Monthly Archives: May 2012

Live from Roland Garros: Euro Media Group serves up 3D at the French Open

Written on May 31, 2012 at 17:54, by

The French Open is being produced in 3D for the third consecutive year, and, as with the previous two, a new production partner, Euro Media Group, is providing the technical […]  More

Rede Record taps Orad for Olympics graphics, virtual studio

Written on May 31, 2012 at 13:42, by

Brazilian broadcaster, Rede Record, significantly expanded its existing Orad channel-branding installation to support the upcoming Olympic news broadcasts. The expanded Orad installation will be used to broadcast on-air graphics in […]  More

Football goal-line technology faces major test this weekend

Written on May 31, 2012 at 12:56, by

The long-running saga over whether goal-line technology (GLT) will finally be used officially in football matches could be resolved by July, following the second phase of testing for proposed technologies […]  More

Live from Roland Garros: France Télévisions delivers for French, International viewers

Written on May 31, 2012 at 12:43, by

France Télévisions domestic and host coverage of the French Open winds down its first week, and, for Nicolas Kirszenzaft, production manager for the sports department, and the team of more […]  More

Sky News dives into Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with Visions

Written on May 30, 2012 at 08:10, by

The first weekend of June is shaping up to be one of the busiest ever for the UK OB community and broadcasters. Coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration will […]  More

Wimbledon and Dailymotion ink tennis deal

Written on May 30, 2012 at 01:14, by

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has signed an excusive deal with video-sharing platform Dailymotion to stream live coverage from this year’s Wimbledon tournament in a bid to bolster […]  More

Editec doubles up on I-MOVIX Sprintcams for Europe League, FA Cup

Written on May 30, 2012 at 01:12, by

SIS Live, working with ITV Sport, took two of Editec’s I-MOVIX Sprintcams to Bucharest, Romania, to add ultra-slow-motion replay facilities to the Europa League finals. Editec supplied on-site support for […]  More

Germany’s CBC taps ATEME for backhaul needs

Written on May 30, 2012 at 01:03, by

ATEME has been chosen by German TV-production and broadcast enterprise CBC (a company of the Media Group RTL Germany) to supply encoding and decoding equipment for relaying live HD coverage […]  More

BBC Sport scores in tapeless production

Written on May 29, 2012 at 07:14, by

BBC’s Sports Production System at MediaCityUK is a fully integrated and centralised broadcast-production infrastructure ready for a summer of sport, according to TVB Europe. Adrian Pennington visited the broadcaster for […]  More

BBC relies on 3G tech for Olympic Torch Relay coverage

Written on May 28, 2012 at 08:54, by

The Olympic Flame Relay is continuing its progress round the UK and the BBC is covering the massive event (the torch relay covers more than 8000 miles and will be […]  More