By Andrew LippeThe Carolina Panthers will use the first Ross Vision 3 MD-X (multi-definition) production switcher for its game operations next season. As the Carolina Panthers franchise makes the transition to HD it needed a production switcher that suited their...

SIRIUS Satellite Radio has selected Grass Valley Argos MPEG-4 AVC mobile TV encoders from Thomson for deployment of its SIRIUS Backseat TV offering. The Argos MPEG-4 AVC encoder is designed to handle very low bit rates while enabling flexible frame...

The off season has been very interesting for the ABA Houston Takers. First, the announcement of the development of a new arena. Then, the hiring of new Head Coach Sam Smith. And then, the announcement about 81-year old Howard Judah,...

The Western Conference Champion Hamilton Bulldogs announced today that Games 1 and 2 of their best-of-seven Calder Cup Final series versus the Eastern Conference Champion Hershey Bears will be broadcast live on Cable 14. Game 1 will take place tomorrow...

ESPN2’s NASCAR Countdown will have a live preview of the NASCAR Busch Series race at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday from Dover International Speedway. Suzy Kolber will make her debut as host of NASCAR Countdown at Dover, joined in the ESPN...

NBCSports.com announced that sports fans can engage in an interactive television experience filled with predictive questions, polls, trivia, games and more during the 2007 NHL Stanley Cup Final on NBC. Hockey fans will be able to interact with the Stanley...

The World Series of Video Games, Presented by Intel, (WSVG), the world circuit of video game tournaments, announced it has signed a broadcast deal with CBS Sports to air extensive coverage of its 2007 season, bringing professional video game competitions...

Fox Sports International (FSI) announced the promotion of Frank Uddo to Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions for Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, and Fox Sports Latin America. Marvin Zepeda was also promoted to Director of Programming for...

The SEC & CBS-Sports Confirmed The First Nationwide Network SEC Football Game This Season Will Be The National Championship Defending Florida Gators Versus The Tennessee Volunteers From Gainesville At 3:30pm. The Game Will Be Preceeding By The Vol-Network's PreGame Radio...

Tickets for the first two games of the NBA Finals will go on sale at noon Friday. Only 500 tickets will be available for each game, San Antonio Spurs officials said. Tickets can be purchased online at spurs.com, ticketmaster.com or...

ESPN-Star Sports bagged the telecast rights of the Afro-Asia Cup after Nimbus opted out of the deal citing the absence of big names in the tournament. The Asian Cricket Council has awarded the worldwide rights for telecasting the second edition...

The Village of Glendale officially broke ground on its new international rugby stadium, Infinity Park at the Village of Glendale. The 5,000-seat stadium will be the first municipally owned rugby facility built in the United States. Glendale is the first...

2K Sports, announced that The BIGS, the over-the-top MLB title with heroically portrayed players and plays that defy physics, will feature a line-up of big name rock bands to complement the video game's super-sized gameplay. Every artist featured in the...

National City Media Finance, a division of National City Commercial Capital Company, LLC (NC-4), today announced a financing program with the Sports Video Group (SVG). National City Media Finance, a SVG corporate sponsor, will provide SVG members with customized financing...

MLB.com will air its second annual exclusive First-Year Player Draft preview show, continuing what is already the most comprehensive Draft coverage anywhere. The show, which will stream live today at 2 p.m. ET, will take a look at some of...

The Nashville Predators may be headed for Hamilton, at least temporarily. Waterloo billionaire Jim Balsillie, who has a letter of agreement to buy the Predators that closes June 30, last night re-activated an exclusive lease arrangement with Hamilton city council...

Edgar Martinez, the best designated hitter in baseball, becomes the fourth member of the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame during a special pre-game ceremony on Saturday, June 2, when the Mariners take on the Texas Rangers. The pre-game ceremony will...

Comcast announced the beginning of a massive 300-mile extension of its fiber network in 2007, expanding access to Comcast's cable television, high-speed Internet and phone services in 58 Vermont communities. Many residents of the communities benefiting from this network extension...

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final averaged 2,608,000 viewers on CBC, down from last year and less than the Toronto-Montreal regular-season finale. In 2006, the first game of the final between Edmonton and Carolina averaged 3.033 million viewers. In...

Anaheim 's 3-2 victory over Ottawa in the opener of the Stanley Cup finals got a 0.72 cable rating on Versus and was watched in 523,000 households in the United States. The rating was down 18 percent from Carolina's 5-4...