With professional gamers gaining celebrity recognition and passionate audiences totalling more than 200 million worldwide, eSports is the next big wave of sports production. As eSports rises in popularity, larger, more complex tournaments and broadcasts are being produced, resulting in companies looking at more traditional broadcast solutions, such as those provided by Calrec Audio. Calrec’s high-quality audio consoles help customers – such as EA Sports, Full Sail University, OGN and more – … [Read more...] about World’s fastest-growing spectator sport levels up with Calrec
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Olympic Athletes receive reallocated medals in Olympic Channel original series
Clean athletes who were awarded their rightful Olympic medal following the disqualification of doped athletes are featured in a new original series Take The Podium. Each episode highlights an Olympic Medal Reallocation ceremony and profiles the path to redemption for those athletes who were originally denied their special moment on the podium. The six-episode series premieres worldwide on Wednesday, 6 November on the Olympic Channel global digital platform, and will be available at their … [Read more...] about Olympic Athletes receive reallocated medals in Olympic Channel original series
All3media International appoints new SVP
Leading independent distributor all3media international continues to expand its non-scripted division, appointing Rachel Job to the newly created position of SVP, Non-Scripted Content. In this new role based in London, Rachel – formerly Director of Programming for History and H2 at A+E Networks UK - will head all3media international’s non-scripted content team, reporting to Maartje Horchner, EVP Content. Rachel’s appointment follows the promotion of Jessica Duncanson to … [Read more...] about All3media International appoints new SVP
Stephanie Atlas Joins Blue Ant Media
Blue Ant Media continues to grow Love Nature and ZooMoo’s digital platforms with the appointment of Stephanie Atlas to Vice President, Digital Content & Programming, Nature and Kids, effective immediately. In this newly created position, Atlas directs the creative vision for both Love Nature and ZooMoo’s social media presence, ensuring that users have a unified and comprehensive brand experience online. Atlas works out of Blue Ant’s Washington DC office. She reports to LA-based … [Read more...] about Stephanie Atlas Joins Blue Ant Media
ZEE5 Global partners with LuLu
Close on the heels of announcing its partnership with LuLu a few months ago for their ‘Celebrating India’ festival, global digital platform ZEE5 has, in association with LuLu, rolled out a series of special events for Diwali. Customers across LuLu stores in Madina Zayed Mall, Abu Dhabi and Al Barsha, Dubai were treated to a visit fromBollywood’s favorite star and Kaafir’s lead actor Dia Mirza who came in all the way from India for this very special Diwali celebration. Amongst a host of fun … [Read more...] about ZEE5 Global partners with LuLu
Weigel Broadcasting Co. relies on Cobalt Digital Processing for EAS Insertion
Cobalt Digital announced Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co., which owns and operates stations in nine markets in addition to MeTV and other digital multicast networks, is using Cobalt’s software defined9922-FS-DSP platform for openGear® frames to provide microservices for Emergency Alert System local insertion and CALM compliance for its terrestrial stations. Most recently, the company purchased five cards in March for KTLN, a Heroes & Icons and MeTV affiliate serving San Francisco (DMA … [Read more...] about Weigel Broadcasting Co. relies on Cobalt Digital Processing for EAS Insertion