Pinewood to sell to Peel
Televisual: Pinewood is to be sold to Peel Holdings in a deal that values the company at £96.1m. Following the deal, each Pinewood shareholder will be entitled to receive 200 […] More
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Making a business out of the niche
Italy: Telestudio8 has been producing niche sports broadcast programmes for regional channels since 1994. Italian Correspondent, Roberto Landini, examines a business model that has done very nicely out of relatively […] More
ESPN’s 3D coverage of 2011 FA Cup Final confirmed on Sky 3D
ESPN and Sky have confirmed the rumours and added to their 3D content syndication relationship with the announcement that this year’s ESPN 3D production of the FA Cup Final, between […] More
Switzerland’s RSI expands Chyron HyperX3 inventory
Switzerland: RSI, Switzerland’s Italian-language public broadcaster, is upgrading and expanding its installation of HyperX on-air graphics systems. RSI introduced Chyron’s HyperX to its operations in 2007 for elections coverage and […] More
More than 123 million connected TVs by 2014
Rapid TV News: Leading video analyst DisplaySearch is predicting that the connected TV revolution will accelerate, growing by 30% to 2014 leading to a total of 123 million units. More
Sky 3D pioneer joins Deutsche Telekom
Former BSkyB director of strategic product development, Gerry O’Sullivan, one of the driving forces behind Sky’s stereo 3D sport coverage, has joined Deutsche Telekom AG as its vice president of […] More
London 2012 issues first sustainability report
Setting out the ways in which London 2012 is taking sustainability considerations into new areas, ‘A Blueprint for change‘ covers the key themes set out in the original plan, first […] More
Denmark to host Giro 2012 start
La Gazzetta Dello Sport: After the positive experience of Holland 2010, next year’s race starts in Herning, in the heart of Jutland. There are 3 stages proposed for the country […] More
ICC to reconsider controversial Cricket World Cup proposals
Sports Business: International Cricket Council (ICC) president Sharad Pawar has asked the governing body’s board to reconsider its decision to reduce the number of teams competing at the Cricket World […] More
MEDIAPRO Produces the Real Madrid – FC Barcelona Match in 3D
Live Production: For the very first time, 10 countries broadcast the match in 3D – 30 cameras and a team of 300 guaranteed the very best coverage of the match […] More