Recent Posts by Birgit Heidsiek
By Birgit Heidsiek | Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 10:03
At the second edition of the Sky Sport and SVG Europe Summit Austria in Salzburg, broadcasters and manufacturers discussed the opportunities and challenges presented by new industry developments. The panel […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 16:07
At the Sky Summit 2020 supported by SVG Europe, held in Munich at Mathäser Filmpalast (8 October 2020), a session looking at 5G in sports production, titled Opportunities and Challenges […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Monday, October 12, 2020 - 14:48
As the first in-person event after seven months of lockdown, Sky Summit 2020 at Mathäser Filmpalast in Munich (8 October 2020) brought together the top decision-makers of the sports broadcast […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Monday, April 27, 2020 - 14:47
The Bundesliga is planning a re-start to the season. Now, it is up to the politicians in Germany to come up with the starting signal. The decision for the re-start […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Monday, March 30, 2020 - 16:14
In Germany, the Bundesliga break will be extended until April 30 due to the coronavirus pandemic, following an announcement by the chair of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga). As the […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Friday, March 20, 2020 - 15:25
Dietmar Hopp, the main sponsor of German Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and majority shareholder of Tübingen-based biotech company CureVac, keeps hitting the headlines. As the founder of the largest […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - 18:06
Football is a multi-billion dollar business. But the TV landscape is changing. In Germany, the golden times, in which only one broadcaster held all the rights, have gone. The Federal […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - 16:37
The eSports universe is expanding. eSports is no longer the domain of the gamer community but attracts about 400 million fans worldwide. At the big eSports tournaments where League of […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - 18:01
While UHD and HDR are improving the image quality of broadcast production, data management can create additional value for storytelling when graphical data usage such as AR comes into the […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Friday, March 15, 2019 - 15:20
At a recent open day for tpc Switzerland’s new flagship UHD1 IP-based OB truck in Zürich, SVG Europe sat down with Imagine Communications’ playout & networking solutions president Steve Reynolds. […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Monday, March 4, 2019 - 16:52
Since tpc rolled its UHD1 OB truck onto Swiss roads last October, the IP and HDR truck has produced a number of sports, entertainment and cultural shows. “If you walk […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Thursday, March 29, 2018 - 16:51
The final session at the March 22 Sky Sport Summit in Munich, held in cooperation with SVG Europe, focused on Fan Engagement and Customer Experience. In the digital age, soccer […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Monday, March 26, 2018 - 16:18
eSports is expected to grow at a rapid pace in the next couple of years. In Germany, Sport1 is presenting eSports news and matches on TV as well as on […]
More
By Birgit Heidsiek | Monday, March 26, 2018 - 15:59
Innovative technical solutions for audio production can improve the quality of sports events such as soccer, rugby and American football and provide fans with a better experience. For the 2017/18 […]
More