Supertrucks used to be all the rage in sports broadcasting, but are they still today? Although we are still seeing the launch of brand new large, cutting edge outside broadcasting (OB) trucks to enable live sports coverage, we are also seeing a rise in demand for smaller vans that are being used to facilitate remote […] More
Outside broadcast services have never been more in demand than they are today. The pandemic has created new opportunities for service provision as live sport attempts to recoup time lost to lockdowns, and broadcasters battle between schedules, COVID protocols, and new remote productions. In this article, the first of two, we talk to a panel […] More
Poland-based Polsat, one of the largest media companies in Central Europe, has selected Sony Professional Solutions as the prime contractor for a 4K IP outside broadcast truck that will be delivered to the broadcaster later in the year. Building on its long-term relationship with Sony, Polsat has consulted with the company as a business and […] More
NEP Group has added two leadership roles to its global management team as it looks to deliver new products and solutions for customers around the world. Casper Choffat has been named as senior vice president of global product while Stephanie DeMoss has been appointed as senior vice president of global sales operations. Both will report […] More
Euro Media Group (EMG) supplied UEFA with one its new next-generation trucks, Nova 103, during the host broadcast coverage of the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest on 24 September, the first time the unit has been used outside of France. The UHD HDR truck is one of two brand-new twin trucks, Nova 103 and Nova […] More
Jeff Hughes, the former president of Fox Networks’ Digital Consumer Group, has joined NEP as its new chief operating officer (COO). Effective immediately, Hughes will be responsible for helping the company increase idea sharing across its businesses and expanding NEP’s capabilities. The COO role is global and covers all of NEP’s operating segments: Broadcast Services, […] More
Arena Television is using the Sony XVS-8000 multi-format video switcher in OB17, the 16.5 metres long truck with twin full-length expanding sides that it launched earlier in 2020. The multi-format switcher will allow the Arena Television fleet to facilitate a wide range of HDR and SDR productions, Sony said. Arena Television has previously been using […] More
CTV Outside Broadcasts is providing the COVID-safe OB facilities for Sky Sports during the Test series between England and West Indies, both at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton and Old Trafford in Manchester. Speaking to SVG Europe mid-way through Day 2 of the first Test (Thursday, 9 July), CTV commercial manager Angela Gibbons described the […] More
In the third and final part of our joint webcast with the IABM, SVG Europe editor Will Strauss talks to broadcasters and broadcast service providers about how COVID-19 and the lockdown has affected them and their companies. The conversation then turns to post-lockdown and how sport will be covered behind-closed-doors and what the OB compound […] More
At the end of 2019, the UK-based OB firm Cloudbass launched OB9, its first new outside broadcast unit to be built on an IP core. To find out what they did and why they did it, SVG Europe went along to the company’s HQ in the East Midlands to meet company directors Mike Beaumont (pictured, […] More
