Recent Posts tagged with AR
By Heather McLean, Editor | Monday, May 30, 2022 - 10:58
Star Sports and Quidich Innovation Labs partnered on a unique augmented reality (AR) experience that took everyone by surprise during the mid-show of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Finals, where the Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans fought it out for the title. At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India on 29 May, more than […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 13:08
Quidich Innovation Labs, a broadcast technology company that adapts cuttingedge innovations to capture never-seen-before angles and add new dimensions to storytelling at live sporting events, has joined SVG Europe as a bronze sponsor. Over the last few years Quidich has built several integrated service offerings that significantly enhance the viewer experience using drones, buggies, augmented […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Friday, March 11, 2022 - 10:56
EE and BT Sport have unveiled new ways to watch and experience sports and the performing arts using 5G and extended reality (XR) technology, developed through an EE and BT Sport-led project, 5G Edge-XR. The project demonstrates how the potential of EE’s 5G network, paired with cloud graphics processing units, can enable consumers to view […]
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By Will Strauss, Editor | Friday, March 11, 2022 - 09:52
A recording of the Sports Graphics Spotlight online event is now available to watch on-demand. Viewing is free. Speakers include: Ben Wickham, Sky Sports, Director of Creative Output; BBC Sport Creative Director, Motion, John Murphy; Justin Laurie, Technical Producer at F1; and Alessandro Lonati, Infront Productions Italy, Director.
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 07:50
“When I started working with outside broadcast (OB) productions in sports, going out on location, I was normally the only woman in the OB van and sometimes the only woman in the whole team,” reminisces Swedish broadcaster SVT Sport’s Charlotta Mallander, a graphics operator. “Most of the times I came to the van with my […]
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By SVG Staff | Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 08:28
In this whitepaper Accedo delves into the changes COVID has had on the sports landscape during the past year, focusing on which over the top (OTT) trends are here to stay. COVID has dramatically changed how consumers engage with sports. It has also accelerated the need for sports organisations to diversify their revenue streams. The […]
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By Heather McLean, Editor | Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 12:11
In our next Platinum sponsor Tech Insight, we catch up with Ross Video’s Harry Sampson, business development manager for sports and live events, EMEA, to discuss on-screen graphics and where augmented and extended reality are set to go with the major global broadcasters over 2022. Ross powers live video productions for billions of global viewers […]
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By Jo Ruddock | Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - 14:36
With the Euroleague basketball finals set to be played on 28-30 May 2021 in an empty Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Filmmaster Events reached out to creative studio Ombra to help create an explosive and unforgettable pre-game countdown. The team relied on the disguise augmented reality (AR) workflow powered by three gx 2c media servers to […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director | Friday, July 30, 2021 - 11:47
The effort NBC Olympics has put into the various studios over the years is hard to miss. Homey indoor locations and lively and stunning outside locations are just a couple of the consistent themes one sees while tuning in. The Tokyo Olympics is no exception as this year Mike Sheehan, NBC Olympics coordinating director, Atila […]
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By Adrian Pennington | Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 16:02
“When you don’t notice that it’s not real and the viewer has a really good experience, then we’ve done our job right,” says Paul McNamara, senior director and executive producer for major events at ITV Sport. “The trick is to make the set as real as possible and use the tech and the space appropriately.” […]
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