While most big sports leagues are taking their summer break, LiberoVision continues its expansion into new markets and products. While new products will be revealed at IBC 2011, new markets have already been entered!

2017 Dakar Rally champion Sam Sunderland claimed the overall bike lead after stage two of the 2020 edition in Saudi Arabia as Giniel de Villiers stormed to a stage win in the car category. Here is all you need to know: - Monday's second stage moved up Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastline a further 400km north as they left behind Al Wajh and sped towards Neom over the 367km route.

British biker Sam Sunderland produced a superb ride on Thursday's Stage 11 to give himself a chance of victory on Friday's final 2021 Dakar Rally stage as Nasser Al-Attiyah reduced Stéphane Peterhansel's car lead and teenager Seth Quintero won another stage in Saudi Arabia.

UK Ultra Slow Motion specialist Editec has been selected by Sunset+Vine to supply I-MOVIX high speed camera systems that it will use to help provide BT Sport’s live TV coverage of the new English Barclays Premier League season and Aviva Premiership Rugby games.

Super Bowl 50 is in the books and with it a massive effort that arguably will reshape the nature of Super Bowl operations for years to come. Why? Simply because of the sheer number of firsts at this year’s big game that might be here to stay.

The undisputed biggest game in American sports is the Super Bowl, and this year Fox Sports is preparing a massive live production using a wide array of Vizrt production tools. Preparations began with a multi-year deal for Vizrt to provide Fox Sports with the Viz Libero sports analysis system for both the national and regional networks. Viz Libero enhances play-by-play coverage by providing alternate angles, virtual fly throughs and detailed analysis with telestration tied to the field.

FOX Sports’ broadcast of Super Bowl XLV on January 28, 2011 was the most watched television program in American history. The championship game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers drew approximately 163 million viewers around the world, and also marked the debut of the Sennheiser MKH 8070 shotgun microphone, which was deployed on eight handheld cameras on the field for the duration of the game.

Most broadcasters have the hopes of a nation resting on their coverage, for pay-channel SuperSport International it is nearly an entire continent. Transmitting all 64 matches and with 250 staff working on the project, SSI are taking the FIFA World Cup™ to more than 40 nations and island territories, from markets as large as Nigeria, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo – as well as their home South Africa – down to tiny audiences in Sey­chelles and Sao Tome.

Motorsport fans around the world officially have reason to be happy. Within a launch ceremony in Zolder on Sunday, 23 June, the SUPERSTARS WORLD Smart TV application has officially gone live.

Supponor, the global leader in virtual advertising technology within live tier 1 sports, is delighted to announce the signing of a long-term agreement with FC Barcelona to supply their virtual advertising technology at all LaLiga home games, starting in the 2019/2020 season.

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) is the host broadcasting organization for the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012. OBS will be producing and transmitting the unbiased live radio and television coverage of the Olympic Games. In this role, OBS will provide broadcasters with various unilateral facilities and services at both the venues and the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).

The great images of the FIFA World Cup™ might be what is imprinted in the mind of the viewer, but would they have as much meaning without the sound of sheer elation, or groans of despair, which accompany such moments?

The Award Winners for this year’s prestigious SVG Europe Sport Technology Achievement Awards have been announced, with honours going to those involved with last year’s Ryder Cup coverage (in both 2D and 3D), this year’s Wimbledon 3D coverage, and to Formula One Management for consistently pushing back the boundaries in its ongoing coverage of Formula One. The Awards will be presented at the Sixth Annual Sport Award Reception at IBC on Saturday 10 September at the RAI Centre, beginning at 17:30.

Sports Video Group Europe will produce two in-depth conference panels at SPORTELMonaco, the premier sport media industry fair, on 16 October, at the Grimaldi Forum of Monaco.

After a hugely successful 2017 summit at Munich’s Allianz Arena, this year’s event marks a return to the Stade de France, Paris, for a further opportunity to meet and learn from influential figures in European football production and broadcast technology innovation.