El Clásico is one of the sporting events with the greatest television coverage and impact throughout the world. MEDIAPRO is in charge of the production and distribution of the international signal for a potential audience of 650 million viewers.  Saturday 25^th October saw the first ever Clásico played with COVID and to guarantee safety in a sporting event of such magnitude, the MEDIAPRO Group together with LaLiga, has established a safety plan to guarantee that the 400 professionals working in Outside Broadcast Units, TV Compound and inside the stadium, can do their job safely and without risk.

After more than a month of fierce battle, the 2020 League of Legends World Championship ushered in the final battle. The SN team from China LPL and the DWG team from South Korea LCK successfully met in the finals, representing the top teams of the two strongest leagues. , carrying all LOLer's eager expectations, this match attracted worldwide attention.

Systems integrator Broadcast Solutions planned and executed almost two hours of pre-match excitement for AFC Wimbledon – with a crew of just three people. The occasion was the opening match at the football club’s new home, just metres away from its original stadium in Plough Lane. This first game marked the climax of almost two decades of fund-raising for the club which rose like a phoenix from the old Wimbledon, making its way through the tiers of English football to now play in League One. For the loyal fans, of course, Covid-19 regulations meant that no one could see their triumphant return to Plough Lane.

MEDIAPRO Canada has been nominated asa finalist for the World Football Summit Awards in the category of Best Internationalization Strategy for its contribution and commitment to promoting the Canadian league.

From July 18th to November 12th, 2020, from summer to winter, totally 117days, SMT UHD 4K OB Van S2 and S4, and HD OB Van B3 broadcasting teams completed the "most special" live broadcasting of the China Football Association Super League (CSL).

Viz Arena enhances sports coverage during live broadcasts with virtual and augmented reality graphics added over stands in a stadium, beneath players on the field, or in the case of MotoGP, on the infield of a race track. Dorna, the exclusive commercial and TV rights holder for MotoGP and other leading motorcycle racing championships, began experimenting with Viz Arena at the end of the 2019 season. Despite rollout plans being delayed by the pandemic, MotoGP returned to screens in July with Viz Arena being used from the start on the live broadcast.

In the hearts of cycling enthusiasts around the world, the Giro d'Italia is one of the most influential event. And when the series of this event entered China for the first time in 2019, even with the huge impact of the global epidemic this year, the event still returned and brought surprise upgrades.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville held 10 in-person commencement ceremonies November 19-22 at Thompson-Boling Arena for spring, summer and fall 2020 graduates. Bandit Lites supplied a lighting system for the socially-distanced event which included additional health and safety protocols, allowing graduates and their families the opportunity to safely gather to celebrate their momentous accomplishments.  
 
 

For this particular LaLiga event, virtual graphics with tactical line-ups and results were broadcasted as a preview, before the beginning of the first and second half of the match. This was done thanks to the tracking integration with our R³ Space Engine and the aero cam Omnicam4Sky, that guarantees an unique outcome.

BLAST TV, the global esports media network delivering world class entertainment experiences, has selected EVS’ market-leading VIA and Media Infrastructure solutions as the backbone of its new esports production flypack. The mobile solution is designed so that BLAST TV can produce its own live gaming events in-house. With the Covid-19 lockdown impacting mass gatherings, the flexibility of the EVS live production workflow is enabling the esports giant to put on online-only events instead.

The Finnish Sports Museum housed at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki has recently reopened to the public with a completely revitalised permanent exhibition after extensive renovations closed the venue for five years. The new exhibitions celebrate Finnish sport using the best of what modern technology has to offer, including a state-of-the-art Genelec Smart IP audio solution. All audio, video and control technology was supplied by AV integration specialists Studiotec Oy, with AV and sound design by building services engineering experts, Granlund Oy.

Chase Center, our home, is a new facility that opened for the 2019 season. The technical infrastructure is built on SMPTE ST 2110, with Imagine Communications as our video routing and processing technology partner. Remote working is really helped by a modern IP and IT infrastructure, but even more through having software-defined functionality.

Deltatre, the global leader in fan-first experiences, has extended its partnership with Indian Super League (ISL) for 2020/21, providing its best-in-class broadcast graphics service throughout the season. Deltatre’s multi-platform graphics solutions give content owners the tools to deliver cutting-edge on-screen visualizations. For the 2020/21 season, Deltatre will design, develop and deploy ISL’s world feed match graphics and studio graphics – in English, Malayalam and Bengali – including touchscreen and augmented reality solutions for data rich analysis.

Today, EMG sports technology company On Rewind won an
International Sports Awards in the category “Best of Fan Engagement” with its work on the
Proximus Pickx app & website. Celebrating the finest sports work in the world – the
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS (ISA) celebrates these individual, group and company
achievements with honor and recognition on an annual basis. On Rewind was rewarded this
year for developing a gamified live video streaming platform, to provide subscribers of
Proximus’ All Sports TV pack a new and innovative experience on its Proximus Pickx app and
website.

EVS’ video assistant referee (VAR) solution Xeebra has been chosen by NEP Denmark to provide exclusive VAR capabilities to the Danish League for its top football tier the 3F Superliga. Built on EVS’ industry-standard replay technology, the system has been deployed since the start of the season and will be used in all matches throughout the 2020/2021season. The deployment is being managed locally by NEP Denmark, a longtime EVS partner that has extensive experience in producing live coverage of Danish football. For this project, NEP is deploying custom-built VAR vans, each equipped with a Xeebra. Each multi-camera review system from EVS supports up to 16 cameras, including Super Motion cameras, and all camera angles can be accessed instantly during a match. This setup enables the VAR, assistant VAR, and replay operator – who are all stationed on-site– to accurately assist the on-field official in their decisions.