Recent Posts by Will Strauss, Contributing Editor
By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Monday, May 14, 2018 - 5:59 am
Swisscom will use Rohde & Schwarz encoding technology to help it to provide Ultra High Definition (UHD) coverage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Working with Swiss public broadcaster […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Monday, May 14, 2018 - 5:46 am
While the main innovation FIFA TV is providing for Russia is a 64-match UHD with HDR feed, there is an equally extensive VR production for the tournament. For the first […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Monday, May 14, 2018 - 5:17 am
In addition to Russia, which qualified automatically as the host nation, a total of 13 places were available for European teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. TV coverage by […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Sunday, May 13, 2018 - 8:51 am
This year’s FIFA World Cup finals will be the 14th consecutive tournament that both the BBC and ITV will cover jointly. But, for the first time, the two broadcasters will […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 1:08 pm
The World Snooker Championships is the richest and most prestigious tournament in snooker. First played in 1927, and part of the sport’s Triple Crown, it is worth £425,000 to the […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Friday, March 23, 2018 - 7:00 am
“The first idea was to fly an OB van up the mountain using a helicopter. But it was too heavy. We had no chance. We couldn’t get insurance anyway. And […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 2:35 pm
For producers of sports-related video content, having compelling match action to cover is hugely important, yet it is a factor that they cannot directly control. Even with an unlimited budget, […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 1:51 am
Eurosport has kitted out 17 presentation studios around the world and constructed a mobile digital studio to help it cover the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The presentation studios […]
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Monday, January 29, 2018 - 8:19 am
Every round of the British Diving Championships was shown live for the first time this weekend (Jan. 26-28) when streamed coverage was made available via the British Swimming YouTube channel.
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By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor | Monday, January 8, 2018 - 2:56 pm
Hawk-Eye Innovations’ SMART replay system was an integral part of the technology set-up on Monday as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was trialled in a competitive club football match in […]
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