ESPN’s global X Games push made its way to Barcelona last week for the first of two key European stops on its 2013 tour, to be followed by Munich at the end of June. As ESPN continues its effort to spread the X Games brand beyond its established US borders, the network is also pushing [...]

It’s arguably the most important sporting event in Italy and one of the largest in the world. SVG Europe is referring, of course, to the epic stage bicycle race, the Giro d’Italia, which takes place every year during May and June. In advance of the 2013 event, Italian state broadcaster RAI and RCS Sport signed [...]

Broadcast Sports, Inc. has developed another wireless camera system that, says the company, aims to put television viewers ‘on the field and in the action of their favourite sports’. The Ref Cam is a person-wearable wireless camera configuration that uses an HD mini POV camera paired with BSI’s HD mini transmitter. The camera is positioned [...]

Vizrt and Mosart have entered into an agreement that they believe will eventually provide an optimized newsroom automation system for the broadcast industry. Mosart’s software-based automation system offers an extremely efficient workflow for controlling complex, content-rich productions with only a single operator. And, combined with the Vizrt end-to-end graphics and video workflow, the Mosart automation [...]

The sports broadcasting job of the week from GlobalSportsJobs.com is Director of Media Distribution, EMEA, for the National Basketball Association (NBA). The hiree will be required to accelerate growth, maximise revenue and offer innovations within the media distribution business while looking for ways to improve our fan and customer experience. The role will have responsibility [...]