Monthly Archives: February 2013
BT to acquire ESPN’s UK, Ireland TV channels business
Written on February 25, 2013 at 12:02, by David Davies
BT Group and ESPN have announced an agreement that will see BT acquire ESPN’s UK and Ireland TV channels business. These primarily comprise the ESPN and ESPN America channels and […] More
NAB 2013: Orad showing PowerPlay, PlayMaker for sports
Written on February 25, 2013 at 05:20, by David Davies
Presentations of Orad’s on-air, studio, MAM, sports and video server solutions will take place throughout this year’s NAB. “Visitors to our booth will enjoy exciting interactive demos for the feel of endless possibilitirs Orad’s solutions can offer,” says Orad’s CEO and president, Avi Sharir. Specific solutions on display will include: the VJ production server, which […] More
NAB 2013: Merging Pyramix 8 with Ravenna support
Written on February 25, 2013 at 05:01, by David Davies
Merging Technologies – which is also due to exhibit at Prolight + Sound in early April – approaches this year’s NAB having experienced a successful 2012 distinguished in particular by the launch of the Horus Networked Audio Converter. New/recent developments to be showcased at both events include Pyramix 8’s native support of Ravenna audio over […] More
BVE 2013: ARRI preps ALEXA camera demo
Written on February 25, 2013 at 03:49, by David Davies
ARRI has selected a Vinten Osprey Elite pedestal plus a Vector 430 pan and tilt head from The Camera Store (a Vitec Group company) as part of an ALEXA camera […] More
SVG panels at SPORTELRio: register now for discount
Written on February 23, 2013 at 05:45, by David Davies
Sports Video Group executive director Ken Kerschbaumer is set to moderate two conference panel sessions at the next SPORTEL event in Rio de Janeiro, which is scheduled to take place […] More
Fabrizio Piscopo aiming for Sipra resurgence
Written on February 22, 2013 at 06:19, by Roberto Landini, Italian Correspondent
The new general manager of Sipra, which is responsible for selling advertising for Italian public broadcaster RAI, Fabrizio Piscopo, is likely to be firmly focused on securing a resurgence in […] More
Riedel announces new Dubai operation
Written on February 22, 2013 at 06:18, by David Davies
Networking specialist Riedel Communications has opened a dedicated sales and support operation in Dubai in response to growing regional demand for its solutions. The new operation is being led by […] More
FIFA green-lights GLT for Brazil 2014
Written on February 22, 2013 at 04:00, by SVG Staff
Football world governing body FIFA has given the go-ahead for goal-line technology (GLT) to be used at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and invited tenders from developers to provide […] More
New report tracks the rising cost of Olympics TV rights
Written on February 22, 2013 at 03:15, by Roberto Landini, Italian Correspondent
The cost of television rights for the Olympics has increased by two thousand times during the period bookended by the Rome Games in 1960 and the London Games in 2012 […] More
Harris-equipped fly-away debuts at Alpine Ski World Championship
Written on February 21, 2013 at 14:22, by David Davies
Routing, core signal processing and media convergence technologies from Harris Broadcast are integral to a newly completed fly-away production facility created by Munich-based systems integrator and rental company Sono Studiotechnik. […] More