SVG Europe's The Football Summit 2026

SVG Europe's The Football Summit 2026

Football Summit 2026, sponsored by TVU Networks, explored how we can continue to augment televised and streaming coverage of the beautiful game and bring fans closer to the action. In addition to deep dives into the 2026 FIFA World Cup and innovation in coverage of major European football leagues and tournaments, the event also featured workshops on camera operation, MAM and female leadership.

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SVG Europe's The Football Summit 2026
  • Opening Remarks From Football Summit 2026 Title Sponsor TVU Networks

    Opening remarks from Football Summit 2026 title sponsor TVU Networks.

    Speakers: Fernando Pinto Jez, TVU Networks, Head of Solutions Europe and Yoni Tayar, TVU Networks, VP of Marketing

    Football Summit 2026, sponsored by TVU Networks, took place on 26 February at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in L...

  • A FIFA World Cup 2026 Broadcast Preview with Host Broadcast Services

    Get exclusive insight into the TV production of the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will span 16 host cities and 104 matches across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. With a focus on the host broadcast operation, speakers share insights on: production strategies; deploying cutting-edge workflows and innova...

  • How Sky Sports Scaled Live Host Broadcast Coverage of the Premier League

    Sky Sports’ leap from 128 to over 215 live Premier League matches for the 2025/26 season demanded a radical rethink of production infrastructure. In this session, the Sky Sports team reveal how an accelerated IP strategy enabled large-scale, simultaneous remote productions across multiple sites. ...

  • RefCam - Lessons from the German Bundesliga and Frauen-Bundesliga

    Explore how RefCam is being deployed across the German Bundesliga and Frauen-Bundesliga, focusing on the practical lessons emerging for broadcasters, leagues and production teams. Speakers will share what has worked - and what hasn’t — from both editorial and creative perspectives, before examini...

  • The Art of Directing a Premier League Match

    From un-cabled roaming cameras to polecams and referee cam, match directors from English Premier League rights-holding broadcasters detail how (and why) they are using the additional production tools that have been added for season 2025-26 onwards to enhance the host coverage for fans in the UK a...

  • Closer to the Game: Redefining the Bundesliga Fan Experience

    With its ‘Closer to the Game’ concept, the DFL has created a strategic framework to bring fans emotionally closer to the action through enhanced access, modern storytelling, and an evolved production approach.

    In this session, Marcus Beisiegel, SVP Audiovisual Rights & Media Product at the DFL, ...

  • IMG on the Future of Soccer Programming for International Audiences

    Richard Bayliss, VP and Head of Football Content, Studios at IMG, reveals how his company is challenging the way football programming and studio shows are conceived, built and delivered to global audiences.

    Inspired by IMG's success of 'The Ligue 1 Show', the session will explore the creative, ...

  • European Football Rights and What It Means For Production

    European football rights continue to morph, evolve and fragment at an unprecedented pace, driven by changing fan habits, OTT growth, the lure of global streamers, and the rise of multi-platform content delivery. This data-led presentation by Rebecca Jackson from Caretta Research examines the curr...

  • Poland’s Ekstraklasa Uses AI to Power Broadcast & Fan Engagement

    Marcin Serafin, Chief Operating Officer at Ekstraklasa Live Park, explores how the Ekstraklasa league in Poland uses data and AI tools across broadcast, digital, and fantasy platforms to power social graphics, chart YouTube growth, and unlock new sponsor inventory via predictive metrics such as l...

  • FilmNova’s New Vision For Coverage of the Women’s FA Cup

    Channel 4’s live coverage of the Women’s FA Cup represents an important new chapter for women’s club football on UK free-to-air television, where it forms part of the first-ever standalone broadcast deal for the competition. In a fireside chat with SVG Editor Heather McLean, Executive Producer an...

  • Gravity Media on Remote Production at Scale: The New Normal in Live Sports

    Gravity Media Chief Engineer Paul Sykes and Head of Technical Operations Roisin McKeniry join James Rivers, Solutions Engineer at Imagine Communications, to discuss how remote production has become the new normal in live football. Together, they explore the broader operational, technical, and bus...

  • InSync's James Taylor on Video Conversion for Soccer

    InSync CEO James Taylor outlines the importance of video conversion technology and showcases his company's solutions, which are trusted by leading broadcasters to deliver big sports and news events.

  • What Soccer Can Learn From Eluvio's Streaming of the United Rugby Championship

    Eluvio and the United Rugby Championship (URC) share how they are redefining global sports streaming with a next-gen direct-to-fan model. The session explores how URC is launching and scaling URC TV using the Eluvio Content Fabric to deliver hundreds of live matches worldwide with low latency, bu...