Top Story

MLS Cup Moves to Primetime, With Equipment Complement to Match


This Saturday, Major League Soccer’s MLS Cup will, for the first time, be seen in primetime — and will be covered by 19 cameras. Shifting from daytime on ABC to primetime on ESPN certainly means less football competition for the MLS Championship game, but the Hollywood storylines and upgraded equipment arsenal should be enough to [...]

Read more
Latest Headlines

Fox Sports Flying High After NFL Pre-Game Show From Afghanistan


Thanks to strong teamwork by Fox Sports, Armed Forces Entertainment, and volunteers and staffers at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, Fox Sports broadcast the Nov. 7 edition of its NFL Pre-Game Show from the base.
“For me, this was the most engaging and rewarding remote production I was ever part of,” says Michael Davies, VP [...]

Read more

Venue News & Notes: Kauffman Stadium To Host 2012 All-Star Game


The Kansas City Royals and Kauffman Stadium will reportedly play host to the 2012 MLB All-Star Game. Comcast SportsNet New England reported the news on its site this week, stating that an official announcement could come as early as next month’s league’s Winter Meetings. The Boston Red Sox, which hosted the event in 1999, had [...]

Read more

VISTA Satellite Communications Renews with SVG


The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce that Vista Satellite Communications has renewed its corporate sponsorship. Founded in 1988, VISTA Satellite Communications, Inc., “networks the world,” transmitting clients’ messages to and from anywhere on the globe.

Read more

Fast Forward Video Re-Ups with SVG


The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce that Fast Forward Video has renewed its corporate sponsorship. Since 1985, Fast Forward Video has been at the forefront in digital video recording technology.
FFV was the first company to incorporate digital computer technology into professional video applications, the first to incorporate random access disk storage into a [...]

Read more

Token Creek Renews with SVG


The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce that Token Creek has renewed its mobile sponsorship. Token Creek Mobile Television, Inc. is one of the nation’s fastest-growing mobile HD and digital television production companies.

Read more

More Insider Headlines

• Token Creek Renews with SVG

• EveryZing Is Now RAMP

• Orbital Sound Supplies Audio Communications for Extreme Sailing Series Asia

• Inertia Unlimited Uses nanoFlash To Make Tape Decks Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper

• ViewCast Niagara Pro II Takes Home Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award

• Liberty Sports Group Renamed DirecTV Sports Networks

• JVC 3D HD LCD Monitors Used in Immersive Visualization System

• Pennsylvania SportsFever Network Brings Division II to TV

• Henry Hand Ball Leads to Call for FIFA To Embrace Replay

• Turner Studios Doubles Up on Abekas Mira Servers

• Fox College Sports, FSN Jam in Paradise

• GlobeCast Revs Up for FIM Superbike World Championships

• HOF 2009: Dick Enberg, NBC/CBS Broadcaster

• Brazil’s D2 Video Produções Turns to Grass Valley

• Carr to Drive Bexel ASG Pro Audio Sales


>>More Headlines

Latest Sportswire Headlines

TCU Students to Produce Games for The Mtn.


The Mtn.—MountainWest Sports Network added six TCU women’s college basketball games to its 2009-10 broadcast schedule, in conjunction with the TCU Film/Television/Digital Media Department.
Students from the department will be responsible for all facets of the game production, with the regional sports network providing the broadcast platform.
The games are: Louisiana Monroe at TCU, Tuesday, Dec. 1, [...]

Read more

1.25M Buys for Pacquiao-Cotto


Manny Pacquiao’s 12th-round technical knockout of Miguel Cotto in their welterweight title bout Saturday night drew 1.25 million buys and earned $70 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue for Top Rank, Dan Rafael of ESPN.com reports.
Cable accounted for 650,000 of the PPV buys, while satellite-TV services contributed 600,000.
For the complete story, click here.

Read more

Musburger, Herbstreit to Smell the Roses


ESPN/ABC announced that its top announcing team of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit will call both the Rose Bowl Jan. 1 and the Bowl Championship Series final game from the Rose Bowl Jan. 7, Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports.
On ESPN Radio, Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, and Todd Blackledge will call the Rose Bowl and [...]

Read more

Analysts or Psycho-Analysts?


Are ESPN’s Herman Edwards and Mark Schlereth National Football League analysts, or psychologists, Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News wonders.
Edwards on New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan: “His team sensed he was sincere. If I’m a defensive player, I get it. I understand where that coach is coming from. All of a [...]

Read more

Curtis Granderson to Share Stadium Secrets


Detroit Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson will host Authentic Entertainment’s Stadium Secrets, in which he will bring viewers behind-the-scenes at various ballparks, Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News reports.
Authentic also produces Food Network’s Ace of Cakes and Bravo’s Flipping Out.
For the complete story, click here.

Read more

More Sportswire Headlines

• Solid Job by NFL Network

• Marv Albert vs. 50 Cent?

• 2011 Return for AFL?

• A Real Tweet from the BCS

• Several NFL Players Join MogoTXT Roster

• Fox Sports Net Soft-Launches Local Sports Sites

• Coors Light, TiVo Reach NFL Time-Shifting Pact

• Versus Hires Junior Seau for Sports Jobs

• Wie’s First Win Scores for Golf Channel

• Selig: MLB Will Tighten Postseason Schedule

• Field Set for 2010 SNY Invitational Presented by MetroPCS

• 22.4M See Colts Rebound to Top Patriots

• Wake Up the Rooster for Tip-Off

• Gruden Not a Great Analyst Yet, But So What?

• College Football Surging for CBS, ABC


>>More Headlines

Sports Technology News Ticker

Latest Techwire Posts

SVG Blog Archives

Latest Blog Posts

  • Sponsor Microsite Spotlight

  • Sponsor Microsites

  • SVG Audible

  • Hall of Fame

  • Sponsors

Join SVG Today:
SVG’s goal is simple: to bring the entire sports industry closer together so that it can more effectively share information about best practices and new technologies that impact the industry. Your SVG membership will enable you to benefit from our continued educational opportunities, valuable event discounts, as well as multiple print and online resources. Click here for details
Become an SVG Sponsor:
The SVG has a variety of sponsorship options to meet the outreach and marketing needs of virtually every sports industry organization. Find out more about our range of industry-supported activities, and discover how your company can support the sports video industry. Click here for details