship to monetise their content Social network giant Twitter has announced nine new video sports collaborations at Sportel Asia, a sports marketing and media convention held in Singapore this month from March 13-15.