Beijing Bound: OB Trucks, Flypacks En-route For All-High Definition Olympics
June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer and Andrew Lippe This summer China will become an OB lover’s paradise as more than 65 production trucks and a number of flypack units descend on the country for the Summer Olympics. And while “Made in China” has become a manufacturing norm it won’t be for the Olympics. “About 75% of the [...]
Beijing Bound: OB Trucks, Flypacks En-route For All-High Definition Olympics
June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This summer China will become an OB lover’s paradise as more than 65 production trucks and a number of flypack units descend on the country for the Summer Olympics. And while “Made in China” has become a manufacturing norm it won’t be for the Olympics. “About 75% of the OB vans actually come from overseas,” [...]
Sports Leagues Lobby on the Hill
June 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Representatives from just about every major sports league are descending on Capitol Hill today for a series of meetings with Federal Communications Commission officials. The issue at hand: white spaces. Washington Post
NFL, ESPN Invite FCC To Test White Space Devices In Real-World Environment
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
ESPN and the National Football League have filed ex parte comments with and invited the Federal Communications Commission to field test wireless “white spaces” devices under “real world” conditions during the 2008-2009 football season. To date, the FCC has been testing these white space devices, which would operate in the same band of spectrum as [...]
NFL, ESPN Invite FCC To Test White Space Devices In Real-World Environment
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
ESPN and the National Football League have filed ex parte comments with and invited the Federal Communications Commission to field test wireless “white spaces” devices under “real world” conditions during the 2008-2009 football season. To date, the FCC has been testing these white space devices, which would operate in the same band of spectrum as [...]
EuroCup IBC Moves to Generator Power
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer After Wednesday’s power outage during the Germany/Turkey match UEFA Media Technologies says the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) will switch immediately to generator power to prevent a repeat of the power-cuts that left many of the world’s soccer fans in the dark for about 18 minutes during the match. Alexandre Fourtoy, CEO of [...]
EuroCup IBC Moves to Generator Power
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
After Wednesday’s power outage during the Germany/Turkey match UEFA Media Technologies says the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) will switch immediately to generator power to prevent a repeat of the power-cuts that left many of the world’s soccer fans in the dark for about 18 minutes during the match.
EuroCup IBC Knocked Off Air By Violent Storms; Swiss, Al-Jazeera Only Networks Unaffected
June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Germany's 3-2 win over Turkey in the European Championship semifinal was a thriller, but very few fans outside the ground in Switzerland saw it, either in victorious Germany or gloomy
EuroCup IBC Knocked Off Air By Violent Storms; Swiss, Al-Jazeera Only Networks Unaffected
June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Germany's 3-2 win over Turkey in the European Championship semifinal was a thriller, but very few fans outside the ground in Switzerland saw it, either in victorious Germany or gloomy
Universal Sports Points To Niche-Based Future
June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Carolyn Braff NBC’s foray into 24-hour Olympic Sports coverage – by means of its partnership with World Championship Sports Network to create Universal Sports – has industry implications that reach far beyond this summer’s Olympic Games. “I think this is part of an overall trend that there’s increasing focus on niche sports networks,” explains [...]















