Recent Posts by Brandon Costa

NAB Perspectives: TVU Networks’ Eric Chang on the Next Generation of IP Video, Cellular ENG

Live electronic news gathering (ENG) continues to be a significant broadcasting method of many outlets that are covering major sporting events. At NAB Show this week, TVU Networks (SU3116) is introducing new, innovative IP video solutions that will further enable broadcasters to more efficiently capture and distribute live video to any number of stations regardless […]  More

NAB Perspectives: Abekas’s Johnson Discusses the Growth of the Mira Instant-Replay Server

Earlier today, Abekas announced its new version 5.0 software for both its Mira instant-replay and Mira Production multichannel video servers. The latest version of Mira software provides support for native recording of AVC-Intra–encoded media at both 50 Mbps and 100 Mbps data rates. Both versions of Mira now support AMP protocol over Ethernet. The new […]  More

NAB Perspectives: Kevin Prince on ChyronHego’s Data-Tracking Partnership With MLB Advanced Media

ChyronHego kicked off its NAB Show in style on Sunday morning by announcing that it has partnered with Netherlands-based TrackMan. The specialist in sports radar tracking technology will provide the technological infrastructure behind Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s new player- and data-tracking system. With the new MLB season just under way, the system is currently […]  More

NAB Perspectives: Kevin Prince on ChyronHego’s Major Data-Tracking Partnership with MLB Advanced Media

ChyronHego kicked off NAB Week in style on Sunday morning when the company announced that it had partnered with Dutch-based sports radar tracking technology specialist TrackMan to provide the technological infrastructure behind Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s new player and data tracking system. With the new MLB season just underway, the system is currently installed […]  More

JB&A to Host Video and Digital Media Workflow Event on April 6

JB&A is inviting NAB attendees its JB&A Video Workflow Pre-NAB event. The event offers the opportunity to get face time with senior personnel from 23 leading suppliers including: Adder, AmberFin, ASG, BrightSign, Cache-A, Cambridge IS, CatDV, Christie, Ensemble Designs, Exterity, FileCatalyst, Gefen, Marquis, NewTek, Nexidia, Quantum, SNS, Telestream, Tempest, tvONE, Wowza, XenData and ZeeVee. Hear […]  More

NBC Olympics powers digital dominance back home in Stamford

The Olympics proved their special drawing power again. The USA men’s hockey team’s dramatic shootout victory over the host Russians became the most streamed hockey game in both NBC Sports and NBC Olympics history, and that record was subsequently broken twice and will likely be broken again with today’s men’s ice hockey semifinals. The U.S.-Russia authenticated […]  More

NBC Olympics Stamford photo gallery

The NBC operations in Sochi are complemented this year by an “at home” effort in Stamford, CT, that is playing a major part in everything NBC is doing. SVG’s Brandon Costa visited the Stamford facility last week and snapped some behind-the-scenes photos.    More

The home front: NBC Olympics transmission settles into new Stamford home

The Sochi 2014 Games are a milestone Olympics for NBC Sports Group, marking the first in its sparkling new production facility in Stamford, CT. That includes a brand-new transmission infrastructure that has made exchanging feeds with the IOC in Sochi smoother than ever. Forty video feeds come in from Russia, with approximately 14 feeds going […]  More

NBC Olympics’ Production to Utilize ScheduALL’s Resource & Transmission Management Solutions

ScheduALL has once again been selected to provide transmission and resource management to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. NBC Olympics turned to ScheduALL’s advanced resource management solutions to coordinate the highly dynamic environment of the Games. This will be the seventh straight Olympics […]  More