SVG SportSound Year in Review: COVID Continued To Drive Innovation
2021 was supposed to be the year that wasn’t 2020. Instead, it became the year that broadcast-sports audio learned to live with COVID. More
Recent Posts by Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Tech Focus: Bodypacks, Part 1 — Wireless Transmitters Reflect RF-Industry Challenges
They’re small and getting smaller. They’re designed to be virtually invisible. They’re light enough to be measured in ounces and grams instead of pounds and kilos. But wireless bodypack transmitters […] More
New AIMS Working Group Aims To Improve Education, Training for IP-Media Professionals
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced in December that it is forming an Education Working Group focused specifically on education and training to expand the pool of industry […] More
Audio-Technica Readies Its Entry Into the Immersive-Microphone Market
The slim but increasingly important pro-audio sector of immersive microphones is about to get one bigger. Audio-Technica’s prototype 8.0 Microphone Concept, which has been in a testing phase with the […] More
SVG Summit Recap: DTV Audio Group Workshop Explores Audio Production & Distribution in the Modern Age
Like much of the rest of this year, the annual DTV Audio Group event (Dec. 13) at The SVG Summit in the New York Hilton (Dec. 13-14) was smaller and […] More
Li.LAC Microphone Disinfector Offers Tool for the COVID Era
Live sports production is mostly back to normal, but COVID-related cautions remain in place. That includes disinfecting often-handled equipment, particularly handheld and lavalier microphones. That process has been largely manual […] More
PAMA Mark Brunner Scholarship Enters Its Second Year
The Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA), in partnership with Shure Inc., offers the Mark Brunner Professional Audio Scholarship annually to students worldwide who are pursuing an education in professional audio. […] More
SVG Summit Technology Showcase Preview, Part 3
The 2021 SVG Summit is fast approaching and will host the largest exhibit of sports-specific production gear. In the days leading up to the Summit, SVG is highlighting the Technology […] More
Tech Focus: Immersive Audio, Part 3 — Consoles Evolve as Software-Based Solutions
Broadcast audio consoles are the foundational work surfaces for immersive sound on television: no one will be mixing 7.1.4 “in the box” anytime soon. The industry is in the midst […] More
Next-Gen A1s: Broadcast Sports Faces a Supply-Chain Crisis
Amidst an unprecedented labor challenge — aka the “Great Resignation,” as workers from all walks of employment reconsider work during the pandemic — broadcast-sports audio’s biggest long-term challenge continues to […] More