Case Study
Bringing Mobile Technology to the Fore at European Tour Productions
20 August 2025
About the Company
European Tour Productions is the TV production arm for the PGA European Tour. Although it's a small business, the team covers more than 40 major golfing tournaments every year, recording the events for several major broadcasters, including Sky and The Golf Channel.
To produce the most engaging programming, the team needs to get information from the course back to the studio and the commentary team—often in pretty rough weather conditions. This includes everything from player statistics to up-to-the-second scores and all the action. With 2.35 million viewers watching live across various platforms, they need it instantly.
"Security is key, because obviously there's a big question about integrity if that data is being used elsewhere. We need to make sure our networks are secure."
Neil Price
Operations & Technical Manager
Challenge
With more than 40 events each year, the team moves around a lot—setting up in many locations around the world. That means their devices need to handle the knocks and bumps of being packed up and transported around. With military grade protection built in, Samsung Rugged devices are more than up to the task.
The team supplements data from IMG Arena with insights from spotters out and about, watching the action. Armed with Samsung Rugged devices, they can communicate from anywhere on the course. Rather than using traditional radios, mobile devices let them relay information much faster and with much greater detail.
Dealing with large amounts of information—especially when it comes from multiple sources—means security is highly important.
Solution
RVT partnered with European Tour Productions to supply Samsung Rugged devices equipped with Samsung Knox security. With Knox, everything captured is encrypted on the device and kept completely secure, ensuring the integrity of sensitive broadcast data across global tournaments.
Solution Highlights
Security for Sensitive Data
Knox ensures that all large amounts of real-time data and insights are encrypted on the device and kept completely secure throughout transmission.
Protection for Portable Devices
Rugged devices built from the chip up, protecting them and their data from constant knocks, bumps, and worldwide transport across 40+ tournaments annually.
Advanced Device Management
As part of the Knox solution for enterprise, it provides tools for centralised device management, deployment and configuration to keep teams connected and secure.
"The devices have enabled our teams to capture and share rich data in some pretty harsh environments. Security and reliability are everything when you're broadcasting to 2.35 million viewers live."
Neil Price
Operations & Technical Manager
Results
- Real-time data sharing on the course with instant access to player stats and scores
- Secure encryption of sensitive broadcast information throughout transmission
- Rugged protection for devices in harsh environments across 40+ tournaments globally
- Enhanced commentary accuracy through instant mobile data access
- Seamless integration across multiple broadcast partners
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