During this summer’s FIFA World Cup 2026, sports broadcaster beIN SPORTS operated one of its most demanding live broadcast operations, processing and coordinating thousands of live media streams across multiple teams. By implementing the DataMiner xOps platform, Skyline Communications’ AI-driven operating system for complex operational ecosystems, beIN SPORTS gained unified, real-time control across the entire operation. This streamlined workflows, reduced reliance on manual dependencies, and eased operational pressure on teams throughout the tournament.
“By implementing DataMiner xOps, we were able to streamline complex workflows, reduce manual synchronisation efforts, and improve end-to-end operational efficiency throughout the tournament,” said Delphine Calvini, Director of Technology at beIN MEDIA GROUP.
Coordinating live sports operations on a global scale
Broadcasting one of the world’s most-viewed championships means managing a massive volume of simultaneous live streams, coordinated across multiple operational teams and departments. For beIN SPORTS, avoiding manual synchronisation between teams, reducing operational dependencies, and maintaining full visibility across the operation are critical to delivering a seamless live experience to audiences across multiple regions and platforms. To meet this challenge, beIN SPORTS turned to Skyline Communications and its DataMiner xOps platform.
“Major live sports events demand flawless coordination across multiple operational teams,” said Delphine Calvini, Director of Technology at beIN MEDIA GROUP. “By implementing DataMiner xOps, we were able to streamline complex workflows, reduce manual synchronisation efforts, and improve end-to-end operational efficiency throughout the tournament.”
DataMiner xOps gives beIN SPORTS a real-time digital twin of its live media operation, a single shared view of every stream, resource, and schedule involved in the broadcast. MCR teams use it to plan events and reserve the required resources ahead of each match, together with the support team for coordinating, controlling, and monitoring live media operations in real time. By bringing planning, resource management, orchestration, and monitoring into one centralised platform, DataMiner reduces reliance on calls, spreadsheets, and separate tools, ensuring that all teams work from the same up-to-date operational view and enabling beIN SPORTS to manage complex live broadcast operations efficiently and consistently.
Measurable impact during business-critical live events
DataMiner xOps helped beIN SPORTS process this huge volume of live streams while saving an estimated several hundred operational hours through automation. By reducing manual intervention, beIN SPORTS lowered the risk of human error, improving reliability and consistency across its end-to-end live operations.
“Live sports operations leave no room for error, and a tournament of this scale multiplies that pressure across every team and every stream,” said Pramod Gupta, Executive Director at Skyline Communications. “What we’ve achieved with beIN SPORTS shows the value of running live operations from a single, unified platform rather than a patchwork of point solutions. When data, control, and orchestration are centralised in one place, teams move faster, rely on fewer manual handoffs, and are able to focus their energy on delivering a stellar experience for the millions of fans watching around the world.”
“With DataMiner xOps, beIN SPORTS now has the data and control foundation and the workflow automation to match its ambition,” said Ben Vandenberghe, CEO of Skyline Communications. “That is exactly what puts an organisation in position to enter the agentic era. The groundwork is done, so the next step isn’t rebuilding the basics, it’s building on top of them: moving faster, scaling further on the platform, and taking on more automated and ultimately autonomous operations.”
For beIN SPORTS, the tournament reflects a broader shift across the broadcast industry: as live operations grow more complex and distributed, organisations increasingly need a single operational foundation, rather than a collection of disconnected tools, to coordinate people, systems, and workflows at scale.
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