Monthly Archives: June 2006
HBS ramps up for World Cup Sweet 16
Written on June 26, 2006 at 2:11 pm, by SVG Staff
By Ken Kerschbaumer With the World Cup in its Sweet 16 phase HBS (Host Broadcast Services) is turning up the heat on its coverage, adding more cameras and more personnel […] More
OLN Ads Boxing to Summer Line-Up
Written on June 26, 2006 at 1:30 pm, by SVG Staff
The Outdoor Life Network, which has been adding sports to its television line-up at a break-neck pace, has made professional boxing the newest addition to its programming roster. Beginning July […] More
NBC and MediaZone partnership offers U.S. Audiences Broadband Coverage Of Wimbledon
Written on June 26, 2006 at 10:28 am, by SVG Staff
For the first time in the U.S., the Tennis championships at Wimbledon will be available through extensive broadband coverage. MediaZone, the official Worldwide Broadband Partner of Wimbledon, will partner with […] More
Future of wireless audio/video at mercy of Senate Commerce subcommittee
Written on June 22, 2006 at 6:22 pm, by SVG Staff
By Ken Kerschbaumer The U.S. Senate Commerce subcommittee met on Thursday afternoon for full committee markup of S.2686, the Communications, Consumers Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006. After an […] More
ABC Sports expands tech for NBA Finals
Written on June 22, 2006 at 5:02 pm, by SVG Staff
By Ken Kerschbaumer The 2006 NBA season came to a conclusion this week but some of the technologies that ABC Sports used during its production of the Miami Heat championship […] More
Euro1080 Uses Modulus Video encoders for World Cup Coverage
Written on June 22, 2006 at 3:48 pm, by SVG Staff
Modulus Video’s ME6000 High Definition MPEG-4/AVC video encoder has been purchased by Euro1080, Europe’s first HDTV media company and installed at Euro1080’s broadcast operations headquarters in Belgium, to support a […] More
TV Azteca gets World Cup kicks with Miranda
Written on June 22, 2006 at 1:22 pm, by SVG Staff
TV Azteca, one of the largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world, has selected Miranda s HDV and HD-SDI interfacing for the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer broadcasts […] More
Sony XDCAM HD survives Land Rover G4 Challenge
Written on June 22, 2006 at 9:34 am, by SVG Staff
The first European production to use the XDCAM HD professional disc format the Land Rover G4 Challenge has been declared a success by BHP Sport, the crew tasked with the […] More
BSkyB taps Snell, Omneon for HD service
Written on June 22, 2006 at 9:31 am, by SVG Staff
BSkyB — operator of the UK’s largest digital television platform — has purchased seven Snell & Wilcox MEMPHIS encoders to master content for its new HD services. BSkyB will use […] More
B2 Networks, USHL intro “B2 Power Play”
Written on June 22, 2006 at 8:40 am, by SVG Staff
B2 Networks and the United States Hockey League today announced the introduction of “B2 Power Play”, a new service that will provide complete coverage of USHL action to fans on […] More