By Ken Kerschbaumer
More than 85 New York-based media executives attended the “Baseball 2007: Using Media & Technology to Enhance The Fan Experience” breakfast on March 28. Presented by the New York Media Information Exchange Group in association with SVG and Chyron, leading industry executives from across the MLB spectrum discussed the new ways fans are [...]

The Wireless Innovation Act of 2007 was officially rolled out yesterday by Senator Jay Inslee (D-WA). The act, which calls for opening up White Spaces spectrum to unlicensed devices, poses a threat to the wireless microphone and audio industry as well as over-the-air DTV reception. The Microphone Interests Coalition immediately fired back. “For existing services [...]

By Kevin Hilton
SVG European Correspondent
British broadcast regulator Ofcom announced Tuesday that is to investigate the UK Pay TV market, including BSkyB's dominance of the satellite sector and its ambitions in digital terrestrial television (DTT), cable and delivery over DSL. The inquiry comes after Ofcom received a submission from a number of Sky's rivals, including Setanta [...]

By Carl Lindemann
SVG Digital Media correspondent
Last year CBS Sportsline’s March Madness on Demand (MMOD) online streamcast for out-of-market games switched over from a paid subscription service to an advertising model. The changeover was a success, and this year’s initial indications show that this will likely set the standard for online distribution of marquee events.
In 2005, [...]

Understanding tapeless workflows continues to be at the top of the list
of industry learning needs and Bexel, in conjunction with Alliance
Digital in New York City, is offering a free three-hour training
seminar to New York City-based broadcast and production industry
professionals. Click here
to learn more and to RSVP for an event that promises to dive into one
of [...]

The Sports Video Group, in conjunction with the New York Media Information Exchange Group, is hosting a breakfast event on March 28, 2007 that will dive into the 2007 season of Major League Baseball like Ozzie Smith going after a lined shot by Steve Garvey. The event is free for SVG members and sponsors and [...]

By Carl Lindemann
SVG New Media correspondent
Panasonic Broadcast is using a fleet of P2 HD solid-state memory camcorders to capture Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. This marks the first year that the entire 1,150-mile sled dog race will be recorded in high definition and the footage will be used to produce documentary features about the event. [...]

By Kevin Hilton
SVG European correspondent
The arrival of video replay technology in international football came a step closer at the weekend when the International Football Association Board (IFAB) set out guidelines for future experiments in the use of goal-line technology.
The IFAB, keeper of the laws of the game of football, was meeting in Manchester, England to [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Move over MediaFLO, there's a new mobile video service in town. Well, sort of. Modeo, a division of Crown Castle International, had its official coming out party last night in Manhattan, launching a trial of the service in the New York City area that will deliver video at 30 frames per second over [...]

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