Australians are waking up this morning to the devastating news that its favourite cricket team, the Australian Mens’ Test Cricket XI are cheaters or at least some of them are. The remarkable footage from South Africa overnight of Cameron Bancroft attempting to change the condition of the red cricket ball, and then the unbelievable press… Continue reading A Dark and Disgraceful Day in Australian Cricket
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#AusOpen App facing teething issues
The first grand slam of the year, the Australian Open, is well underway with the world’s tennis community firmly focussed on Melbourne Park as two weeks of brilliant tennis and stories unfold. One story that is brewing though is the IT problems which are somewhat hampering the public’s ability to access key information about one of the… Continue reading #AusOpen App facing teething issues
Japan Cricket fans waiting for news of Ashes coverage
The Men’s Ashes Series is fast approaching with the first Test Match between Australia v England starting on the 23rd of November at Brisbane’s GABBA ground. While viewers in Australia will enjoy LIVE and FREE coverage on Channel Nine (and streaming coverage via Cricket Australia’s paid live pass option), cricket fans in Japan (including many… Continue reading Japan Cricket fans waiting for news of Ashes coverage
Report: Laver Cup Day 3
The start of the third and final day of the Laver Cup saw play start an hour early with four matches scheduled for a single session (the previous two days had been split into an afternoon and evening session each day). Team World staring down the barrel of a 3-9 deficit overnight needed strong play… Continue reading Report: Laver Cup Day 3
Report: Laver Cup Day 2
With the excitement of that Day 1 feeling now behind us, competition heated up on Day 2 of the Laver Cup. The afternoon session started at 1pm and it was a packed house at Prague’s O2 Arena as the one and only Roger Federer was kicking off the afternoon program. While Federer took a little… Continue reading Report: Laver Cup Day 2
Report: Laver Cup Day 1
The first day of tennis’ newest teams competition has finished and what a day of tennis it was. The Laver Cup, named after tennis great Rod Laver, has seen strong but friendly competition on Day 1 with Team Europe taking a 3-1 lead over Team World ahead Day 2. The unique teams format (modeled on… Continue reading Report: Laver Cup Day 1
Olympic broadcasters back social to boost Games audience
The Seven Network’s Rio 2016 Media Kit has a pertinent quote from Kurt Burnette (Seven’s Event Director - Olympic Games and Chief Revenue Officer), where he notes that: You are about to become deeply involved with what we are now referring to as “the very first unmissable Olympic Games”. This statement is in reference to the fact… Continue reading Olympic broadcasters back social to boost Games audience
News Access Rules in force for Rio 2016
With the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio now just a few days away it is timely to take a look at the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) News Access Rules. That is the rules that govern the reporting of the Olympic Games by non-rights holding television and radio media. The News Access Rules came into effect on… Continue reading News Access Rules in force for Rio 2016
Olympic build up continues
With 76 days until the start of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, Australia’s Olympic broadcaster, the Seven Network, is ramping up its Olympic build-up coverage, with the announcement that from May 28, a weekly live panel show ‘Road to Rio’, will be broadcast on Seven until July 30 (it will air each Saturday at… Continue reading Olympic build up continues
V8 Supercars’ SuperView suffers major outage
International fans of the Australia’s V8 Supercars Championship faced a live streaming blackout for Race 3 of the Clipsal 500 today, with V8 Supercars’ online streaming offering, known as SuperView, suffering a major outage. The technical issue could not be rectified for the duration of Race 3 of the Clipsal 500. The service had been… Continue reading V8 Supercars’ SuperView suffers major outage