Monthly Archives: June 2012
Alfacam revs up OB33 for Eurosport coverage of FIA World Tour Racing
Written on June 22, 2012 at 13:54, by SVG Staff
By Birgit Heidsiek Like the cars on the race course, Eurosport’s role as producer, host broadcaster, and marketing force behind the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) continues to gain […] More
AMP Visual TV at full speed for Le Mans race with fibre, EVS C-Cast
Written on June 21, 2012 at 14:02, by Fabrice Marinoni, French Correspondent
The 24 Hours of Le Mans race, with a racing circuit that is 13.629 km long, continues to be as much of a challenge for Eurosport and production partner AMP […] More
Blatter Tweets: Football goal line replay a necessity
Written on June 20, 2012 at 16:28, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Last night’s missed goal during the Ukraine-England match may have caused heartache in the Ukraine but it also upset the Twitter Universe as Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, tweeted to the […] More
TV2 Sport Norway successfully launches, courtesy of hard work and top tech
Written on June 20, 2012 at 16:22, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Norway’s TV2 has accomplished the challenging task of launching a 24/7 sports-news network, TV2 Sport, in near record time, thanks to an existing infrastructure, a familiarity with automation-based operations, and […] More
Milano International Federation of Sports TV Festival set for December
Written on June 20, 2012 at 16:14, by Roberto Landini, Italian Correspondent
The European sport content creation community, extending from film to TV to the Internet, will get together in Milan from the 5-9 December for the 30th annual Milano International Federation […] More
Live from Euro 12: Venue operations find smooth sailing
Written on June 20, 2012 at 04:00, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
For more than three years Daniel Fuehr, UEFA host broadcast venue and operations manager, TV production unit, and the rest of the venue-operations team at UEFA have had the daunting […] More
Wohler intros real-time, single card based standards converter that also handles caption data
Written on June 20, 2012 at 04:00, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Wohler has introduced a real-time, single-card-based standards converter that enables on-the-fly conversion of WST/OP-47 to CEA-608/CEA-708 captioning standards, an industry first. The new turnkey caption standards translator combines a seamless […] More
SIS LIVE boosts broadcasts with Vinten
Written on June 20, 2012 at 03:59, by SVG Staff
UK outside broadcaster SIS LIVE has selected 20 of Vinten’s Vector 750 pan and tilt heads and HDT-2 two stage heavy-duty tripods to strengthen its broadcast solutions offering. SIS LIVE, formerly BBC […] More
SeeSense Announce New HD Zoom Lens
Written on June 20, 2012 at 03:57, by SVG Staff
Miniature camera specialists SeeSense are pleased to announce the availability of a brand new High Definition miniature zoom lens, the Z10-HDCF. The new lens complements all 1/3” C-mount miniature HD […] More
Calrec’s Summer of Sport
Written on June 20, 2012 at 03:55, by SVG Staff
Summer 2012 is to be an exciting time for the UK OB industry. With a packed sporting schedule it is hands on deck over the coming months, with all the […] More