Monthly Archives: June 2008
New UVA Scoreboard Offers Three Times The Fun For Fan
Written on June 26, 2008 at 10:48 am, by SVG Staff
By Carolyn Braff The University of Virginia’s Scott Stadium is known for its unique vertical scoreboard but for the 2009 season, Cavaliers supporters will have a lot more to cheer […] More
SVGU Q&A: UConn Huskies Bite Into Streaming
Written on June 26, 2008 at 10:40 am, by SVG Staff
The University of Connecticut has always been known as a basketball powerhouse, but with the recent success of its football team, the demand for online content is rising. That demand […] More
Olympic trials feature Daktronics boards
Written on June 26, 2008 at 9:59 am, by SVG Staff
The University of Oregon purchased a new light emitting diode (LED) video and scoring system and custom sound system for Hayward Field, designed and manufactured by Daktronics . The LED […] More
EuroCup IBC Moves to Generator Power
Written on June 26, 2008 at 9:43 am, by SVG Staff
By Ken Kerschbaumer After Wednesday’s power outage during the Germany/Turkey match UEFA Media Technologies says the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) will switch immediately to generator power to prevent a repeat […] More
EuroCup IBC Knocked Off Air By Violent Storms; Swiss, Al-Jazeera Only Networks Unaffected
Written on June 25, 2008 at 6:56 pm, by SVG Staff
Germany’s 3-2 win over Turkey in the European Championship semifinal was a thriller, but very few fans outside the ground in Switzerland saw it, either in victorious Germany or gloomy […] More
Rental Express Video selects FOR-A’s HANABI switcher for HD Flypack
Written on June 25, 2008 at 12:15 pm, by SVG Staff
Rental Express Video, a video production rental house in San Francisco, recently purchased FOR-A’s HVS-3800HS HANABI switcher to build the city’s first HD flypack as part of the company’s expansion […] More
SVG welcomes back Ikegami, Tandberg, NewTek
Written on June 25, 2008 at 9:15 am, by SVG Staff
SVG would like to announce that Ikegami has upgraded to a premier sponsor of Sports Video Group. SVG also welcomes back Tandberg Television, as they have renewed as a corporate […] More
Season Tickets or HDTV? Fans Face A Choice And HD May Be Winning
Written on June 25, 2008 at 8:25 am, by SVG Staff
By Dan Daley High-definition picture and 5.1 surround audio might be pulling people out of the seats at sports stadiums. In an interview with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota […] More
Chyron lands El Salvador network deal
Written on June 25, 2008 at 8:22 am, by SVG Staff
Telecorporaci n Salvadore a (TCS), a television network based in El Salvador, has purchased an LEX2 with Lyric PRO advanced creation and playout application. The installation was completed by Chyron’s […] More
Universal Sports Points To Niche-Based Future
Written on June 24, 2008 at 2:03 pm, by SVG Staff
By Carolyn Braff NBC’s foray into 24-hour Olympic Sports coverage – by means of its partnership with World Championship Sports Network to create Universal Sports – has industry implications that […] More