New York Festivals Television & Film Awards, honoring the “World’s Best Work,” has announced the 2010 competition finalists.  The Grand Jury, comprised of award-winning television and film professionals, selected finalists from 29 countries around the globe.  All finalists will go on to a second round of judging, with different criteria to determine the prestigious Grand [...]

The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce that CP Communications and Globecast have renewed their sponsorships. CP Communications, a mobile/integrator sponsor, is a leading source for the rental of production communications equipment and services. GlobeCast, a corporate sponsor, is a global provider of content management and transmission services for professional broadcast delivery.

SMPTE Fellow Mark Schubin treated New York City technologists to an overview of the Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat that was held in Palm Springs, CA during February, 2010. “The unofficial motto is ‘someone will be there who knows the answer,’” says Schubin of the event that drew more than 450 attendees. “There are more [...]

The SEC will take the leap into HD instant replay, after agreeing to become the first BCS conference to implement XOS Digital’s HD replay system. The new HD system will be installed at every SEC school before the start of the 2010 football season.
XOS will provide the actual replay system as well as any fiber-infrastructure [...]

While Indianapolis, host of the Final Four, may be the center of this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, SportsMEDIA Technology Corp.’s data operations center (DOC) in Durham, NC, is the lifeline. For the 12th straight year, every statistic, clock, and score pertaining to all 65 games will flow through the DOC before being sent on to [...]

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Many of the top mobile production companies in the US are helping to televise this year’s 2010 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament for CBS Sports, ESPN, and Fox Sports with a variety of HD trucks carrying the latest Grass Valley video production switchers. Some will use Grass Valley HD cameras and routers [...]

The Mass Communications at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University has installed two new video studios designed and implemented by systems integrator Visual Sound and outfitted with a host of Panasonic equipment.  The studios feature four Panasonic native 1080i AK-HC3500 2/3” 2.2M 3-CCD HD cameras, AV-HS450N and AV-HS400A multi-format HD/SD live switchers, four AJ-HPM110 P2 Mobile HD recorder/players [...]

MIRA Mobile drove its new M-9HD 53-foot trailer with 51-foot expanding side to Vancouver for coverage of the 2010 Winter Games in February. Also on hand for MIRA were a host of Fujinon lenses, including one Fujinon XA101×8.9BESM super telephoto field lens with image stabilization, six Fujinon XA88×8.8BESM telephoto HD lenses, two Fujinon HA22×7.8BERM ENG [...]

Harris has signed an agreement that appoints SCMS as the exclusive dealer of Harris PR&E studio systems and consoles for the U.S. radio broadcast industry.  The agreement also confirms SCMS as the main U.S. dealer for Harris radio transmission sales.  Harris will continue to provide the majority of field service and technical support for its [...]

For the 13th year in a row, a broad range of Audio-Technica microphones was selected to outfit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. A-T supplied over 50 mics to capture the audio for the March 15 event at New York’s Waldorf Astoria, which was broadcast live on Fuse.
The 25th annual ceremony included [...]

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