As part of the agreement, Eurovision will lease several transponders on satellite NSS-806 between July and August 2016 to enable broadcasters across the globe to provide extensive coverage of the Olympics in Rio and distribution of other major sporting events.

With the UEFA Euro2016 tournament taking place this summer in France, broadcasters across Europe and further afield are looking for ways to enhance their coverage. RT Software’s Euro2016 Rental Programme will help achieve that with minimal costs.

As the six strongest teams of the HardMoves Fight Club met at Wuppertal's magnificent Historische Schwimmoper indoor swimming center to compete in the international bouldering series' SuperFinal, Riedel Communications supplied the real-time media network and intercom system that supported live links to other venues, as well as live streaming.

The IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will hit the ice from 6 until 22 May 2016 with a total of 16 teams competing in the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. This year, the IIHF and its exclusive media and marketing partner for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Infront Sports & Media, have broken new ground with the digital convergence of the tournament, elevating exposure across a full contingent of social and digital channels as never seen before in the history of the flagship winter sport event.

During SVG Europe’s Football Production Summit in Paris (March 23) Broadcast Solutions presented its video judging solution videoReferee® to the visitors of the event. Being an event sponsor Broadcast Solutions GmbH showed visitors of the event first hand, what is already possible in the field of professional video judging solutions. The company presented the variety of videoReferee® systems ranging from 4 to 16 channels. videoReferee® is a system already widely used in various sports all around the world, e.g. Canoe Slalom, Ice Hockey, Basketball and Volleyball.

“What gives the coverage its character are the interviews, the reviews and the color pieces surrounding the Games. together with BPS we give our customers the ability to go out and shoot what they want, where they want it, with the full knowledge that our technical experts are available on location to support their needs from the moment they arrive for set up, through to the closing ceremonies and wrap-up reports,” said Brian Cram, CEO of Dejero.

Blackmagic Design has today announced that Valencia Club de Fútbol (CF) is providing fans an enhanced match day experience following an overhaul of the Mestalla Stadium’s live production capabilities using Blackmagic Design video production hardware.

When the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg faces off on 6 May, it will be followed by fans in more than 160 territories on more than 100 television stations and internet platforms, and supported by a contingent of 13 high profile sponsor brands. Once again, the exclusive media and marketing partner for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Infront Sports & Media, has ensured top profile exposure worldwide on both the media and marketing ends for the flagship winter sports event.

Velon, the company uniting the top 11 UCI World Tour Teams, announced that it has entered into a revolutionary ten-year partnership with Infront Sports & Media, the leading international sports marketing company. The agreement will give Velon access to the market leading technology, media production and sports marketing expertise of Infront, including its subsidiaries Host Broadcast Services (HBS) and Omnigon – enabling Velon to build a long-term and sustainable economic model for the sport, its teams and riders.

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected RTS to provide broadcast intercom systems and support for its production of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, which take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 - August 21. The announcement was made by John Pastore, Director of Broadcast Communications for NBC Sports & Olympics and Ralph Strader, Director Global Product Management, RTS.

Tour d’Azerbaidjan is an international bicycle race that takes place annually in Azerbaijan and is part of the UCI Europe Tour. For the third year in a row German System Integrator Broadcast Solutions supported the local broadcaster with technology and manpower. Over the years Broadcast Solutions supported the local production company Baku Media Center with production vehicles – especially a Streamline S16 OB Van and DSNG, built by the German company – plus production support with camera motorcycles, helicopters and planes, special camera systems as well as additional staff to support Baku Media Center during the production. In 2016 Broadcast Solutions again plays a big role taking care of all the logistics providing the camera motorcycles, Cineflex camera systems plus key creative and technical personnel.

Sports digital and broadcast firm deltatre have struck a commercial deal with Tokyo-based sports data provider DataStadium. The two will act as partners for the delivery of innovative sport solutions to enhance the digital and broadcast content offering across the Japanese market.

The students of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida have witnessed an impressive expansion of the higher learning institution’s Athletics and Media Services Departments in recent years. Upon building a new 3,500-seat stadium on campus, the university transitioned its existing TV studio and control room to an end-to-end HD production workflow, with Tightrope Media Systems’ ZEPLAY supporting lightning-fast, on-demand instant replay of existing game action and key highlights.

Robe continues its ‘Working with Winners’ initiative through 2016, sponsoring the Quantum Racing team and their boat ‘Quantum’ for the 2016 P1 UK SuperStock powerboat racing championship – among the world’s most exciting and action-packed international marine watersports.

A team of FUJINON technical-engineers will be at the tournament to provide onsite technical support for the entire duration of the event. FUJINON provides this one of a kind service to all of its clients at major sports and entertainment events around the Globe. Broadcasters, Production companies and Freelancers can contact the Technical Service Centre as per below contact details.