The Basketball Champions League standardizes its hybrid production model with BCE

The production services company BCE provides a broad portfolio of services, including signal acquisition, archiving, distribution and a remote feedback workflow, to Basketball Champions League (BCL) throughout the 2025/2026 season.

BCE has provided support to the Basketball Champions League in the coverage of 178 parties, including 174 in which it was used Holovox, your solution cloud-based remote feedback that allows commentators to intervene live from anywhere, with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously. To support this large-scale operation, the company implemented a workflow throughout the production chain that covered the signal downloads incoming via your teleport in Luxembourg, for later decode, record and archive them facing his distribution and reproduction.

Content was delivered to broadcasters using streaming SRT, which allowed a high quality streaming through IPTV and OTT platforms. This infrastructure “ensured seamless delivery” to partners around the world and contributed to the global visibility of the Basketball Champions League.

In total, BCE added up to a total of 560 hours satellite reception and 2.893 hours of content distribution. Nikos Menoudarakos, senior director of operations for the Basketball Champions League, elaborates on the company's “key role” in its broadcast streams: “From remote commentary to content distribution, its comprehensive approach has allowed us to manage a demanding live production environment while maintaining the highest quality standards.”

Nicolas Grumbach, director of service delivery at BCE, focuses on Holovox's role in the entire workflow: "This second season of the Basketball Champions League reflects a great collective effort and close collaboration with the BCL. Together, we have continued to develop Holovox to better meet the needs of users, further strengthening the product and providing tangible value."