Monthly Archives: April 2013
NAB in Review: With 4K in Mind, Encoding Suppliers Focus HEVC Efforts on Smaller Screen
Written on April 26, 2013 at 10:35, by Karen Hogan Ketchum, Senior Editor
Early buzz surrounding NAB 2013 suggested that HEVC (also known as H.265) would loom large, and those hoping to learn more about High-Efficiency Video Coding were not disappointed. Over the course of the show, those four letters were mentioned nearly as frequently as 4K — often, but not always, as related entities. The HEVC/H.265 compression […] More
Le Lay leaves Eurosport to join TF1
Written on April 26, 2013 at 07:28, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Sportcal reports that Laurent-Eric Le Lay is moving from his position as chairman and chief executive of Eurosport, the pan-European sports broadcaster, to take up a new role at parent […] More
Exterity opens Munich facility; Waldner named sales director for Central, Eastern Europe
Written on April 26, 2013 at 07:21, by Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
Exterity has opened a new facility in Munich and appointed Richard Waldner as sales director for Central and Eastern Europe, being responsible for driving the company’s on-going expansion in the […] More
Digital Rapids’ Integrated Broadcast and Multiscreen Encoder Wins STAR Award
Written on April 26, 2013 at 07:07, by SVG Staff
Digital Rapids’ StreamZ Live 8000EX integrated broadcast and multiscreen encoder has been honored with the prestigious 2013 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award. Designed to simplify the convergence of broadcast television and multiscreen streaming operations, the StreamZ Live 8000EX combines the proven multi-format flexibility and output quality of the StreamZ Live encoder family with robust […] More
SportTech UK 2013: reflections on 4K, skills, spectrum…and more
Written on April 25, 2013 at 10:11, by David Davies
The 2013 edition of SVG Europe’s SportTech UK conference event took place on 24 April and featured lively panel sessions on 4K, second screen and the state of UK sports […] More
SportTech UK 2013: making (business) sense of second screen
Written on April 25, 2013 at 09:53, by David Davies
The much-discussed second screen era has truly arrived, with more and more sports content being pushed towards viewers via websites, phones and tablet devices. What hasn’t become clear is quite […] More
BT Sport signs Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Written on April 25, 2013 at 09:50, by David Davies
England star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is to feature in TV adverts for BT Sport, as well as appearing as a regular guest. Alex, nicknamed The Ox, will be one of the […] More
Vimond Sports Experience delivers new online sports monetization
Written on April 25, 2013 at 07:22, by David Davies
DVnor builds facility around AmberFin ingest, transcoding, QC
Written on April 25, 2013 at 07:19, by David Davies
Leading Scandinavian media facility, Oslo-based DVnor, has announced the successful completion of an infrastructure expansion project which sees it basing its digital file-based workflows on the AmberFin iCR software platform. […] More
SportTech UK 2013: taking steps to avert a sports broadcasting skills crisis
Written on April 25, 2013 at 06:47, by David Davies
The continued evolution of sports broadcasting technologies is not in question – but there are legitimate concerns that there will be sufficiently skilled engineers to support them in ten years’ […] More