Kevin Hilton began his journalism career in radio and counts among his few sport reports a piece in the early 1980s about the now English Championship league football club Plymouth Argyle. Moving into magazine work during the mid-1980s Hilton freelanced for a number of video software and music titles before becoming staff writer on Pro Sound News Europe. He later moved on to Broadcast Systems International before taking over the editor's position at Sound & Communications Systems. He went freelance again in 1993 and has written for a range of technology, broadcast and home cinema publications, including Television Broadcast Europe, Flipside, Focus, the Guardian newspaper, Audio Media and Pro Sound News. Hilton became www.sportvideo.org's Europe correspondent/editor in 2006 and while still not an ardent sports fan he finds some fascination in listening to people taking time out of their Saturday evenings to argue about football on BBC Radio Five Live.
Recent Posts by Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent
By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:59 pm
Television coverage of major international sports events like the World Cup and the Olympics generates huge amounts of video footage, which is often difficult or time-consuming to search through and […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Friday, May 21, 2010 - 12:58 pm
The French Open gets under way at Stade Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday May 23, with television coverage in both HD and 3D. Orange and France Télévisions’ stereoscopic transmissions […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 9:01 am
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is a little more than three weeks away, and broadcast teams are already heading to South Africa to prepare for the first match between the […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Friday, May 14, 2010 - 1:00 pm
The FA Cup Final takes place tomorrow at Wembley Stadium and will be available for the first time in high definition on the Freeview platform. The last big competition of […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Friday, April 30, 2010 - 11:10 am
Televised sport regularly draws in massive audiences today but 25 years ago, 18.5 million viewers in the United Kingdom tuned in for a snooker match that dragged on after midnight. […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Friday, April 30, 2010 - 11:06 am
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB is preparing to move to full tapeless production by August 2011, with its new Harlequin 1 broadcast centre in west London designed to work with file-based […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Friday, April 23, 2010 - 1:48 pm
Television coverage of this Sunday’s (April 25) London Marathon looks set to go ahead as planned, after the ban on flying in most UK airspace was lifted late on Tuesday. […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Friday, April 9, 2010 - 12:37 pm
As Sky approaches its second weekend of 3D Premier League football coverage and European facilities launch services to support the technology, the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project has announced a […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 12:44 pm
Pan-Europe facilities company Euro Media Group (EMG) has added special cameras to its portfolio of services by buying Aerial Camera Systems (ACS). The acquisition was made through EMG’s first UK […]
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By Kevin Hilton, European Correspondent | Monday, April 5, 2010 - 5:47 pm
The Grand National on April 10 will be the first UK horse race televised in high definition. Among the facilities at Aintree in Liverpool providing coverage for BBC Sport will […]
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