Kinomap, the app that turns your bike trainer into a fitness device, and Hammer Series have today unveiled “Hammer Series on Kinomap”, which allows fans to compete at each race through simulated outdoor footage.The new partnership will help expand the cycling season and introduce a new audience to the Hammer Series' unique format.

Today's large-scale sporting events, as well as their technical broadcast requirements, are growing at an astounding pace. To meet and surpass these requirements, Riedel Communications has initiated their Managed Sports Services division, comprised of custom-engineered technologies paired with extensive supervision and support by Riedel-qualified engineers. Among the first to profit from these services is DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, who has partnered with Riedel to design a reliable infrastructure for German Bundesliga referee communications.

After more than 40 years in the broadcast industry and nearly 20 years as CEO of Host Broadcast Services (HBS), Francis Tellier is retiring as CEO from the company he founded. Effective 1 November, Dan Miodownik, current CCO and Deputy CEO, will take over officially as CEO of the Infront subsidiary and Luc-Antoine Charial will be COO, while Tellier will continue to serve as a Special Advisor to HBS/Infront and non-executive President of International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), the production joint venture with IMG.

NEP Group, Inc. (NEP), a worldwide outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, will be exhibiting at SPORTEL Monaco from October 22-24, 2018 at booth B03/B04, Level 0 of the Ravel Exhibition Hall in the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The company will be highlighting its Mediabank media asset management tool, augmented reality technology and remote commentary solution with live demos throughout the show. NEP’s presence at SPORTEL will also give attendees the opportunity to learn more about NEP’s full lineup of broadcast, media and live event solutions and find out about the company’s latest sports projects.

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York underwent an amazing renovation just in time to celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of the US Open last month. A new 14,000-seat covered Louis Armstrong Stadium, updated services across the campus and expanded food, beverage and retail options have all been part of a US$ 600 million improvement project. All these additions have gone towards making it the premiere destination for tennis fans around the world.

Bexel, an NEP Broadcast Services Company, provided a host of equipment and engineering support for 5 games of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers, at Fenway Park and Dodger Stadium, respectively

The 2018 Asian Games Opening Ceremony was a high-energy, animated, colorful spectacular illustrating Indonesia’s origins and rich culture, and sending a strong message of peace and tolerance, staged in Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium.

When Capital Sound successfully responded to a tender document issued by production manager Simon Barrington (Sibar Production & Design) for the ECS Season 5 finals, Capital project manager, Robin Conway won the bid by proposing Martin Audio’s ground-breaking MLA loudspeaker array. “Such a hi-tech event as ECS required an equally hi-tech loudspeaker solution,” he rationalised.

Blackmagic Design today announced that ESL UK relied on a multilayered Blackmagic Design live infrastructure for content production, playout and distribution, to deliver big screen coverage and multiple livestreams at Paris Games Week for Sony Interactive Entertainment’s FIFA 19 Continental Cup.

In 2021, the 36^th America’s Cup will set sail toward Auckland, New Zealand. Working together as circle-o Broadcast Productions, Austrian production company West4Media and German broadcast manufacturer Riedel Communications will jointly produce this major TV event.

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Lawo designs and manufactures pioneering network, control, audio and video technology for broadcast and post production, as well as live performance and theatrical applications. Products include control and monitoring systems, digital audio mixing consoles, routers, video processing tools as well as solutions for IP-based A/V infrastructures and routing systems. All products are developed in Germany and manufactured according to highest quality standards at the company’s headquarters in the Rhine valley town of Rastatt, Germany.

 Video transmission technology supplied by xG Technology, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW) IMT Vislink business powered the Vicareo RefCam™ worn by referees at recent nationally televised NCAA college football games, including Michigan vs. Ohio State and Notre Dame vs. University of Southern California (USC) matches. RefCam is a unique sports camera designed to be worn by officials and participants at sporting events. It allows viewers to experience events from entirely new perspectives and points of view during broadcasts. RefCam was successfully launched at the 2016 NHL All-Star Game in Nashville, TN and has been used extensively, including at the NHL Winter Classic and other events where it provided unprecedented angles and footage from the action taking place.

ChyronHego today announced that its TRACAB Optical Tracking System, the world's leading technology for tracking players and balls within competition sports, achieved the highest accuracy results of any comparable system based upon scientific tests conducted by the Technical University of Munich, which is highly regarded for its research in the field of motion capture.

TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP video solutions, today explained how its solutions enabled Future Trading to remotely control the live streaming of the recent 2^nd Teqball World Cup in Reims, France.

• Audit shows a record 3.572 billion people watched the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ on TV at home, out of home or on digital platforms.
• The final was seen live by a combined 1.12 billion viewers worldwide.