Channel One Russia is delivering 12 hours of live sports content to viewers back home and its production philosophy is unique this year: a production gallery that is integrating commercials and other elements here in Tokyo and then sending a complete show back home. It is also the first Olympic broadcaster to use EVS IPD-VIA More
Karl Malone, NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, director, sound design, says that the 2020 Olympics is truly the audio Olympics. And while he jokes that he says that every Olympics, it’s hard to argue this time around as next-generation immersive audio, with 5.1.4 (think regular surround sound with four additional channels overhead to give height […] More
Finland’s YLE was planning on having more of a hybrid production model with a team here in Tokyo producing the athletics coverage for back home, but the COVID pandemic required a shift in plans and an increase in signals being sent home as there are 20 lines connecting the IBC in Tokyo to the OB1 […] More
SVG’s coverage of the production of the Tokyo Olympics begins in earnest this week and we kick things off with a series of OBS executive interviews that have been provided by OBS to the media (our team will be on site next week and will interview them in the coming weeks). Below is an interview […] More
Extreme athletes and influencers Alex Roca and Valenti Sanjuan live-streamed their entire 700km tandem bike ride from Barcelona to Madrid to deliver the Summer Games torch using the TVU Nano Router and TVU PowerPac2. Broadcast over Sanjuan’s Twitch channel (twitch.tv/valentisanjuan) to over 100,000 viewers, the event was part of the #StartYourImpossible movement from Toyota, a […] More
TVU Networks is offering rights-cleared access to live external video feeds of locations across Tokyo until the conclusion of the Summer Games. The 24/7 beauty shots are part of TVU’s extensive on-site support effort during the event. There are professional camera feeds available from Tokyo – including feeds from TVU’s local Japanese partners – showcasing […] More
Grass Valley is to provide its IP media audio and video routing solutions alongside control and monitoring systems for NBC Olympics’ production of the Tokyo Games, which are due to take place this summer. The company has been supplying infrastructure solutions to NBC Olympics since the 2006 Torino Games and has delivered a range of […] More
NBC Olympics has selected RTS to provide broadcast intercom systems and support for its production of the Tokyo Olympic Games. “RTS has been NBC Olympics’ broadcast intercom partner of choice for over 25 years,” said Denis Castanet, director global product management, RTS. “We’re proud to continue playing a key role in their coverage of the […] More
NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Sony Electronics to provide broadcast and production equipment for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which are due to take place in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July – 8 August. NBC Olympics’ crews will use nearly 100 Sony cameras to capture […] More
Mediapro Colombia in association with Medialuso, a Mediapro Group company, is set to produce and broadcast the BMX World Cup Bogotá 2021 – a cycling discipline practised with motocross bikes – for the Olympic Channel. The competition will be held on 29-30 May at the El Salitre Park track in the Colombian capital. A team […] More
