The industry has awaited this decision and on July 22 2013 SPORTEL's General Manager Amparo Di Fede has announced the location for the spring convention 2014 - "Shanghai"! Our partners chose Shanghai over other cities listed in the official SPORTEL survey, outbidding Abu Dhabi and Miami.

The 2013 Women’s CEV Volleyball European Championship, co-hosted by Germany and Switzerland from 6 to 14 September 2013, is set to be broadcast by a total of 28 TV stations worldwide.

Polish Professional Football League grants exclusive mandate with a focus on Germany and Austria – sponsorship package includes board presence, sleeve advertising of all 16 teams and integration into TV graphics.

As Chris Froome rode under a glowing Arc de Triomphe to win the 100th Tour de France Sunday evening, GlobeCast marked its 17th straight year providing global broadcast services for cycling's marquee event. GlobeCast's coverage included on-site production and live HD satellite transmissions for the duration of the Tour de France, held June 29-July 21.

Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a tip-top team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the sparkling 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Camera Corps (a Vitec Group company) announces the latest in a long line of television sports support projects. Working in partnership with Pittsburgh-based outside broadcast production company NEP Visions, Camera Corps has provided a wide range of support equipment for a fast-action sponsored television games series shot during April, May and June in Europe and South America.

Timed to coincide with two of the largest events in the cricket calendar, the ICC Champions Trophy and the Ashes Series, deltatre is redefining the way fans watch cricket with the launch of Diva Cricket, the latest instalment of its revolutionary video player designed specifically for the sport.

It seems Sky Deutschland is entering its second phase of life, at least according to analysts at Berenberg Bank. Senior analyst Sarah Simon already had a ‘BUY’ recommendation on Sky Deutschland in place at €5.35. Now she is raising her guidance even higher, to €6.40 a share, and it seems the market is also talking up Sky Deutschland’s prospects.

As host broadcaster of the coming Universiade in Kazan, ANO Sports Broadcasting (Panorama) will produce a high-definition international broadcast signal from July 6th through July 17th, covering 17 out of the 27 Universiade sports. The Games will be broadcast by Russian nationwide networks. Meanwhile, RussiaSport.ru will not only offer live broadcasts of the events, but also over a thousand additional videos to boot, featuring interviews, best competition moments, game reviews, reports, etc.

Orad, a leader in broadcast graphics, today announced that its PlayMaker sports replay server played a significant role in the production of the UEFA Euro under 21 Championships. The 15-game tournament, held over a period of two weeks, was produced by Mizmor productions. Mizmor has used PlayMaker for major sports productions extensively over the past four years.

The FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 came to an end, allowing all involved parties to take a slight breather to reflect on the lessons gathered so far, whether successes or potential areas of improvement. On the HBS side, one of the definite successes is a new — and vitally important — engineering concept: the pre-commisioned Equipment Room Container (ERC), which was tested in situ at the International Broadcast Coordination Centre (IBCC) in Belo Horizonte.

The Queen’s Club Championships, now the Aegon Championships, is an annual ATP tournament for male tennis players held on grass at the Queen’s Club in West London. As one of only four grass court tournaments staged in the build-up to the Wimbledon Championships it is used by many top players to re-acclimatise to grass. It is arguably the most prestigious of the pre-Wimbledon tournaments and much of that eminence has come from the fact that the BBC, as host broadcaster, has given the tournament extensive TV coverage for the many years.

HBS’ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ TV Directors meet for a production seminar in Belo Horizonte. Left-Right: Thomas Sohns, John Watts, Wolfgang Straub, François Lanaud, Knut Fleischmann, Jean-Jacques Amsellem, Jamie Oakford, Grant Phillips.

On June 23, 2013, Nik Wallenda, the tightrope walker known as “the king of the high wire,” crossed the Grand Canyon without a net or safety harness – and Mobile Studios, Inc. used six TriCaster systems to live stream the event to a worldwide audience on skywire.discovery.com.

The logo and visual identity for UEFA EURO 2016 were unveiled this morning at a ceremony at Espace Cambon Capucines in Paris, three years before the tournament, which will be contested by 24 teams at ten venues across France from 10 June to 10 July 2016.