Monthly Archives: January 2012

Olympic news round-up

Written on January 27, 2012 at 15:52, by

Several interesting stories doing the rounds today. The BBC reports on both the Olympic Village finally being handed over to the organisers and that the theme for the Opening Ceremony […]  More

TV Tools Oy to be Wohler Dealer in Finland

Written on January 27, 2012 at 10:16, by

And now, another Finnish story: Wohler Technologies has announced that Helsinki-based TV Tools Oy will be serving as a Wohler representative and reseller within Finland.  More

ZDF adds LiveU for news

Written on January 27, 2012 at 10:09, by

Another news-oriented story: ZDF’s central news operation has successfully deployed LiveU’s LU60 cellular uplinking technology for a range of broadcast news applications.  More

MTV3 Finland expands use of Orad’s Interact

Written on January 27, 2012 at 09:59, by

Meanwhile, over on the news side of things, after successfully utilising Interact for its 2011 General Elections coverage in April 2011, Finnish broadcaster MTV3 has expanded use of the Orad […]  More

Accenture develops 6 Nations app

Written on January 26, 2012 at 14:17, by

With the rugby playing Northern hemisphere nations preparing to square off for the start of the 6 Nations tournament next weekend, Accenture has been unveiled as the Official Technology Partner […]  More

BBC Sport agrees six-year live radio deal with ECB

Written on January 26, 2012 at 11:08, by

BBC: The England and Wales Cricket Board has agreed a new deal with BBC Sport to broadcast ball-by-ball radio commentary on international cricket until 2019.  More

Ofcom expects huge wireless demand during Olympics

Written on January 25, 2012 at 11:48, by

UK broadcast regulator, Ofcom, expects wireless demand to require 20,000 frequencies to be assigned over the seven week course of the Olympics and Paralympics – more than double the amount […]  More

FIFA World Cup expert joins SVG Europe’s inaugural Football Production Summit

Written on January 25, 2012 at 11:13, by

SVG Europe is pleased to announce that Marius Schneider, the former Head of Content Management Services at FIFA will be moderating a panel discussion at SVG Europe’s inaugural Football Production […]  More

RT Software offers Euro 2012 touchscreen rental

Written on January 25, 2012 at 11:06, by

RT Software has partnered with Opta, U-Touch and HP to offer broadcasters the rental of a fully branded touchscreen-based studio analysis package for the UEFA Euro 2012 championships. According to […]  More

BVE Preview – Part Three

Written on January 25, 2012 at 10:06, by

It is a mere three weeks to the start of BVE, and this clutch of manufacturer previews for the show include 4K from Sony, slo-mo from I-MOVIX, and products from […]  More