Partners

LTN® Global is a worldwide leader in media technology solutions that position content producers and distributors to win the future of video. The LTN Ecosystem unifies, optimizes, and automates integrated workflows, leveraging the power of full-video-chain services built on the world’s fastest and most reliable IP multicast video network. LTN solutions enable customers to create, acquire, transform, deliver, and monetize content at scale, driving content value to any device and any platform, anywhere in the world. With LTN, broadcasters and digital content companies experience greater efficiency, agility, and creativity in delivering more content to more viewers at all times.

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The greatest sports opportunity is engaging new fans through the most unique experiences. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is helping Formula 1, Major League Baseball (MLB) and many others to build a deeper fan engagement through advanced cloud services such as Amazon Machine Learning, AWS Media Services, and Amazon Content Delivery Services. Harness the speed, agility and innovation in the cloud while only paying for what you use, and benefit from fully automated resource scaling that let you handle any size audience without significant capital investment. Instead of managing complex infrastructure, video and analytics solutions from AWS let you focus on your fans, create new content, and delight viewers a personalized user experience.

NAGRA is the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and user experience solutions for pay-TV providers, content owners and sports rights holders.

NAGRA’s extensive technology portfolio is designed to address today’s ever-evolving pay-TV and OTT market and includes:

– cloud.SSP, our advanced and modular software-as-a-service security services platform that addresses all dimensions of content and service protection for the connected world
– NAGRA’s comprehensive suite of anti-piracy services and forensic watermarking to monitor, disrupt and fight piracy of premium content at its source
– our market-proven sports OTT solution helping leagues and teams drive their social media promotion, communication and content distribution by selling directly to consumers.
– NAGRA Insight AI-based pay-TV analytics platform
– OpenTV Suite modular OVP business services solution and OpenTV Platform giving operators the tools to drive active content monetization and content management capabilities to a broad device ecosystem

WSC Sports’ platform generates personalized sports videos for every digital platform and every sports fan – automatically and in real-time.
Currently being used by leading media rights owners such as NBA, Discovery, DAZN, MLS, and others, WSC Sports’ platform utilizes advanced AI and Machine Learning technologies to analyze live sports broadcasts, identify each and every event that occurs in the game, create customized short-form video content and publish to any digital destination. This enables partners to instantly generate and distribute professionally edited personalised clips and videos on a large scale, to engage audiences and maximize video monetization opportunities.

Wildmoka is a digital-native and cloud-based video production platform used by Tier-1 Sport and News broadcasters to ingest, edit, publish and monetize live streams and short form contents on any digital channel (D2C OTT and Social Media). The web-based intuitive edition tool allows non-technical-savvy journalists to publish more content in seconds. The e2e workflow can be fully automated (AI-based auto clipping) or partially assisted. Integration with major broadcast platforms (ex: Avid Media Central) enables smooth broadcast – digital convergence.

At Synamedia, we’re helping service providers around the globe to deliver, protect, and monetize video content so they can win in the age of Infinite Entertainment. We do that with the world’s most complete, secure, and advanced end-to-end open video delivery solution. And we’re trusted by over 200 top satellite DTH, cable, telco, and OTT operators, broadcasters, and media companies.

Fladgate’s Sports Business Group is renowned for having a deep and genuine understanding of the sports sector. We are known for being able to provide a genuine full service offering covering the key legal disciplines involved in the business of sport, and we have an ‘end-to-end’ ability to work with all stakeholders, ranging from governing bodies, rights holders, clubs and institutions to agencies, investors, funders and athletes.

The team has exceptional expertise in advising stakeholders on international major sporting events, commercial rights exploitation and advising on complex commercial litigation in sport. We also have a market leading reputation for international sports investment and finance.

Our specialist lawyers have hands-on practical experience including in-house roles at London 2012, the 2015 England Rugby World Cup and Manchester City FC. We use our knowledge and networks to seek opportunities for our clients and deliver robust and proactive solutions.

We live and breathe the business of sport.

Grabyo is the leading cloud-based video production, editing and distribution platform, equipping partners with the tools to manage agile video distribution strategies across all major social media platforms, mobile and OTT applications.

Trusted by major publishers and rights holders such as Sky Sports, ITV, BT Sport, Major League Soccer, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, LaLiga, The English Premier League and AELTC Wimbledon; Grabyo’s SaaS platform is designed to help digital teams maximise their resources.

Grabyo was a launch partner for Facebook Live, Periscope Producer, Twitter Amplify and has delivered more than eight billion video views for partners in 2018.

A pioneer in the spontech space, Hookit is the leading single source platform for quantifying sports sponsorship value across all forms of media. Hookit works with brands and rights holders to expand their sponsorship intelligence, allowing them to buy and sell sponsorships more effectively.

For 20 years, Advanced-Television has been a leading news source for the digital media delivery space. News, analysis and research are delivered in newsletters, alerts, digests, on social media and via the constantly expanding b2b streaming TV service.

CSI is the leading magazine and newsletter for content delivery, providing news and insights into the global payTV and streaming video industry. At a time of unprecedented disruption, CSI helps readers navigate and make sense of this shifting video landscape.

Digital Sport is the hub for the UK’s digital sports industry. Through our website, podcast, events and social channels, we reach professionals working within the industry across clubs, agencies, rights holders, publishers and broadcasters.

Digital Sport is part of Digital Sports Publishers www.snack-media.com, Snack Media has a network of 400+ sports sites plus their social media accounts with an audience of 30M+ unique users per month and equivalent social followers.

We work with:
• Brands to create and distribute their digital campaigns
• Rights Holders (incl. The NFL) and Publishers to develop their digital fan engagement strategies, grow and monetise their fanbase
• Licence fan engagement platforms from simple fantasy leagues and predictors to video content aggregation and monetisation platforms

We also own the www.footballbloggingawards.co.uk

Digital TV Europe is firmly established as the trusted market leader for news and analysis on the digital video business internationally.

Written from a European perspective, it provides authoritative, independent information and in-depth analysis of every aspect of the digital video delivery industry worldwide.

For over 35 years, it has remained the top information choice for senior management and executives working across all parts of the video distribution value chain.

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) is a not-for-profit membership association created to inspire, unite and grow the sponsorship industry. ESA does this through education, guidance, representation, the recognition of excellence and the sharing of best practice and performance.

Getty Images is the world’s leading creator and distributor of digital imagery, serving business customers in more than 100 countries. 30 years of unmatched experience, knowledge and understanding of sports marketing, plus the largest, most prolific sports collection available today, make Getty Images the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content such as VR and 360s.

We have a track-record of working with some of the most prestigious brands, rights-holders and governing bodies in global sport, including the IOC, FIFA, PGA tour, NBA, and the RFU. Our award-winning photographers cover over 28,000 individual sports events a year, and alongside our world class commercial assignment photography, help our customers produce inspiring work which appears in the world’s media publications, advertising campaigns, television programs, books and online media.

Global Sports is the leading careers platform for the international sports industry providing individuals with the essential tools they need to increase their employability and advance their careers whilst providing data-driven digital career advertising and branding solutions to sports companies, academic institutions and training providers around the world connecting them with the quality and diversity they need to transform their business.

IABM is the international trade association for suppliers of broadcast and media technology. IABM facilitates the important networking and interaction between suppliers that shape and define the unique ecosystem of the broadcast and media technology industry. IABM supports member companies with a comprehensive range of services across market intelligence, training, events, technology, exhibitions, business standards and best practices. We hold the interests of member companies as paramount, and strive to provide strong guidance and support at every level in all geographies. We understand that in today’s rapidly changing media landscape, our members have never had a greater need for timely, relevant and effective advice and support. IABM’s mission is to be an ever more powerful beacon illuminating the way forward, highly responsive to all our members’ needs and helping them to successfully navigate change and prosper.