Monthly Archives: August 2008
Panasonic P2 HD Equipment Captures the Passion of the First HD Olympics
Written on August 29, 2008 at 2:13 pm, by SVG Staff
From U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps s eight Gold Medal wins to Jamaica s dominance on the track, all of the events ups and downs at the Beijing 2008 […] More
MLB To Start Instant-Replay Review of Home Runs
Written on August 29, 2008 at 11:17 am, by SVG Staff
By Andrew Lippe Major League Baseball has implemented instant-replay in order to resolve disputed home-run calls — deciding whether a home-run ball is fair or foul, whether it has left […] More
CBS Sports Is Set To Go All-HD for NFL
Written on August 29, 2008 at 9:55 am, by SVG Staff
By Carl Lindemann At CBS Sports, this season s NFL football coverage will mark the last in the transition to end-to-end HD. According to Ken Aagaard, EVP of Engineering, Operations […] More
Venue News and Notes: Beijing to Baltimore
Written on August 29, 2008 at 9:50 am, by SVG Staff
Venue news this week ranged from breakdowns in Beijing to startups in Baltimore, Louisville, and London. Here are some snapshots from this week’s top arena, stadium and venue news. Beginning […] More
Comcast Sets Subscriber Bandwidth Limit
Written on August 29, 2008 at 9:46 am, by SVG Staff
Multichannel News reports that Comcast will cap Internet usage of its broadband subscribers at 250 Gigabytes per month—a very large amount of data, the equivalent of 62,500 digital songs—starting Oct. […] More
DOJ Files Suit Against Raycom
Written on August 29, 2008 at 9:26 am, by SVG Staff
The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Raycom Media Inc. on Thursday because the company hasn’t yet sold its Richmond, Va., CBS affiliate following the company’s acquisition […] More
Inside the Front Office: Joe Castiglione, AD, University of Oklahoma
Written on August 28, 2008 at 4:47 pm, by SVG Staff
By Carolyn Braff The University of Oklahoma is home to one of the nation s most successful athletic programs, so fan demand for Sooner content is never satisfied. For director […] More
ESPN360.com Inks Expanded Deal for Italian Serie A Soccer
Written on August 28, 2008 at 4:31 pm, by SVG Staff
ESPN360.com, the broadband sports television network from ESPN, has reached a new, expanded agreement to bring U.S. soccer fans another of the world’s top International soccer competitions – Italy’s Serie […] More
SVG-U Q&A: Rick Church, Director of Sports Broadcasting, Michigan State
Written on August 28, 2008 at 3:06 pm, by SVG Staff
When exclusive TV contracts restrict a school s ability to broadcast as many events as it would like to, sports broadcasting directors turn their energies elsewhere, like the inside of […] More
Pac-10 Teams Score Competitive Insight with BlueArc Storage Solution
Written on August 28, 2008 at 2:27 pm, by SVG Staff
As college football season kicks off, BlueArc Corporation has announced that the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) has expanded the use of its BlueArc Titan storage solution housed at the University of […] More