Monthly Archives: June 2015
Avid joins Russell index
Written on June 29, 2015 at 09:39, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Avid joined the broad-market Russell 3000 Index at the conclusion of the Russell indexes annual reconstitution on June 26 2015. Annual Russell indexes reconstitution captures the 4,000 largest US stocks […] More
Futuresource predicts decline of DSLRs for pro video
Written on June 29, 2015 at 09:35, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
According to Futuresource Consulting’s Convergence in Pro Video report, European shipments of DSLRs into professional video applications dropped by 41% in 2014. The report, spanning Europe and the USA, focuses […] More
TV2 Fyn moves into HD news production with Snell signal routing backbone
Written on June 29, 2015 at 09:32, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Danish public broadcaster TV2 Fyn has purchased a Snell Kahuna switcher with two of the new Maverik configurable control panels to help drive its move into HD news production. Snell’s […] More
IOC awards all broadcast rights in Europe to Discovery and Eurosport for 2018-2024 Olympic Games
Written on June 29, 2015 at 09:15, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
A grim day for Europe’s public service broadcasters with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announcement that all TV and multi-platform broadcast rights in Europe for the four Olympic Games in […] More
LaLiga to challenge FIFA’s winter World Cup switch
Written on June 29, 2015 at 08:02, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Graphics and data integration specialist SMT establishing UK office
Written on June 29, 2015 at 04:00, by David Davies
SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology), the US-based industry provider of seamless real-time data integration, graphics presentation, and video enhancement solutions to live sports telecasts and live sports venue productions, has announced it […] More
Going Dutch: how the rights’ holder for The Netherlands is preparing for the Olympics
Written on June 29, 2015 at 02:06, by Philip Stevens
Although it is still just over 12 months to the start of the Olympic Games in Brazil, plans are well under way for coverage by the various rights’ holders from […] More
SVG Europe launches programme, registration for Sport Production Summit 2015
Written on June 26, 2015 at 07:39, by David Davies
Following hot on the heels of acclaimed Football Production Summit (March), SportTech (May) and – in conjunction with Sky.de – Champions’ League Summit (June) events, SVG Europe has published the […] More
Analysis: Mediaset secures Serie A TV and archival rights until 2018
Written on June 26, 2015 at 07:20, by Roberto Landini, Italian Correspondent
Italian Lega Serie A has awarded Mediaset TV rights relating to football during the 2015-2018 period, covering pre-game images in the locker room, interviews in the break and the first […] More
BBC Studios and Post Production upgrades with HARMAN Studer Vista X
Written on June 26, 2015 at 06:13, by David Davies
The ever-increasing production challenges and I/O requirements of popular prime-time entertainment shows such as Strictly Come Dancing have led to a reevaluation of the audio mixing architecture. As a result, […] More