Major League Baseball fans will have more chances than ever to catch their favorites teams in HD as more than 3,000 MLB games will be telecast in HD via regional cable networks, local TV stations, and national networks. According to a survey of local TV stations and regional cable networks by the Sports Video Group [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
When FSN Southwest, the Dallas Mavericks, Pace 3D and the NBA worked together earlier this week for a digital cinema viewing of Tuesday’s game in 3D HD they did more than prove the technology is suitable for a regular season game: they also proved that 3D HD can be delivered via satellite using [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
While the biggest change internally at ESPN News HD will be the move to
tapeless workflows (for more info see ESPN News HD Goes Tapeless story) the biggest change for viewers will be the
“sideline”: a sidepanel to the left of the 4:3 image that will offer a
wealth of statistics and graphics information. Chris Pelcynski, [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Regional Fox Sports Networks (FSN) across the country will be offering viewers more chances to catch their favorite MLB team in HD. For starters Mobile TV Group is building new 48-foot HD production units to meet demand for lower-cost productions (especially for visiting-team networks). FSN is also deploying more Inertia Unlimited X-mo super [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
This Sunday morning ESPN flips the switch on ESPN News HD, integrating what had been a Digital Betacam tape-based network into the massive ESPN Digital Center architecture that is based around Quantel editing systems and servers. “They will adapt the same proven workflow we use for ESPN and ESPN2,” says Mitch Rymanowski, ESPN [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Google lost the 700 MHz spectrum auction to AT&T and Verizon last week and by week’s end they had an even more innovative proposal to the FCC: give Google white space spectrum for free and make the world a better place. AT&T and Verizon, who laid out a combined $16 billion for 700MHz [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Red Sox nation headed to Japan this week as New England Sports Network descended into Tokyo and worked with NHK to cover the opening game of the season between the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics this morning. And while the debate over New England clam chowder vs, unagi rages on Mike Narracci, [...]

By Andrew Lippe

By Ken Kerschbaumer
The team at Major League Baseball International is used to working through international cultural (not to mention technical) differences but the trip to China and Japan, which culminates in the first game of the season tomorrow morning when the Boston Red Sox play the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome, has the team [...]

Verizon Wireless and AT&T won most of the spectrum in the FCC's 700 MHz auction, according to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.
Verizon's
Wireless bid $9.6 billion to grab a large block of valuable spectrum,
bolstering its nationwide network and positioning it to roll out
next-generation, high-speed wireless infrastructure known as LTE.
AT&T bid $6.6 billion to grab spectrum that will [...]

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