NHL Winter Classic Gets New Sound for the New Year
The eighth NHL Winter Classic game that took place Jan. 1 at Gillette Stadium near Boston didn’t offer the same challenges as previous outdoor hockey games, with nary a snowflake […] More
Recent Posts tagged with 5.1 surround sound
Wireless Association Aims To Simplify Home Surround Sound
A regular lament among broadcast-sports-audio folks is that, even as discrete 5.1 surround sound has become ubiquitous, its effect is diluted, if not erased, by incorrect home-audio setups, particularly those […] More
More Resources, More Choices for BCS Championship Game Director Derek Mobley
By James Fisher, SVG Correspondent For ESPN on ABC’s Saturday Night Football, director Derek Mobley usually has 18-21 cameras covering the action. Tonight, when he directs ESPN’s HD production of […] More
Trucks, Trailers, and Extra-Wide Sidelines: ESPN Settles in at Sun Life Stadium for BCS Championship
By James Fisher, SVG Correspondent On New Year’s Day, an ESPN crew produced coverage of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. Tonight, after a quick cross-country trek, the same crew will […] More
The Granddaddy of Them All, BCS Title Game Get More Sound Than You Can Shake A Stick At
If anyone needed further proof of the elevated status of college football in today’s sports landscape, then they need look no further than the 2013 Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) and […] More
Surround Sound: In a Mostly 5.1 World, Mics Are Still Mostly 1.0
Discrete 5.1 surround audio is now the standard for sports on network television. The continued growth of home theater ensures that more viewers will want to listen in 5.1, which […] More
Turner, Fox Gear Up for MLB Postseason Sound
It’s that time of the year again, and the MLB postseason games have expanded once more: a new wildcard-playoff round starts with the American League game on Oct. 5. And […] More
Olympic-Audio Production Is ‘Practical Research Project’
Audio played a big part in the success of the London Olympics. Here’s what a pair of audio suppliers have to say about how it was done. Tim Carroll, president […] More
Cumulus Propels Sports Radio Into 5.1 Era
Cumulus Media seems to want to do for 5.1-surround audio on radio what ESPN has done for it on television. The nation’s second-largest owner and operator of AM and FM […] More
LTS 2011: DTV Audio Workshop Touches All the Bases of Digital Workflow
By the time the SVG League Technology Summit’s audio workshop got under way on Dec. 12, more than 50 attendees were ready to hear ideas on how to streamline audio […] More