Ken Kerschbaumer

The International Swimming League (“ISL”) today announced the appointment of Gravity Media, global leader in live production and content and media services and facilities, as its official Broadcast Content and Production Partner.

Open Broadcast Systems continues to show the industry how a small, nimble company can transform workflows and improve operations for not only small-scale productions but also the largest media companies and sports entities in the world. At IBC the company continued to improve its encoding, decoding, and other features on a number of fronts and Kieran Kunhya, OBS, CEO and co-founder, sat down with SVG Global Executive Director Ken Kerschbaumer to discuss the latest offerings and trends.

A major figure in international football, three-time French champion and three-time Ligue 1 top scorer, Sonny Anderson will chair the SPORTEL Awards 2026 Jury. He will be joined by six leading figures from elite sport, creative industries, photography and the Olympic movement, who will bring their expertise to the selection of the year’s most outstanding sporting images and stories.

Sportel 2026 is set to be held in Monaco in less than two weeks (beginning October 19 and Sportel Executive Director Marine Picoulet shared her thoughts on why the 2026 edition is as important as ever in the quickly changing world of sports media rights, distribution, and production. And she also gave a quick sneak peek at panels moderated by SVG and SVG Europe as well as Sportel’s plans for Canada in 2027.

The challenge of fighting piracy of live sports streaming effectively is one of the most daunting problems there is. Not only is it difficult to track down the source of the illegal streams but more often than not by the time the stream is shut down the live sporting event is already over. Verimatrix is one of the companies hoping to change that with an innovative approach to combating piracy. But the battle is about more than just technology. It is also about hearts and minds as the mix of professional skinned pirated services plus a sense that it is a victimless crime continues to make it more challenging both technically and society-wide to prevent.

The NBA 2026/2027 is about to tip off and with it the NBA is enhancing its digital offerings in a number of ways, most notably beginning with leaning more heavily into the social creator community, expanding the presence of its “tap to watch” button to a global scale, providing fans around the globe a wealth of ways to stay connected with the NBA and also tune into the games they most want to see.

The NBA is putting on a full-court press when it comes to digital offerings this year, and that includes some great new features on the NBA App as well as a new AskNBA AI chat feature that is set to give fans the ultimate “deep dive” tool for all things NBA. Sara Zuckert, Head of NBA App says the goal is to have the NBA app serve as a hub for their daily needs, whether that’s news, content, insights, or of course the live game.

Regular-season game coverage will continue to be a mix of REMI and onsite productions, with the goal a seamless technical and broadcast operation

Fox Sports will broadcast game one of the 122 nd World Series tonight from Milwaukee as the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays square off. And with a crew of 475, including more than 150 who will bounce back and forth between American Family Field in Milwaukee and Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, the Fox Sports team is ready to deliver for baseball fans across the country.

GRUP MEDIAPRO has begun charting a new course and now it is also establishing a new brand as in January it will become known as Imagina.