The Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin was transformed into a giant live e-sports battle environment for the PUBG Global Invitational 2018, the first major international live tournament organized by the PUBG Corporation, and the first world championship in competitive PUBG. Twenty outstanding 4-person teams competed for a share of some serious prize-money over four days.

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, has announced a collaboration with FACEIT, the leading competitive gaming platform and event producer, to bring a live eSports competition to IBC 2018. Hosted on the Grass Valley booth (9.A01), an exclusive gaming area will be set up for professional players to compete, and for IBC attendees to take in the action of a live eSports viewing experience.

Afyonkarahisar,hosted world motocross championship which is one of the ten most popular branches of the world.   The pitch installed on a 250 m2 area and nominated as “World’s Best Motocross Pitch” hosted world famous motocross competitors and teams. The teams and FIM-Youth Stream team was hosted in Afyonkarahisar between 28 August - 3 September with 50 trucks of equipment.

IBC2018, the world’s most influential media, entertainment and technology show, will shine a spotlight on the growing world of eSports and the opportunities and challenges that it presents, looking at everything from media rights and sustainable commercial models to the technologies and services needed to support the rapid growth.

As a new competitive project, e-sports appeared for the first time in the history of the Asian Games. Although it was attributed to the performance of the Asian Games in Jakarta, the Asian Olympic Council has officially announced that the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games e-sports will become an official competition, which would have a far-reaching significance for e-sport’s Olympics bid.

Riedel Communications' Bolero wireless intercom and Artist digital matrix intercom system are playing a unique role in BBC Radio's coverage of a global, open-wheel auto racing series. Taking advantage of Bolero's high audio quality, on-location production crew members for USP Content use the beltpack with an external mic to transmit live, on-air audio for the radio broadcasts of races throughout Europe and beyond.

Strengthening its position as a leader in the delivery of video assistant referee technology, EVS’ Xeebra system has been selected as the exclusive video assistant referee (VAR) system by Spanish football’s top division, LaLiga Santander. Use of the tool kicked off ahead of the 2018/2019 season, where it already proved to be useful in the Supercopa de España between Sevilla FC and FC Barcelona in Tanger.

“We are thrilled to unveil Pitt Studios,” said Director of Athletics Heather Lyke. “This has been a terrific collaboration between the athletic department, the university and NEP Group. With the expertise and help from NEP, Pitt is well prepared for the launch of the ACC Network with a state-of-the-art broadcast facility that is among the best in the country.” 

FIFA and Electronic Arts Inc. have announced today the tournament schedule for this season’s EA SPORTS™ FIFA 19 Global Series, mapping out the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2019.

Finnish broadcast production company Streamteam Nordic has gone live with a new 4K/UHD remote production hub and virtual studio in Helsinki. The facility will handle all matches of the Finnish Ice Hockey League, which will be broadcasted by Finnish/Swedish telecom provider Telia via its IPTV service, set-top boxes and streaming platform, beginning with the 2018/2019 season.

The EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 took place during the first 10 days of August 2018. It is the first issue of these championships. Around 4500 athletes from 52 different countries have participated and competed for one of the 187 gold medals at stake.This first European Championships issue has been held in two different main locations: Glasgow and Berlin, with another two sub-venues: Edinburgh for some swimming contests and Gleneagles for golf competitions.

Held concurrently in Jakarta and Palembang for the first time in their history, the 18th Asian Games ended in September with a closing ceremony in the Indonesia state capital of Jakarta where their opening ceremony had been staged 15 days earlier. The 18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang 2018 – widely called the "Olympic Games of Asia" – includes disciplines practiced only in Asia. In addition to the well-known Olympic sports, dragon boating and the Chinese martial art of Wushu were among those contested.

At the end of the first-ever VAR Instructor course put on by FIFA in Madrid this past week, legendary referee and current Chairman of FIFA’s Refereeing Committee Pierluigi Collina spoke with FIFA.com about the importance of the event, the state of VAR and where the technology might go in the future.

With video referee operations becoming increasingly common in soccer, the Brazilian Football Confederation has selected Broadcasting Televisão Ltda (BroadTV) to roll out a new VAR workflow based on EVS’ Xeebra system. The new solution is being used in the playoffs of the Copa do Brasil – the country’s domestic knockout competition.

CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for complex live event productions, exhibited the full power of IP streaming and bonded cellular networking for live sports production at the 2018 Subaru IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant, a professional triathlon event streamed on Facebook Live. The fully IP and mobile architecture brought together Mobile Viewpoint contribution and transmission systems from CP Communications’ recently-launched Red House Streaming division to process and deliver live camera signals from six events.