Monthly Archives: July 2008
Avid workflow supports NBC’s Beijing coverage
Written on July 30, 2008 at 10:33 am, by SVG Staff
Avid has been selected to implement an end-to-end editing workflow for NBC during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This marks NBC and Avid’s fifth consecutive Olympic Games […] More
Re-Branded ESPN Action Sports Network to Launch in Fall
Written on July 30, 2008 at 10:18 am, by SVG Staff
ESPN has announced a re-branding of its online home for action sports. The site will become ESPN Action Sports this fall as part of a new multimedia initiative that will […] More
Scott O’Neil Named President of MSG Sports
Written on July 30, 2008 at 10:07 am, by SVG Staff
Madison Square Garden has named Scott O’Neil president of MSG Sports. O’Neil comes to Madison Square Garden from the National Basketball Association, where, as senior vice president, he oversaw the […] More
Liverpool Football Club Scores With Viewcast
Written on July 30, 2008 at 10:00 am, by SVG Staff
The ViewCast Niagara Pro streaming video encoder was recently used to stream a pre-season Liverpool Football Club (LFC) match against FC Lucerne. A longtime user of ViewCast’s Osprey video capture […] More
Tektronix Clears Bar For NBC Olympics
Written on July 30, 2008 at 9:57 am, by SVG Staff
Tektronix has been selected to provide audio and video equipment to NBC for the network’s coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games from Beijing. NBC has purchased WFM7120 waveform monitors and […] More
Wohler’s RM Series offers Low-Cost HD Monitoring
Written on July 29, 2008 at 3:28 pm, by SVG Staff
PANORAMAdtv, the video products division of Wohler Technologies Inc., introduced the first products in its new RM series of HD monitor packs. Designed to enable affordable video and audio confidence […] More
Snell Alchemist Brings Converter Magic to Teleports, Earth Stations
Written on July 29, 2008 at 3:06 pm, by SVG Staff
The Alchemist Ph.C-HD TX motion compensated frame-rate standards converter has been released by Snell & Wilcox. It is optimized specifically for teleports, earth stations, and telcos and is capable of […] More
Linear Acoustic in Compliance With DTV Regulations
Written on July 29, 2008 at 3:02 pm, by SVG Staff
Linear Acoustic says that its audio-processing solutions for DTV audio offer the functionality required to ensure that broadcasters satisfy existing and pending FCC regulations for loudness. With the deadline for […] More
NFL Films, HBO Tap Panasonic, Sony For ‘Hard Knocks’
Written on July 29, 2008 at 10:30 am, by SVG Staff
By Andrew Lippe NFL training camp has been a hot topic as NFL fans anxiously wait to see if Brett Favre returns to the NFL. But his story isn’t the […] More
OmniBus to deliver IT Solutions on HP Servers
Written on July 29, 2008 at 10:05 am, by SVG Staff
OmniBus Systems is working with HP to provide and support market-leading solutions for IT broadcasting. The joint solutions are based on OmniBus iTX production, master control and automation software and […] More