By Kevin Hilton SVG Europe editor The UK's newest horse racing course, Great Leighs has expanded its video capabilities with facilities provided by outside broadcast and uplinking company SIS Live. Races from the east of England venue are already being...

By Kevin Hilton SVG Europe editor France's national high definition platform went on air this week with HD channels from leading broadcasters, including TF1, France 2 and M6. Sport is a major part of the mix on TNT HD, the...

Lee County, FL, is bidding to lure the Red Sox away from Sarasota County. Commissioners in Lee County have set aside $80 million to build a 12,000-seat stadium emulating Fenway Park. ...Commissioners in Lee County, FL, set aside $80 million...

By Carolyn Braff On Sunday morning, nearly 40,000 runners will take over the streets of the five boroughs of New York for the 39th running of the New York City Marathon, and a broadcasting team nearly 200-strong is running its...

F&F Productions and Filmwerks International have joined Sports Video Group as mobile sponsors. Filmwerks International provides generators, climate control solutions and on site lighting to various sporting events. F&F Productions has provided HD mobile production units for the World Series...

By Ken Kerschbaumer The Sports Video Group hosted the first-annual Sports Venue Technology Summit earlier this week in Kansas City, MO. Architects from such firms as 360 Architecture, HOK Sport, Ellerbe Becket, and HNTB Architecture had an opportunity to learn...

By Ken KerschbaumerThe NBA and Turner Sports officially launched their tighter relationship this week when NBA TV began its season, broadcasting out of Turner facilities in Atlanta. The move required new HD buildouts in Atlanta, as well as new workflows...

By Andrew Lippe The NFL's Carolina Panthers, with the help of SE Systems and Norm Getz and Associates , recently upgraded the video and audio control rooms in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte , NC to high definition. “We...

By Andrew Lippe IMS Productions is providing HD mobile units for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. IMSP’s HD 1 unit is being used this season; the HD 2 is under construction to Pacer specifications for launch next season. It will be...

By Carolyn Braff In the spirit of its renewed dedication to live event coverage, CBS College Sports Network is going miked up this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Navy football hosts Temple for the U.S. Naval Academy’s Senior Day, and Navy...

By Carolyn Braff Syracuse University is renowned for graduating top-notch play-by-play announcers from its Newhouse School of Communications, but most of its now-famous graduates practiced their skills on radio broadcasts, not television. Four years ago, Andy Robinson, a 26-year veteran...

By Kevin Hilton SVG Europe editor The UK broadcasting licensing body Ofcom has underlined the importance of sport to the future of high definition in its plans for bringing the technology to the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform. The regulator...

JVC has appointed James Matheson as sales manager, IP Products for the company’s Eastern Region. In his new position, Mr. Matheson will be responsible for identifying and securing new business relationships with key integrators, provide product training on IP/V.Networks products...

Mitsubishi has unveiled The Mitsubishi LaserVue 65" HDTV model. The LaserVue delivers two times the color of many of today's HDTVs, and also uses exponentially less power than LCD and plasma TVs. The newest Mitsubishi LaserVue laser televisions model is...

ESPN has reached two new agreements, with Setanta Sports and IMG Sports Media, to expand the network’s broadband coverage of global soccer. The Setanta sports deal brings live coverage of England’s Football League and Carling Cup Tournaments, while the IMG...

Audio-Technica debuts a straight-cable option for its ATH-M50 professional studio monitor headphones. The ATH-M50s headphones were created for end users who prefer straight-cable professional studio headphones for tracking and other applications. The ATH-M50s professional studio monitor headphones, with a single-sided...

Panasonic’s new AV-HS400A multi-format HD/SD live production switcher is now available with features like built-in MultiViewer image preview, full 10-bit HD processing, an expandable HD/SD architecture with 3D digital effects and more. Also two additional I/O option cards further expands...

by Carolyn Braff When transitioning a college athletic department's video operations from standard-definition to high-definition, choosing a camera may not be the first thing a director does, but it can be the most important. To assist in this process, SVG-U...

A group of U.S. senators sent NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a letter Tuesday expressing continued concern over what they consider the exclusionary nature of showing select games on the NFL Network. The letter, obtained by The New York Times, was...

The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame is the newest sports-related Hall of Fame to join forces with the Sports Museum of America (SmA). The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame honors sports TV industry leaders both in front of and behind...