SVG Europe is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the third dedicated Nordic Summit, in collaboration with NCE Media. Nordic Summit 2020 will take place on Thursday 12 March 2020 at Media City in Bergen, Norway. The programme will feature a mixture of presentations and panel discussions with a particular emphasis on […] More
The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK is using Leader test and measurement (T&M) equipment as the core reference instruments in a recently launched mobile production unit designed for winter sports coverage. OB24, integrated by Lithuania’s TVC, includes seven Leader test instruments and an LT4448 error-detecting automatic channel switcher. Four Leader ZEN-series LV5350 portable 12G/3G/HD/SD-SDI waveform monitors […] More
Eurovision Sport, in partnership with Scout Gaming, has launched a direct-to-fan experience for the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) that takes the form of an online fantasy winter sports game. Available for the first time last weekend (28 November), Ski Austria Expert is a manager simulation game that enables fans to put together their personal fantasy […] More
The benefits and challenges of doing remote production was a key theme at SVG Europe’s Nordic Summit 2019 in Norway last week (7 March, Bergen). The annual event, sponsored by Limelight Networks and organised in association with NCE Media and Media City Bergen, featured a number of sessions that touched on the subject, including one […] More
The Bobsleigh World Cup 2018-19, the 35th edition of the event, began on 7 December 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia with NEP Italy producing the host broadcast coverage for Infront. Organised by the International Bob and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), the World Cup consists of twenty-four bob races: sixteen for men and eight for women across both […] More
One of the highlight’s of the winter snowboarding programme, the Burton European Open is currently underway at Laax in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It’s the eighth year the competition has been hosted there, and technology and production center switzerland ag (tpc) is the OB provider charged with bringing pictures all the way down the […] More
Switzerland: A system comprised of MediorNet, Artist and RockNet equipment from Riedel Communications was used to distribute video, audio and communication signals for the renowned alpine skiing competition at the Swiss “Chuenisbärgli” in Adelboden. More
The Four Hills Tournament is the premier event in the ski-jumping world; a series of four World Cup events held over the New Year period in Germany and Austria. As Reinhard Penzel reports for www.live-production.tv, the New Year’s Day event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen sees ZDF pull out all the stops to catch the athletes as they […] More
The Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) has selected the EBU as its exclusive media partner for its World Cup events in Austria, all in all covering an average 26 events per season and encompassing Alpine, Nordic, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Snowboard and Freestyle. More
The EBU has extended its contract with TRIDEM SPORTS AG for the exploitation of the commercial rights to the 2015 and 2017 FIS Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships, to which the EBU also holds the broadcasting rights. More
