TV2 Denmark is giving France Television’s studio in a double decker bus a run for its money for most original studio location with a houseboat locate dat Catherine’s Dock that not only has a full production studio that is connected to the TV2 broadcast centre in Copenhagen. “It’s our main studio and the three camera […] More
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF are once again combining forces for the Summer Olympics, a strategic move that splits costs, splits responsibilities, and splits branding while creating a single channel of Olympic content. The two share a large space in the IBC housing a large EVS server, studio, 16 edit suites, and more. The […] More
The London Olympics will be remembered for a number of technical accomplishments by Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). There were the impressive demonstrations of Ultra HD, offering 16 times HD resolution, and 3D, adding new sports to the “been done in 3D” roster. There were new tapeless workflows with EVS and Avid that continue to increase […] More
The London Olympics will mark the end of an era as Bob Dixon, NBC Olympics, director of sound design and communications, will be in the NBC Olympics Listening Room for the last time. During his career Dixon has worked on 12 Olympic games, beginning in 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics and spending six as […] More
It was not too long ago that the London Olympics seemed destined (even seemingly willed by some) to be a fiasco of mammoth proportions. Traffic would be a disaster throughout. Hotels would be overbooked, with tourists wandering the streets like extras out of a Danny Boyle zombie flick. And, of course, the BBC’s efforts would […] More
As the Chinese gobble up medals, the pressure is on CCTV to ensure that billions (literally) of viewers back home have a TV-viewing experience that matches the level of performance on the field. So, for Wang Dagang, CCTV Olympics general technical coordinator, and a team of 400, the goal is to get the most out […] More
Switzerland’s SRG SSR’s IBC facility is serving out Olympic content to three channels for three distinct regions and languages in Switzerland (a German network in Zurich, French in Geneva, and Italian in Lugano). But its IBC facility is an example of Swiss efficiency as a team of 40 is distributing signals from the EBU to […] More
Athletics action from Olympic Stadium in London is dominating the sport world’s attention this week and for NBC Olympics it calls for a special personal touch. Operating out of an NEP Visions OB unit, the team not only brings in cameras from OBS but also 26 additional cameras. “They are in similar locations or next to […] More
World Sport Group in Asia has appointed Masstech to provide digital archiving for all their media content. Masstech will implement the Emerald v7.5LE solution at World Sport Group’s Singapore facility. […] More
Ikegami will hit IBC with a number of new products, including the Unicam HD camera line. These multi format HD cameras – which also provide 3G-SDI 1080/50p performance – include […] More
