This year’s Wimbledon tennis Championships is year two of a four-year relationship between Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS) and NEP whereby the latter is providing technical gear and engineering services for the tournament. And while year two of deals can occasionally see some major changes and overhauls, the Wimbledon technical plan has seen only minor changes […] More
When it comes to Grand Slam tennis production Eurosport has a lot of mouths to feed. There are the needs of an international signal that is distributed across Europe in more than 20 languages as well as regional Eurosport channels that want to deliver a more tailored experience for viewers. And while the Wimbledon footprint, […] More
Since Fox Sports’ first US Open five years ago, the team has consistently looked to push the boundaries of broadcast technologies. Part of that is a love of technology and a drive to tell the story of a golf event in new ways. But part of it is also that Zac Fields, SVP, graphic tech […] More
Helping to tell the dramatic story of Gary Woodland’s US Open win at the weekend was a drone patrolling the Pebble Beach Golf Links coastline, along with shots from four robotic hard cameras that were able to capture the action from new angles. “There are few courses as good as this one to use drone […] More
Production of the 2019 US Open, won by the American Gary Woodland, included more than 50 cameras shooting in HDR, almost double the amount used last year. Fox Sports vice president of field operations and engineering Brad Cheney told SVG that the additional 22 cameras helped to not only meet the needs of partners who […] More
Five years ago when Fox Sports announced that it was going to put microphones in the cups on each hole many wondered if it would prove to be a worthwhile innovation worthy of keeping around for year two. Five years later it is an example of a technical innovation that has evolved since year one […] More
FOX Sports coverage of the 2019 U.S. Open Championship, being held at Pebble Beach Golf Links this weekend, offered up some new technology and will continue to roll out new things as the tournament progresses. Zac Fields, Fox Sports, SVP graphic technology and innovation, says the network is planning its most comprehensive and technologically advanced […] More
When International Television News (ITN) produced the IAAF International World Relay Championships, held last month in Japan, it ended up doing a relay of its own thanks to Telstra’s Distributed Production Network (DPN). Telstra’s high-performance media IP network transported 30 HD live camera signals from the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama to Tokyo and then onwards […] More
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup is underway in France, and its beginning marks the end of a long period of planning in which Fox Sports made use of skills the team developed in Canada, home to the previous Women’s World Cup in 2015, and in Russia during the men’s World Cup last summer. “Our […] More
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 is set to begin today (7 June) in Paris with France taking on South Korea and FIFA TV’s efforts around the event continue to expand in order to meet the growing demands of rights holders and a growing global audience. Not only will the live match coverage take a […] More
