SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner is excited to announce its first Sports Broadcasting Partners. These Partners are extending the reach of Speakers Corner with their own extensive networks, further validating the work of SVG Europe Women. The first sports broadcasters to join SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner are: BBC Sport; BT Sport; DAZN; ITV Sport; […] More
The new, fully IP-based Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) FÜ1 is optimally equipped for ambitious production of sports and cultural events. The new truck replaces ORF’s FÜ22 TV OB – which had been in operation since 2005 – bringing the latest technological capabilities to the broadcaster’s OB facilities. FÜ1 had its baptism with production of World […] More
Driven by ambition and a passion for sport, Vera Bichler, a freelance junior director, has become the first female director working in the sports department at Austrian national public broadcaster ORF. In just a few years of pursuing her goal to becoming a full TV director, this native of Austria has been able to work […] More
Austrian public broadcaster ORF has chosen systems architect and ICT integrator, Qvest Media, to equip the station with new studio automation systems. Qvest Media is set to integrate automation solutions tailored to the broadcaster’s work processes for the control of five studios at the ORF centre in Vienna. “The new studio automation system will enable […] More
Austrian broadcast corporation ORF has chosen Sony’s XVS-7000 multi-format IP video switchers, from the XVS series, to modernise its broadcasting workflows and better satisfy the viewing habits of its audience. The first XVS-7000 will be used in ORF’s IP OB van scheduled for delivery this year, while more than 20 live switchers are likely to […] More
You wait ages for a broadcaster and then three come along at once…Signiant is trumpeting the recent signing of new and expanded installations with Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) and SRG SSR. More
Austrian public broadcaster ORF is in the midst of another busy winter sports season and high ratings have made the hard work of more than 100 production staff worth the effort. Manfred Lielacher, Head of TV Production for the network, says the network and the nation are already looking forward to next February when the […] More
Austria’s ORF is planning to upgrade a total of 13 EVS XT2 media servers to the latest XT3 series, both in its trucks and studios, and is also introducing the company’s IPDirector content production management suite for live sports broadcasts and in-house studio productions. More
A1 Telekom Austria AG has deployed T-VIPS’ JPEG2000 Video Gateway, the TVG450, in its new fleet of OB vans to form an innovative OB/IP contribution system. The primary use of the new vans is to enable ORF, the state broadcaster, to transport high quality, JPEG2000 video, from 150 points of presence across Austria, over A1’s […] More
