Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Formula One Group (Formula 1) (NASDAQ: FWONA, FWONK) is moving the vast majority of its infrastructure from on-premises data centers to AWS, and standardizing on AWS’s machine learning and data analytics services to accelerate its cloud transformation.

NEP UK, an NEP Broadcast Services Company, today announces it is providing technical Host Broadcast Services to The Championships, Wimbledon, for the first Championships to be broadcast utilising SMPTE ST 2110 compliant fully redundant IP technology. NEP UK has installed a distributed routing system, connected by main and back up MTP fibre optic cable, to serve on and off-site domestic and international broadcasters. For the first time, NEP UK, in partnership with ‘Wimbledon Broadcast Services’ (WBS) is covering all the courts with a team of over 250 technical crew to record and replay every ball that is played.

NEP UK, a leading OB and broadcast facilities provider, has confirmed that it has deployed Axon’s Cerebrum platform to control and monitor its complex IP workflow, which will deliver technical Host Broadcast Services for The AELTC Championships at Wimbledon this month.

Ballito Pro, and its production team White Hot Media, have partnered with LiveU to provide dynamic live coverage of the world’s longest professional surfing event taking place annually on the KwaDukuza coast in South Africa. LiveU’s portable LU600 HEVC units were used to provide comprehensive coverage of the main surfing competition and different aspects of the event, including extreme sports and music concerts, soaking up the 14-day event’s unique festival atmosphere. The event, presented by Billabong, was streamed live every day to the World Surf League website and Facebook page, which has over six million followers.

Blackmagic Design today announced that ESL, the world’s largest esports company, delivered the inaugural live finals of the League of Legends European Masters, with a bespoke playout system built with a series of DeckLink Quad 2 capture and playback cards.

 

League of Legends® (LoL) is the world’s most-played PC game, with over 100 million monthly active players. Each summer, teams from fourteen regions around the world come together to face-off with each other in Riot Games’ annual esports event, Rift Rivals. Rift Rivals will be held in various global locations between July 2^nd-9^th. One of the highlights of the event is the North America (NA) versus Europe (EU) clash that takes place this year on July 5^th-7^th at the home of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) in Los Angeles, California. 350 fans will join the players live in the studio, and the Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU event will be broadcast live in 9 languages on lolesports.com, Twitch, YouTube and ESPN+.

CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for complex live event productions, this year successfully managed the entire RF transmission infrastructure for the 118^th U.S. Open Championship, which took place June 12-17 at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, NY.

At last month’s 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, commonly referred to as “E3,” Nintendo, one of the world’s largest gaming companies, relied on The Switch® for exclusive distribution of Nintendo’s linear feed and streaming feeds across multiple, worldwide over-the-top platforms.

Beach volleyball makes its annual breath-taking pilgrimage to the stunning scenery of the Swiss Alps this week – and all eyes will be on three new Brazilian teams at the Swatch Major Gstaad as the South Americans go in search of glory.

The public broadcasters ARD and ZDF are relying on dry hire equipment from Qvest Media to broadcast the World Cup from Russia. As before during the Winter Olympics in South Korea and earlier international sporting events, the internationally active systems architect and rental provider will complement the broadcasters’ technical infrastructure with IT, AV and broadcast technology and provide their technical teams with advice.

Step into the Caesars Event Space in Las Vegas, and it has all of the conventional trappings of a major sports production. Cameras and a host of broadcast equipment surround an elaborate set dressed with stadium-style bleacher seating, a commentator desk and interview stage, in addition to 75 gaming stations in the round and a decagon of overhead displays. 75 pro gamers gather in the space each week for an “H1Z1” Pro League eSports competition, which pits teams of gamers against one another as they play Daybreak Games’ battle royale hit “H1Z1.”

TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP video solutions, today announced that it will provide rental packages and on-the-ground technical support throughout this summers’ international football tournament in all 12 Russian cities that will be hosting matches. The tournament will commence next month, with over 150 pieces of TVU Networks equipment and local SIM Cards already lined up to enable broadcasters to successfully deliver matches and tournament news to consumers across the globe.

LiveU released its live broadcasting figures during the FIFA World Cup™ in Russia with 485 units onsite used by customers from over 40 countries. The numbers have doubled, and even tripled, since the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ – including over 15,000 hours of live broadcasting, over 30,000 live sessions and 36TB of live transmission – with LiveU’s LU600 4K HEVC solution enabling customers to broadcast more hours with less data. Customers used LiveU to follow the teams, interview the players and the fans, and capture the atmosphere with daily live feeds.

SportsEngine Inc., an NBC Sports Group company and the leading youth sports technology provider, announced today that they have partnered with Pixellot, the global leader in automated sports production for the semi-professional market. With the formation of this partnership, Pixellot will be included in the new SportsEngine Marketplace, featuring their  sports production solutions that revolutionize traditional video capture, production and distribution processes. Pixellot’s solutions enable professional and amateur sports organizations to affordably cover and monetize their events.

CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for complex live event productions, returned to the annual All-Star Game this month for the 18^th consecutive year, with an expanded RF transmission presence that stretched far beyond the core nine innings.