Monthly Archives: January 2006
NCAA begins massive archive project
Written on January 24, 2006 at 1:19 pm, by SVG Staff
The NCAA has begun an ambitious project to digitize tens of thousands of hours of past championship performances as it begins taking more than 100 years of film and video […] More
Turner gives fans realtime text poll results
Written on January 23, 2006 at 4:23 pm, by SVG Staff
Text messaging has a lot of potential as a polling device but it wasn t until Turner Sports hooked up with New Zealand-based Txtstation that it s real potential could […] More
NBA brings League Pass to Broadband
Written on January 23, 2006 at 12:24 pm, by SVG Staff
The National Basketball Association continues to expand its online presence, now launching NBA LEAGUE PASS Broadband, a new added feature providing all NBA LEAGUE PASS subscribers with access to live […] More
NCAA digitizing championships
Written on January 23, 2006 at 11:09 am, by SVG Staff
Literally tens of thousands of hours of NCAA championship sports footage is available online through a deal the NCAA cut with Thought Equity, a footage licensing and management company. Thought […] More
ESPN, ABC Get Xcited with Winter X Games
Written on January 23, 2006 at 10:14 am, by SVG Staff
On January 28 Aspen will host ESPN s annual Winter X Games, a televised celebration of backside rotations, double grabs, and pop tarts. But it s also a cutting-edge technology […] More
Instant replay expected to get NCAA nod
Written on January 20, 2006 at 10:01 am, by SVG Staff
After further review instant replay seems headed to return to college football this fall. The past season was the first wide-spread test of the technology, with eight of Division I […] More
NASCAR.com, SportsBlast start their engines
Written on January 19, 2006 at 6:09 pm, by SVG Staff
Fox has The Simpsons. NASCAR.com has The Kellys. And they both have Nancy Cartwright. Best known as the voice of Bart Simpson, Cartwright s own company, SportsBlast, has given NASCAR […] More
XDCAM HD hits strees in March
Written on January 18, 2006 at 9:57 pm, by SVG Staff
New Sony HD option arrives in March Sports broadcasters and teams looking for another HD option will have yet another in early March when Sony begins shipping XDCAM HD, the […] More
Sony high (def) on XDCAM
Written on January 18, 2006 at 5:15 pm, by SVG Staff
Sports broadcasters and teams looking for another HD option will have yet another in early March when Sony begins shipping XDCAM HD, the high-definition version of its XDCAM blu-ray based […] More
The Score tackles virtual sets
Written on January 18, 2006 at 3:37 pm, by SVG Staff
The Score, Canada s Home for the Hardcore sports cable channel, recently acquired and implemented FOR-A s digiWarp-EX II virtual studio system to give a boost to its on-air look […] More