Building on their successful collaboration in providing ‘Refcams’ - helmet-mounted cameras worn by referees - at last year’s Champions Hockey League, Movicom and Vislink continue to expand the line-up of ultra-small wireless wearable cameras for use in live sports production. The most well-known Refcam kit includes a mini-camera, Movicom’s specially designed and engineered camera mount with Vislink’s IMT Dragonfly wireless transmitter, which can be quickly mounted on almost any type of protective gear, including referees’ preferred personal helmets. The kit weighs just under 7oz/190g and has no external wires which speeds and facilitates mounting and dismounting it. This year’s innovation is the addition of cameras with C-mounts which opens up the lens options for the system – providing higher quality optics and thus better-quality images.

The planet's toughest test of motorsports endurance returns to Saudi Arabia in the New Year as a brand-new Dakar Rally route will push committed petrolheads to the limit over diverse landscapes. Here is all you need to know: - After four decades of desert action in Africa and South America, a stunning debut in the Arabian Peninsula earlier this year saw the Dakar capture the imagination of adventurous rally fans the world over once again. In January 2021, the world's toughest rally is heading back to Saudi Arabia for another fortnight of exhilarating offroad action.

Developer and publisher of the world’s most player focused video games, Riot also leads in the field of esports. Riot’s games portfolio includes League of Legends, the most-played PC game in the world with over 80 million monthly players and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Riot continues to evolve League of Legends while delivering new experiences to players with Legends of Runeterra, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, VALORANT and multiple work-in-progress titles.

A new virtual version of the 4K 4Charity Fun Run traditionally held in collaboration with the NAB Show concluded this week, with sponsors and supporters raising over $21,000 in net donations for organizations that provide COVID-19 relief and non-profits focused on increasing diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. Today, 4K 4Charity Fun Run event organizers also confirmed the virtualization of the entire 2020 series of 4K and 8K runs, including those planned for the IBC Show in September, a community event in Portland, Oregon, and the SMPTE Annual Tech Conference in November.

Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer and seller of the market-leading Blackbird cloud video editing platform, announced today that esports trailblazers, VENN, have selected Blackbird for ultra-fast and efficient remote video production. The deal is for 3 years and was brokered by Blackbird’s new US systems integrator partner, ASG. VENN is a new kind of TV network for the streaming generation, aimed at gaming, pop culture and esports audiences. Founded by gaming visionaries Ariel Horn and Ben Kusin, VENN broadcasts live from studios in New York and Los Angeles with content distributed across a broad range of media platforms.

The new Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai – recent winner of a Mondo*DR’s 2020 EMEA & APAC Awards – unites three dynamic, industry-leading lighting brands from Cooper Lighting Solutions – Zero 88 for entertainment-style control, iLight for architectural-style control and Ephesus LED sports lights. The interior lighting and control systems together with all associated infrastructure were delivered as a turnkey solution during last year by Eaton Lighting Systems – now known as Cooper Lighting Solutions (CLS).

For a perfect gaming experience, Esports professionals need the highest possible frame rates and lowest latency to be able to play smoothly in order to stay ahead of the game. As a leading manufacturer of KVM systems for extending and switching keyboard, video and mouse signals, Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) offers professional gamers the perfect Esports experience including crystal-clear full HD resolutions with 240 Hz frame rates and without any noticeable latency.

Max Verstappen believes that the Formula One drivers will "try and put on a good show for everyone watching at home on TV" when the 2020 season finally gets underway with the Austrian GP at Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's home track this weekend in Spielberg. The Dutchman has won the last two races at the Red Bull Ring and he is looking forward to getting back on the track alongside teammate Alexander Albon with team principal Christian Horner directing tactics from the pit wall.

The German Football Association (DFB) informed Infront today that it will end its very successful and lengthy partnership with Infront and terminate or discontinue all existing contracts. Infront contests the validity of this cancellation and insists on the full completion of the current contracts with the DFB. Infront has severe doubts about the methods and motives of the investigative agency Esecon, on whose interim report the DFB is basing this proposed cancellation. The DFB said it based its decision on allegations of "potentially damaging activities". The interim report of Esecon – which Infront has not been given access to – apparently accuses Infront of gaining undue benefits from improper gifts to DFB employees.

Ski mountaineer and runner Anton "Toni" Palzer has crossed the three main peaks of the Watzmann mountain in his native Germany in a new record time of 2h 47m. Here is all you need to know:
- Palzer took the high-alpine tour from Wimbachbrücke (634m) via Watzmannhaus (1930m) to Hocheck (2651m) shortly before 7am on Friday June 26 then scaled the high point at 2,713m, the Southern tip (2,712m) before starting his descent over the Wimbachgrieß (1327m) down to the Wimbachbrücke.

The Norwegian Ski Federation has extended its exclusive international media rights agreement with Infront, a Wanda Sports Group company, for FIS World Cup events, including men's and women's alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping and nordic combined. The renewal takes the existing partnership beyond 30 years and further solidifies Infront’s leading position in winter sports.

They say the stars shine brighter in Hollywood and thanks to Samsung Display technology, Hollywood Park will be the brightest of them all. Samsung’s outdoor LED products were exclusively used to build SoFi Stadium’s 70,000 square-foot dual-sided center-hung videoboard and five levels of fascia display which will be used to elevate the fan experience to unparalleled heights. The state-of-the-art videoboard not only features the most LEDs ever used in a sports or entertainment venue, but also has the first and only 4K end-to-end video production in a stadium.

MEDIAPRO Canada has been selected by the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), Canada’s first division professional men’s basketball league, to produce live television coverage of all 26 games in the league’s 2020 CEBL Summer Series, which tips off on July 25th and culminates in the Championship Final on August 9th. MEDIAPRO Canada will produce seven games, including the semi-finals and the final, for live broadcast on the CBC, Canada’s national public broadcaster, as well as the remaining 19 games which will be carried live and on-demand on CBC GEM, the corporation’s streaming service, available across all connected devices.

The elite racing series has its first winner of 2020: Valtteri Bottas beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton to the chequered flag at the Red Bull Ring. Millions of motorsport fans around the world followed a turbulent Formula 1 Rolex Großer Preis von Österreich via the TV and online, with Bottas holding onto his advantage after starting in pole. Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris joined the Finn on the podium.

M2A Media, leading innovators in cloud-based video solutions, today
announced that its just-released cloud-IP transport service, M2A CONNECT, has been adopted by
global sports brand, Formula 1®, to acquire, process and distribute the motorsport brand’s live
content to global broadcasters and sports rights owners.