SVG Europe is pleased to announce more speakers for the Sports Production Leaders Briefings panels, part of the Sport Production & Technology Summit 2020. Sky Deutschland’s vice president of sports production and SVG Europe chair, Alessandro Reitano, will be joining the panel of broadcasters and over the top (OTT) providers taking place on Tuesday 15 […] More
SVG Europe Women is pleased to announce a new speaker for the initiative’s first virtual event, being held on Zoom at 4pm on 6 May. Ruth Lilley, freelance sports content producer, will speak about her tumultuous year, which marked her return as an independent in the sports broadcasting industry after almost two years working at […] More
At SVG Europe’s Football Summit 2020 in Berlin on 31 March, IMG, Premier League Productions and Orange Sports & Media will be on stage discussing how football leagues and clubs can make better use of their video assets. The session, titled ‘Is this a library? How football can make better use of its video assets’, […] More
The successful execution of a 20,000 km remote link from cameras based in Telstra’s Tokyo office to IMG Studios’ London headquarters has been achieved, creating what is considered to be one of the longest true remote IP production connections to date. The Tokyo-to-London link used Grass Valley’s DirectIP to deliver uncompressed, ultra-low latency video via […] More
IMG Studios delivers multiple 24-hour sports channels and enables coverage of some of the world’s biggest sporting events, often having to shoehorn in new projects to tight deadlines. So, in planning its next infrastructure upgrade, for installation in the Summer, ease of scalability is its first priority – which has led it to IP. It […] More
The London 2012 Paralympics are nearing their climax, with the host nation doing well in the medal stakes and bringing in enthusiastic viewing audiences for broadcaster Channel 4, which has exclusive UK television rights to the event. Coverage of the Games is in HD, with SD also available, and offers Paralympians more TV exposure than […] More
UK: Gearhouse Broadcast’s Systems Integration division has chosen Module-R bespoke furniture from Custom Consoles for the two new HD control galleries at the Mediahouse division of IMG Worldwide. The new installation is equipped to deliver round-the-clock coverage of major-league football to UK broadcasters and doubles the number of HD-capable studios at Mediahouse. More
Miranda’s Hybrid routing was used by IMG mediahouse to simplify the signal management for its first major World Feed 3DTV broadcast of a Premiership football match, which took place in mid-September during the game between Manchester United and Chelsea. More
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has signed a new four-year contract with IMG Media that will ensure global distribution of the FEI’s major equestrian events to television audiences worldwide. The contract runs through to the end of 2014. More
