One of the directors of the disgraced and defunct outside broadcast facilities provider Arena Television has been located by local law enforcement officers in France, according to The Times newspaper. Robert Hopkinson, who is alleged to have played a role in what is widely considered to be one of the largest scams ever to hit […] More
The memorial service for Barry Johnstone, chairman of EMG’s UK companies and a member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, will be streamed live this Thursday, July 28, beginning at 2:30 GMT/9:30 EST. A link to the stream is posted below and the service will also be available on-demand. To access the stream click […] More
The 150th Open Championship is underway and for the team at EMG and all the rights holders the important anniversary brings with it additional production challenges including having facilities ready to go not only for the first round of play on Thursday but earlier in the week for the extra events. More
Tributes have been pouring in for Barry Johnstone, the chairman of EMG UK and the founder of CTV Outside Broadcasts, who passed away last week. The words’ legend’ and’ gentleman’ appear frequently in what are very heartfelt and genuine appreciations of his contribution to the sports broadcasting industry. Johnstone died at the age of just […] More
SVG Europe is sad to announce the untimely passing of Barry Johnstone, the chairman of EMG UK and the founder of CTV Outside Broadcasts, who has died at the age of 76 following a heart attack. Born and educated in New Zealand, Johnstone moved to London in 1970 where initially worked in the music industry […] More
Eamonn Curtin, chief commercial officer, EMG UK, shares his thoughts on the technological challenges facing sports broadcasters in 2022 and the trends we can expect to see this year. He also tells SVG Europe’s Jo Ruddock about the latest developments at EMG. Football Summit 2022 took place on Thursday 10 March at the Tottenham Hotspur […] More
Outside broadcast facilities provider Arena Television ceased trading with asset debts of £282m and virtually no broadcast equipment to show for it, the Joint Administrators’ Report to Creditors and Statement of Proposals has confirmed. In an official document sent to people and companies owed money by Arena, and subsequently published at Companies House, it is […] More
By Ian Trow, product manager for compression and cloud solutions, BT Media & Broadcast Up until recently, advances in compression performance or catering for new formats heralded a revamp of outside broadcast (OB) provision. Now the landscape is considerably more complex and additional factors need to be considered by service providers. These include outsourced service […] More
The fallout from the closure of Arena Television has made the national press in the UK with two major news outlets publishing claims about the amount of money owed by the Surrey-based outside broadcast facilities provider. Over the weekend, both the Sunday Times and Sky News suggested that as much as £300m could be owed […] More
NEP’s chief operating officer (COO) for its Global Broadcast Services and Media Solutions divisions Andrew Jordan has been appointed as the company’s global chief technology officer (CTO). Effective immediately, Jordan will report to NEP Group COO Jeff Hughes and take on responsibility for overall global technology strategy, product/solution design and build, and synchronised network operations […] More
