On Sunday 5 June, Gravity Media partnered with Mana Sports and Entertainment Group to capture history, as four superstars of endurance sport – Kristian Blummenfelt, Joe Skipper, Nicola Spirig and Kat Matthews – went head-to-head in a race that defied the impossible and broke the mythical seven- and eight-hour marks for a full distance triathlon. […] More
Irish OB provider TVM is on the road with its new single-expanding OB10 truck, covering the European Rugby Championship Cup for BT Sport and the GAA Gaelic Games Championships for RTÉ Sport. OB10 is TVM’s first SMPTE 2110 IP-based truck and joins flagship triple-expanding OB8 as a UHD-capable production unit. On OB10 the IP network […] More
US broadcast network Fox Sports has bought EVS’ MediaInfra Strada Routing and Control solution and will use it during coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The deal announcement was made by Kevin Callahan, VP of field operations and engineering on the EVS booth during the NAB Show. The solution will be used […] More
EVS has launched MediaCeption Signature 1.0, the company’s latest-generation end-to-end asset management solution for fast turnaround productions. MediaCeption Signature is being presented for the first time at NAB 2022, where live demonstrations will show how the solution addresses today’s challenges faced by sports, news, entertainment and generalist production centres. Combining a series of new web-based interfaces, […] More
NBC Sports selected EVS’ LiveCeption Signature solution for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from Beijing, China, which ran from 2-20 February. It deployed LiveCeption Signature across the International Broadcast Centers in Beijing and Stamford, and other venues for its 1080p UHD HDR live production of the event. The solution comprised EVS’ XT-VIA servers and LSM-VIA replay and […] More
By Geoffrey Crespin, senior solutions architect, live video production security, EVS The industry today is facing more security threats than ever before, and the sophistication of cyberattacks has increased in recent years. Sports broadcasters especially, are prime targets for hackers as they produce highly valuable and publicised content. And, with rising geopolitical tensions, the organisation […] More
EVS’ XtraMotion super slow-motion service was named winner of the ‘Create’ category at IABM’s BaM Awards, which took place virtually on 9 December. Judges were impressed with the new service, stating: “XtraMotion is about moving the industry from hardware to software. It’s using the cloud instead of on-site technology that makes us think differently – […] More
When Atalanta met Manchester United at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo earlier this month, it marked the first time in Italy that a UEFA Champions League match was produced entirely in native 4K HDR-HLG. It was available to Sky Q subscribers in the country. “Everything stems from the desire to always do something better and […] More
EVS’ long-time distributor Draco Video has invested in the EVS LiveCeption Pure replay solution for its customer United Studios of Israel, also known as Herzliya Studios, the largest TV production facility in the region. The solution has been deployed within United Studio’s flagship OB van 1, to serve the live production of the new Israeli Premier League […] More
FIFA has granted EVS’ Xeebra multi-camera review system the internationally recognised FIFA virtual offside lines (VOL) and the video assistant referee (VAR) certification as part of FIFA’s ongoing effort to improve the decision-making process of the game. The certifications follow the Xeebra system undergoing a series of tests carried out by independent, FIFA-accredited test institutes […] More
