Monthly Archives: December 2017
Live from Manchester: MOOV produces World Squash Championships for BT Sport and Squash TV
Written on December 18, 2017 at 13:44, by Will Strauss
During a sporting weekend in which Manchester City thrashed Spurs 4-1 in the English Premier League, Australia regained cricket’s Ashes and athlete Mo Farah was named BBC Sports Personality of […] More
SVG Europe Sit-Down: sonoVTS’ Toby Kronenwett on the challenges of an all-IP truck and the outlook for HDR
Written on December 18, 2017 at 13:23, by Philip Stevens
Headquartered in Munich, Germany with offices in Frankfurt, Cologne, Eglhausen, sonoVTS was founded in 2013 by the merger of VTS Studiotechnik GmbH and sono Studiotechnik GmbH. The company has been involved […] More
Nordic Summit 2018: Vizrt and Sixty confirmed as sponsors
Written on December 18, 2017 at 13:11, by David Davies
SVG Europe is delighted to announce that Vizrt and Sixty will serve as Title and Networking Sponsor, respectively, of its inaugural Nordic Summit in Bergen on January 15-16. The summit […] More
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2017 delivered with support from Gearhouse Broadcast
Written on December 15, 2017 at 12:39, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 28th edition in the series and as in 2016, the championships’ various disciplines were held at separate locations. The world championships for cross-country and downhill were recently […] More
Preparing for PyeongChang: RTÉ carries the flag for viewers in Ireland
Written on December 14, 2017 at 17:56, by Philip Stevens
In 2016, RTÉ Sport secured exclusive free-to-air television and multi-platform broadcast rights for Ireland for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after reaching an agreement with Discovery Communications. That agreement also […] More
Preparing for PyeongChang: Alternate German days for ARD and ZDF
Written on December 14, 2017 at 17:52, by Philip Stevens
Although Discovery/Eurosport has won the rights to cover the Olympics Games (including the Winter Olympics) until 2024, it will also distribute a number of hours of broadcasting to a number […] More
FutureSport 2017: Looking ahead to European Championships 2018
Written on December 14, 2017 at 17:35, by Heather McLean
A brand new sporting spectacle, the European Championships 2018, is set to bring together major athletics tournaments into one cohesive, audience-attracting show next summer. At SVG Europe’s recent Future Sport […] More
World-first UHD HDR travel channel debuts on HD+ via SES
Written on December 14, 2017 at 17:02, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Travelxp 4K, one of the world’s leading travel and lifestyle television channels, starts delivering its programmes in Ultra HD (UHD) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) to HD+ viewers across Germany […] More
OBS and OCS achieve two environmental ISO certificates
Written on December 14, 2017 at 16:56, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Olympic Channel Services (OCS) were recently presented with two ISO certificates at their Madrid, Spain headquarters. The certificates recognise the company’s commitment to the environment, and […] More
IP-based sports production unleashed with NewTek 3Play 3P1
Written on December 14, 2017 at 16:51, by SVG Staff
NewTek has introduced the NewTek 3Play 3P1, a replay solution with native IP video processing. 3Play 3P1 offers both NDI and 3G SDI input, cross conversion, and output. An intuitive […] More