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Author: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director
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International effort: Gravity Media supports Tennis Australia at Australian OpenGravity Media is onsite at the Australian Open in a big way, with 75 crew members overseeing 100 tons of fly-away infrastructure that needed to be brought in to support the needs not only of Tennis Australia, for its host...
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PGA Tour Studios to produce ‘true world feed’ for Players Championship fans and right holdersEarlier this year, the PGA Tour officially opened PGA Tour Studios, a massive production facility located right next to TPC Sawgrass, the legendary course that is home to the Players Championship this week (13-16 March). The tournament also marks a...
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Solving HDR/SDR complexity with Cromorama’s EnnioThe transition to HDR broadcasting has presented numerous challenges for the industry. The diversity of formats, the complexity of LUTs (lookup tables) and the need to cater to both SDR and HDR audiences from a single production have created a...
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PGA Tour enters new era of 1080p HDR production with OB unit overhaulThis weekend (24-27 January 2024) marks the first major step in a new era of PGA TOUR golf production: nine state-of-the-art production trucks, built by NEP Group, will be on-site for CBS Sports, Golf Channel, and PGA Tour Live for...
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FAST channels: Samsung, ATP Media and Telstra on launching and managing free streaming servicesThe rise of FAST (free ad-supported streaming) has been undeniable in the past two years, and a recent Sportel Monaco panel, moderated by SVG co-executive director Ken Kerschbaumer, featured three key entities either involved in or seriously investigating a FAST sports...
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Tom Shelburne: 1942-2023Tom Shelburne, the founder of NEP and arguably the father of the modern remote TV production business, died this week at the age of 81. Born in Bristol, Tennessee, in 1942, he is survived by his wife, LeeAnn Shelburne; daughter,...
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Live From the FIFA Women’s World Cup: FIFA’s Florin Mitu, HBS’s Stefan Wistuba discuss groundbreaking workflowsThe production philosophy that FIFA and HBS have embraced for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand raises the bar when it comes to new concepts in remote production. It is the largest and most prestigious...
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Live from the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Optus mobilises in big way to serve Australian fansOptus Sport, the Australian OTT football-centric service, is the only place for Australian football fans to capture every FIFA Women’s World Cup match (Channel 7 is broadcasting 15 matches) and the service, launched in 2016 when it acquired the rights...
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Sky Sports overcomes the elements to produce “double remote” coverage of the 151st Open Championship"It was a wet weekend, and we had a bit of a runaway winner, but the viewing figures were still strong because the cricket was washed out and F1, as always was a bit of a foregone conclusion so we...
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Live from the 151st Open Championship: MST powers broadcast graphics for ETP, NBC, and Sky SportsThis year marks the 25th anniversary of MST’s involvement with the Open Championship and it’s a company that handles what is arguably the most crucial task at a golf tournament for broadcasters: delivering the graphics and statistics that are often...
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Live from the 151st Open Championship: SMT data powers fan and viewer experienceIn recent years the biggest transformation for golf fans both on the course at events like the 151st Open Championship and those at home on the couch watching a broadcast has been data. Not only the amount of it but...
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Live from the 151st Open Championship: ACS leads specialist camera charge and debuts Car CamEvery Open Championship provides its own opportunities for new ways to use specialist cameras and Royal Liverpool Golf Club has been no exception this year. The biggest on-air addition is the “Car Cam,” an ATOM One Dream Chip camera that...
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Inside the largest UHD HDR production ever: The Coronation of King Charles IIIWhen the coronation of King Charles III took place a little more than a month ago, it gave UK broadcasters a chance to shine on a global stage and also to provide plenty of wrap-around coverage. In the process, they...
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Peter Larsson retires with an RF legacy that spans the globePeter Larsson, one of the industry’s true pioneers in RF and wireless systems (and a 2018 inductee into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame), retired this month at the age of 66. “The whole industry has changed,” he says, “and...
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