NTT Electronics showcased a variety of encoding/decoding technologies at NAB 2017, and, not surprisingly, much of the focus was on 4K, HDR, and HEVC. Among the offerings was the HC11000 […] More
The PGA TOUR and THE PLAYERS Championship are combining forces to produce and deliver the iconic 17th hole’s island green at TPC Sawgrass in live 360 video and virtual reality (VR) during […] More
Ever wonder what it’s like to stand in the pocket trying to find an open receiver as hulking NFL linebackers race toward you with annihilation in mind? Well, Fox Sports […] More
NEP Group has acquired Avesco Group, bringing Avesco’s Creative Technology (‘CT’) and mclcreate brands into NEP’s Worldwide Network and making them one of the largest providers of live event solutions […] More
Although fibre and satellite reign for many of the live sports productions across the industry today, IP transmission was a hot topic at SVG’s TranSPORT conference last week in New York City. […] More
The NFL has officially boarded the virtual reality bandwagon, inking a VR partnership with Google to present an NFL Films-produced nine-part series that gives viewers a 360-degree perspective of life on […] More
SMPTE celebrated its 100th anniversary during its annual conference in Hollywood last week, bringing together the film and television industry’s engineering community to address the latest developments. Among the issues […] More
Matthew Goldman, senior vice president of technology, TV and media at Ericsson, will take office as the new SMPTE president on January 1, 2017. Goldman, a SMPTE Fellow who has […] More
Net Insight had a busy IBC 2016, exhibiting on two stands to highlight both its offerings and those of the recently acquired ScheduALL to introduce several products. However, the main highlight for the company was a sports-content–fueled demo of Sye, its synchronized live OTT solution. With Sye, Net Insight aims to resolve the lack of […] More
Akamai Technologies arrived at IBC 2016 fresh off a historic effort at Rio 2016, where NBC Olympics leveraged the company’s content-delivery network (CDN) and technology to support its monumental streaming operation, which comprises 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion of them live. Also, 100 million unique users tuned in to NBC Olympics’ digital coverage […] More
