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 Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
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 Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
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 SVG Staff
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 Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
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 Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
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 SVG Staff
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 SVG Staff
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 SVG Staff
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 SVG Staff
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 SVG Staff
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