When it comes to creating better HD images, the often overlooked craft of lighting, continued commitment to quality lenses and cameras in an age of cellphone video, and a willingness to embrace video formats that require higher bitrates are just a few of the important considerations laid out during a session at SVG’s FutureSPORT event [...]

Full 4K live sports productions can resemble a high school science-fair project these days, but that didn’t keep the exciting promise of the technology from being the topic of conversation throughout the day when more than 200 professionals gathered on Wednesday to network and discuss the future of sports-video technology at SVG’s FutureSPORT. In the [...]

ESPN added yet another feather to its growing tennis Grand Slam cap on Thursday, inking an 11-year deal with the USTA to televise the entire US Open tournament, beginning in 2015. After 46 years on CBS Sports, the Men’s and Women’s Semifinal and Final matches will move to cable on ESPN, which now owns the complete [...]

Churchill Downs, the historic home of the Kentucky Derby, stands a whopping 150-acres. The cozy confines of Pimlico Racetrack, site of this weekend’s second jewel of the Triple Crown the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes (Saturday, NBC), is no where near the size and scope. And NBC Sports coordinating producer Rob Hyland is perfectly fine [...]

The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce that Alliance Productions, Alpha Video, and PACSAT have renewed their mobile/integrator sponsorships. Alliance Productions is a strategic collaboration of the largest group of mobile production companies covering North America. Alpha Video is a leading digital video systems dealer, integrator and provider of visual communications solutions. PACSAT is a full-service video [...]