ES Broadcast and Grass Valley are paring up on Tuesday 10 March at Wembley Stadium for an HDR in live production discussion forum and networking event. The event will not only focus on the crucial challenges around implementing and delivering HDR content in a live environment, but will also look at how HDR can drive audience engagement. […] More
BT Sport has teamed with Samsung to show the UK’s first public live 8K sports broadcast, with a screening of the UEFA Europa League match between Arsenal and Olympiacos (round of 32) on the evening of 27 February. The companies collaborated to deliver the broadcast live from the Emirates Stadium in North London during a […] More
LaLiga has announced that the winners of its competition to find technical innovations to move the Spanish game forward are starting to bear fruit. From LaLiga’s innovation hub, the Original Inspiration Centre, launched at the beginning of 2019, the winners are currently or soon will be undergoing a period of prototype development and piloting with […] More
Gravity Media provided BT Sport’s exclusive PPV coverage of the Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury 2 heavyweight title fight last weekend. Columbus, Gravity Media’s Los Angeles-based 4K multi-purpose mobile unit, was deployed at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand venue alongside its operational B Unit for the rematch on 22 February. The two Gravity Media mobile units […] More
Entries are starting to come in for SVG Europe’s Sports TV Awards 2020 which will take place on 27 May at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Ahead of the 11 March deadline, submissions have been received in all four categories, with various countries and organisations from across Europe represented. For anyone thinking of entering the […] More
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has decided to go in-house with the production of the TV coverage of the French Open from 2021. Following a consultation process, the FFT has chosen HBS France Production to support it with this task, granting it host broadcaster status for the Parisian Grand Slam event from 2021 through to […] More
Although video has been distributed over IP on the internet for decades, professional production and distribution infrastructure is still dominated by traditional baseband technologies. However, moving to IP promises an array of benefits, including shifting away from proprietary hardware, accelerating innovation and upgrade cycles, and transitioning on-premises infrastructure to the cloud. At the HPA Tech […] More
Initially established in 2010 and then revised in 2014, the European Broadcasting Union’s R 128 guideline for loudness normalisation has had a significant impact on the standardisation of loudness levels in traditional linear broadcasting. Specifying a target level of -23 ±1 LUFS LU measured over the entirety of a programme or advertisement, R 128 has […] More
From 29 February to 1 March, one of the last stages of the FIS Ski World Cup 2020 will take place in La Thuile in Italy and Infront will be there to capture the action in UHD and HDR. The event in the Aosta Valley will feature three women’s races on the “Franco Berthod” slope: […] More
As broadcasters move into remote production workflows for live events using IP technology, Axon Digital Design is hitting the road to educate the industry in its Pre-NAB Show Tour 2020 that will see the company visiting 16 countries. Axon has hired the Piazza at dock10 Media City in Salford, Manchester, UK, on 2 March to […] More
