The Aquatics Centre has been a central focus of NBC Olympic operations since the games began. And once again CTV OB is helping NBC tell the story of the U.S. swimming and diving teams the way it wants to, with OB9 and its support unit on hand alongside cabins with six Avid edit rooms, a […] More
BT in London has installed a Snell Sirius 830 routing system and three MV-Series multiviewers to support outside broadcasting operations the BT Tower facility in London. The Snell equipment is […] More
ATG Broadcast has completed a second HD sports channel for Swedish broadcaster TV4. The contract was placed by Ericsson Broadcasting Services and centred on the expansion of an existing HD […] More
Vincenzo Flores, head of production for Sky Italy sports channels, took time out of his busy schedule yesterday to chat with SVG about the massive effort Sky Italy is putting into a service that will deliver a wealth of Olympic content to viewers, thanks to a massive fibre pipe to Milan, a mosaic of 12 […] More
The road races through London this weekend were two of the more popular spectator events, and, according to the IOC, maybe they were too popular. BBC says its commentator Chris Boardman […] More
It’s the first full day of Olympic competition, and broadcasters at the IBC are busy tweaking workflows, ensuring that all systems are go and adjusting as needed. And adjusting right along are the equipment suppliers, most notably EVS, whose presence within the IBC includes not only 33 XT3 replay servers in use by Olympic Broadcasting […] More
Finnish broadcaster YLE experimented with the concept of producing the majority of its content from home during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. But this year, it has returned to the IBC, with content for its main Olympics channel produced on site in London. “In 2010, we discovered we didn’t like the idea of having the […] More
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is one of Adobe’s first broadcast partners to deploy key components of Adobe’s Project Primetime, using it to deliver live video streams and video-on-demand (VOD) […] More
Tonight’s opening ceremonies are shaping up to be every bit as compelling as the 2008 Beijing ceremony, thanks to an artistic vision courtesy of Danny Boyle. But, for TV-technology geeks, the ceremony will be compelling for a different reason: it will be the first time a live event has been produced and distributed around the […] More
It’s the day before the Opening Ceremonies here at the International Broadcast Centre, home to Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and dozens of broadcast organisations from around the world. The massive three story building is located right next to the Olympic Park, the 2.5 square kilometer area that is home to eight venues, including the Olympic […] More
