Monthly Archives: November 2012
SES S.A. participates in ELECTRA programme to develop full electric satellite platform
Written on November 30, 2012 at 08:02, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
SES S.A. is participating in the upcoming Artes-33 programme “ELECTRA” of the European Space Agency (ESA). Under the ELECTRA programme, SES and ESA will establish a public-private partnership aimed at […] More
Sweden’s Kanal 5 nabs four World Cup qualifier matches
Written on November 30, 2012 at 07:59, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Sweden’s Kanal 5 has acquired rights to four of the country’s qualifying matches for soccer’s 2014 FIFA World Cup and a friendly match in a sub-licensing deal with commercial rival TV4. […] More
Dutch competition authority approves investment in Eredivisie Live
Written on November 30, 2012 at 07:57, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Sportcal reports that NMa, the Dutch competition authority, has approved the investment in Eredivisie Live, the subscription television channel of Dutch soccer’s top-tier league, by Fox International Channels, a subsidiary […] More
NBC dominates Olympic Golden Ring awards
Written on November 30, 2012 at 07:55, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
NBC, the US television network that holds the rights to broadcast the Olympic Games in the country, dominated last night’s biennial Olympic Golden Rings awards in Lausanne, picking up three ‘golds’ for […] More
IBWBC warns of satellite jamming ‘scourge’
Written on November 29, 2012 at 10:24, by David Davies
An international conference hosted by the BBC last week saw repeated condemnations of the recent increase in jamming of broadcasts, and examined the steps that might be taken to address […] More
EBU, Flanders Classic extend Tour of Flanders partnership
Written on November 29, 2012 at 09:09, by David Davies
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Flanders Classics NV have announced the renewal of their partnership for the distribution of European media rights to the Tour of Flanders for a […] More
Orad at the service of new Canal+ sports show
Written on November 29, 2012 at 09:01, by Fabrice Marinoni, French Correspondent
Since the beginning of September, Orad’s PowerWall solution has been used to create video wall graphics for the studio set of the new weekend sports programme from Canal+ Sport, entitled […] More
NEP Visions delivers tech, engineering services for UCI cycling coverage
Written on November 28, 2012 at 11:23, by David Davies
Technical facilities and broadcast engineering services for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup – which took place at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow from 16-18 November – were […] More
Sky Deutschland: why 14, 7 and 3 are the magic numbers
Written on November 28, 2012 at 05:47, by Roberto Landini, Italian Correspondent
The team at Sky Deutschland had only eight months to establish workflows and guarantee the level of expertise required to produce and broadcast fresh sports and news content 19 hours […] More
Visual Unity inks two-year deal with Czech TV
Written on November 28, 2012 at 05:09, by David Davies
Leading broadcast and multiscreen systems integrator Visual Unity has signed a two-year contract with Czech TV to supply the technical services required to operate iVysilani, its online and mobile service. […] More