Horizon League, CSTV launch online network
October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer The Horizon League is the latest college conference to strike a deal with CSTV, using the college sports TV and broadband powerhouse to deliver more than 200 sporting events via broadband over the Horizon League Network. “Streaming is an emerging technology that works for us because it allows us to do two [...]
NHL Productions taps Avid ISIS storage for next-generation 'Hockey Factory'
October 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The National Hockey League is in the midst of not only a transformation on the ice but off the ice as well. Next August it expects to move into a new headquarters at 1186 Sixth Ave. in Manhattan, taking over five floors and consolidating its media operations, from broadcast to broadband to wireless. Even NHL [...]
A revamped SGI looks to transform image, server marketplace following bankruptcy
October 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer It was less than six months ago that SGI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move that gave the company an opportunity to step back from a reputation for ever-increasing esoteric storage and networking technologies and, instead, focus on real-world, open standards based IT server systems. This week the company re-emerged from [...]
NHL Productions taps Avid ISIS storage for next-generation 'Hockey Factory'
October 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer The National Hockey League is in the midst of not only a transformation on the ice but off the ice as well. Next August it expects to move into a new headquarters at 1186 Sixth Ave. in Manhattan, taking over five floors and consolidating its media operations, from broadcast to broadband to [...]
Borrelli Summit looks at impact of media on U.S. sports
October 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer The Louis A. Borrelli, Jr. Media Summit at the State University of New York Oswego last Friday was highlighted by a lively discussion of the impact media has on U.S. sports that featured, among others George Bodenheimer, ESPN president and Myles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. For Borrelli, CEO [...]
Stealth Camera, Super-Slo Mo Systems go deep for Fox at World Series
October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer The New York Yankees didn't even come close to making the World Series this year but at least their production truck made the cut as Game Creek's Yankee Clipper will be used alongside Dome Productions Trillium truck at Comerica Park, home of the AL champ Detroit Tigers. New Century Productions (NCP) is [...]
CBS Sports, BSI select MRC for wireless HD
October 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Andrew Lippe Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) manufacturer of video microwave systems for global television broadcast operations, will provide HD wireless transmission systems for use during CBS Sports coverage of golf tournaments beginning next January. Mike Payne, MRC VP of marketing says between 6 and 14 Link HD systems will be used at every PGA [...]
How 'bout them Cowboys? Team gains Digital Advantage via Webb Electronics
October 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer When Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Terrell Owens scored two touchdowns this past weekend it not only proved the benefit of athleticism but also technology. Week in and week out the Dallas Cowboys rely on coaching video analysis software from Webb Electronics, a Carrollton, Texas-based provider of coaching analysis software and hardware. “We're [...]
Harris, Avid help SportsCentre make HD leap
October 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer Look out ESPN: there's a new HD SportsCenter in town. Err, make that SportsCentre. Last month TSN, Canada's top sports network that broadcasts everything from NHL playoffs to NASCAR and Curling championships, flipped the HD switch on SportsCentre, making it the first daily HD newscast to be available in Canada. “We've been [...]
Xserve marks the spot for Apple
October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer The Sports Video Group received an inside-look (literally) at Apple
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