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Sportway enters into market number four for volleyball production and distribution. This time in partnership with Perinvest Media and Czech Volleyball Federation. The long-term deal will see Sportway and PIM installing initially around 20 state-of-the-art AI cameras to stream volleyball games from youth, junior and lower-tier senior leagues.   Matus Bubenik, the CEO of Perinvest Media, expressed his excitement about the new partnership: “This partnership is the third one for us at Perinvest Media in the Czech Republic and proves that the interest in producing and distributing sports on lower levels, junior and youth available for fans, friends and family is here to stay. The partnership with the Czech Volleyball Federation will very well complement the already existing partnerships we have with both ice-hockey and floorball.” Daniel Franck, CEO of Sportway Media Group (one of the owners of PIM) says: “Sportway Media Group is already engaged in volleyball in Denmark, Sweden and Norway and the addition of this new long-term partnership with the Czech Volleyball Federation is a testament to the focus we have at Sportway Media Group to continue growing our business within volleyball.”   #aitechnology #sportstech #sportway #czechvolleyball #sportandmedia

Sweden is famous for its entrepreneurship and fast growing tech companies, like Spotify, Klarna, Mojand and Izettle. Since four years tech business news site Breakit is listing Sweden’s leading scale up companies. Sportway is honored to be on the list and is aiming at staying on the list also when 2024 is summarized. Sportway’s CEO Daniel Franck confirms that growth rate is close to 100% for the year. #sportstech #fastgrowingcompanies #aitechnology #sportproduction #scaleup

Aftonbladet and Svensk Hockey TV have announced a new long-term collaboration aimed at enhancing the experience for hockey fans across Sweden. Through this partnership, hockey enthusiasts will have access to both Aftonbladet Plus and Svenskhockey.tv as a bundled package for just 199 SEK per month. Since its launch in 2000, Sportbladet has focused heavily on hockey coverage. Combining Aftonbladet Plus with the live broadcasts from Svensk Hockey TV marks an exciting new step in delivering value to hockey fans. “Our goal is to continuously explore modern and innovative ways to grow our partnerships. Moving from traditional sponsorships to an integrated collaboration, featuring AI-powered hockey content feels absolutely right for the times,” said Sportbladet’s Head, Magnus Herbertsson. Svensk Hockey TV, the streaming service run by Sportway and co-owned by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, provides high-quality live and recorded hockey matches via AI cameras in over 300 arenas across Sweden. Each season, approximately 50,000 matches are streamed, including J20 National, J18 Regional, junior and youth leagues, TV-pucken qualifiers, and selected international games. “This is a major step in making Swedish hockey more accessible while delivering even greater value to our customers,” said William Personne, CEO of Svensk Hockey TV, in a statement about the initiative, which launches today, Tuesday, December 10.

Sportway Media Group breaks new ground with record-breaking 3500 games in 14 countries on the same weekend.

Sportway´s brand new production center is now up and running in Riga, Latvia. Under the management of Sportway Finland´s CEO, Joonas Saari, the center has been created during this year. Since the start of the 24/25 indoor season the center is fully operational. ”Riga today remotely supports 1400+ venues that produce 150k+ matches. Just the ice hockey service for Finland aggregates more than five million views per year. It is a vital component in Sportway’s growth strategy and managed AI service, says Daniel Franck, CEO of Sportway.” “I am thrilled to see how Riga Support Center in a real short period of time has gathered a high competence team. Our Riga office has had a major role for SMG being able to scale up services rapidly across Europe during the fall of 2024. Having a centralized European support center in Riga gives Sportway a possibility to implement new projects with high volume of viewers fast” -Joonas Saari, points out.   #Sportstech #AIproduction #AItechnology #Sportway #livesport #Sportproduction

SvenskHockey.TV is off to a great start for the 24/25 season. Subscription sales are 30% better than the previous season and in addition the ancillary services Team Account and Follow Your Player are performing very well. More than 200 Swedish ice hockey teams have purchased Sportway’s coaching tool, Team Account. Follow Your Player allows you to receive dedicated clips from selected players and the service has in a short period of time become very popular. - Our broadcast platform makes it possible for us to integrate with numerous external digital suppliers as well as adding in house developed features, says Johan Gustavsson, CTO at Sportway. This season Sportway is planning to produce and distribute more than 50 000 live matches of Swedish ice hockey through its network of 300 AI camera installations around Sweden. The content is distributed on svenskhockey.tv and a selection of games are sublicensed to Sweden´s leading newspaper group, Bonnier. - Production quality is getting better year on year, says William Personne, CEO at Sportway Sweden. - Last season every goal from the J20 and J18 matches were available on our service. Sportway has started to introduce the next level of AI-production together with its partners Studio Automated and DMC Production. As an example French top league ice hockey is produced with six cameras, including PTZ, and are synched into one live video production operated with AI. The multi camera production set up has gained huge interest from the broadcast industry. Many broadcasters are aiming to produce an increased volume of live sport matches, but at lower costs. That is exactly what Sportway has been doing for the past five years. #livestreaming #AI #Production #Automation #Broadcast

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome Marco Gonzalez as our new Country Manager for France, Spain, and Portugal! 🌍 With over 20 years in business development and the sports technology sector, Marco is ready to take our Southern European operations to the next level. His industry expertise is perfectly aligned with our mission to revolutionize sports production with cutting-edge AI-driven solutions. ⚽🎥 Join us in welcoming Marco to the Sportway family as we continue to push boundaries and deliver world-class sports content to fans, athletes, and organizations! 🙌 #Leadership #NewHire #SportsTech #AIinSports #Sportway #BusinessExpansion #ai #aiproduction #sportsmedia #SportsBroadcasting

The fierce competition on the road to the Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy, is soon underway and will be available to watch on HockeyFrance.TV! All 6 games of the Olympic qualifiers played in Riga, Latvia will be live-streamed on the brand-new platform, which is the home for all French Ice Hockey. We will see great games starring the four competing nations: France, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Latvia. Good luck to all 4 teams, and we look forward to August 29th. #livestreaming #nationalteams #sportsmedia #olympics #milancortina26

A great first weekend with the Tweede Divisie and Eyecons! Great to have this project off the ground. #cooperation #ai #aiproduction #sportsmedia #football

A Record Month for Sportway in Australia & New Zealand!    We’re thrilled to announce that July has been a groundbreaking month for Sportway in Australia & New Zealand. With 1,473 games broadcast and an incredible 1,948 hours of live sports action, we’ve set a new benchmark in our region!   None of this would have been possible without our dedicated broadcast operations team, who have gone above and beyond, managing 12 hour days of production across multiple venues. Every single game was shot using cutting-edge AI cameras, powered by Sportway’s innovative technology.    A huge thank you to our team and partners for making this possible! We’re just getting started, and we can’t wait to bring even more exciting sports coverage to fans across the region.   #Sportway #Broadcasting #AI #Innovation #SportsTech #Australia #NewZealand #Teamwork #Sportsbiz