By Ken Kerschbaumer The Sports Emmys are typically a time when the industry gets together to share the love but last night’s ceremony, held in Rose Hall in New York City’s Time Warner center, was also about sharing the awards as three categories had multiple winners, including Outstanding Technical Team Remote, which went to both [...]
Comcast MLB VOD gives San Francisco, Chicago fans new viewing options
April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Carolyn Braff
By Andrew Lippe KJZZ Salt Lake City UT, local broadcasting home of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, is, for the first time, broadcasting all Utah Jazz playoff games in high definition. The move is the result of an ongoing renovation at KJZZ to go full HD and, eventually, will result in all Jazz NBA telecasts being [...]
NAB WrapUp: Top 10 Stories out of the Show
April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer The 2007 NAB convention didn’t offer any truly earth-shattering introductions, pointing to the maturity of HD, tapeless and IP technologies, the three dominant forces at NAB for more than a decade. Panasonic’s P2 format hit 64 GB per card, Sony’s XDCAM HD made the leap to 4:2:2, and Omneon’s ProCast is pushing [...]
3D HD Presentations Make NAB Pop
April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Carolyn Braff Of all the buzzwords crisscrossing the show floor at NAB, one seemed to pop out – 3D HD. From Missy Elliot to the Dallas Mavericks, everyone was jumping into (and out of) 3D HD, making NAB 2008 a cornerstone for a future where 3D broadcasting is a reality. “It was a really [...]
NBA Expands SGI Ties
April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Carolyn Braff Digitizing every frame of footage ever filmed by the NBA is no small task, but at NAB, data processing giant SGI proved that it is not only up to the task, but it has exceeded expectations. SGI has announced a multiyear extension of its relationship with the NBA to expand the NBA [...]
ESPN’s West Coast facility, L.A. Live, will be based around Sony high-definition television technology, including three Sony MVS-8000G production switchers and 10 HDC-1500 studio cameras. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the four-million square foot complex will have two studios and is expected to be completed in 2009. It will give ESPN a much-needed presence on [...]
NeuLion powers NHL Postseason broadband service
April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Andrew Lippe
By Carolyn Braff For the past 10 years, Steve Paino has been referring clients to the best local crewers across the country. In the last six months, he’s made his own job a whole lot easier. “We constantly get calls from clients who use us in Philadelphia asking who’s the best crewer in Arizona or [...]
By Carl Lindemann and Andrew Lippe
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