Monthly Archives: March 2008
MLB on Fox Ups Audio Ante
Written on March 27, 2008 at 12:49 pm, by SVG Staff
By Dan Daley SVG Audio Editor Fox Sports this year will broadcast all of its MLB on Fox telecasts in HD and Peteris Saltans, an audio mixer for FOX Sports […] More
Sure Shot adds 40-foot HD unit
Written on March 27, 2008 at 12:24 pm, by SVG Staff
By Carl Lindemann New Middletown, Ohio-based Sure Shot transmission has launched the Natalie Michele, a 40-foot High Definition production/Ku truck with expando. The truck is a near-twin to Sure Shot’s […] More
Thomson Grass Valley Aurora Craft designed to meet busy sports, newsroom needs
Written on March 26, 2008 at 2:47 pm, by SVG Staff
By Ken Kerschbaumer Busy sports desks and sports network newsrooms will have a new option for editing with the introduction of Aurora Craft at NAB. It’s the newest editing platform […] More
BBC lands Wimbledon for five more years; matches available on demand via Internet for a week
Written on March 26, 2008 at 10:32 am, by SVG Staff
By Kevin Hilton SVG Europe correspondent The BBC has secured another significant sports broadcasting contract, extending its relationship with the All England Club for coverage of Wimbledon tennis for a […] More
Euro 2008 football championships goes “lightly compressed” HD via Media Links
Written on March 26, 2008 at 10:25 am, by SVG Staff
By Kevin Hilton SVG Europe editor Broadcast preparations are underway for the Euro 2008 football championships, which begin on June 7, with Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR id e suisse […] More
WAPA San Juan goes distance for 10K race with MRC, Link
Written on March 26, 2008 at 10:03 am, by SVG Staff
WAPA-TV in San Juan PR used MRC and Link technology to make television history by providing, for the first time, complete live race coverage of the 10th Annual World’s Best […] More
Some DirecTV viewers out of luck for Sox/A’s from Japan
Written on March 25, 2008 at 4:45 pm, by SVG Staff
The Associated Press reports that some fans who got up early to watch the Red Sox season opener against Oakland ended up seeing nothing at all because of problems at […] More
ESPN Acquires Girls’ High School Basketball Site Hoopgurlz.com
Written on March 25, 2008 at 4:03 pm, by SVG Staff
ESPN has acquired HoopGurlz.com a girls’ high school basketball website. HoopGurlz.com is solely dedicated to the coverage of high-school girls’ basketball and women’s college-basketball prospects. The site provides an independent […] More
Tandberg launches new IRD
Written on March 25, 2008 at 11:47 am, by SVG Staff
Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group, is launching a new professional integrated receiver decoder (IRD) range which will be on display in its booth #SU4210 at the NAB Show […] More
Burke Magnus promoted to ESPN SVP, college sports programming
Written on March 25, 2008 at 11:33 am, by SVG Staff
Burke Magnus has been promoted to ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming. Chuck Gerber, who has served numerous capacities with ESPN since 1993, most recently executive vice president, college […] More