By Ken Kerschbaumer
2008 ended with the MLB Network tossing out its first pitch to viewers, giving sports broadcasting an instant lift heading into what promises to be a challenging 2009. The network’s launch was also one of the top stories of 2008. Herewith, a quick look at the top stories in sports production in 2008.
It [...]

By Carolyn Braff
For the third outdoor regular-season game in NHL history, the league decided to make already difficult logistics even more challenging. Instead of playing the game on a similarly oriented football field, as the 2008 and 2003 editions were, the 2009 NHL Winter Classic takes place at Wrigley Field — a baseball venue not [...]

By Carolyn Braff
On December 14, a controversial touchdown catch handed the Pittsburgh Steelers a win over the Baltimore Ravens. For CBS Sports, which broadcast the game, The NFL Today broadcast on December 21, provided a chance to make sure that the catch was, indeed, a catch. On short notice, CBS called in Orad’s Motion Video [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
On January 1, 2009, baseball fans will ring in more than just the New Year as the MLB Network will fire up a new facility in Secaucus, NJ that will give fans tons of highlights, profiles and, of course, live game action.
Mark Haden, MLB Network, VP, engineering and IT, has led a team [...]

By Carolyn Braff
A crowd of more than 385 sports-business professionals gathered at the New York Hilton on Tuesday night to celebrate the second annual class inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Hosted by CBS Sports lead play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz, the emotional evening honored the accomplishments of nine innovators in sports broadcasting.
The inductees, [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
College-football fans will get a chance to enter the third dimension on Jan. 8 when Fox Sports, Sony Broadcast, and 3ality Digital team up to deliver the college-football Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in 3D HD live to 80 theaters across the country. The announcement was made at the Sports Video Group [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
DirecTV’s NASCAR HOTPASS subscription service has gone cold, and DirecTV has decided to discontinue the service that gave NASCAR fans a chance to watch entire races from the in-car perspective and more via 10 TV channels of content.
Both organizations are investigating a new free service for the 2009, but, at this time, it [...]

NVISION, a leader in routing systems for the broadcast industry, has
grown rapidly and profitably in recent years. For the 12 months ended
Sept. 30, NVISION had revenues of approximately US$34 million and gross
margins in line with Miranda’s.
“We have enjoyed a good relationship with Miranda over several years,
and I am pleased we will be working together through [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Rim-rattling slam dunks at the 2009 National Baskeball Association All-Star Saturday Night will reverberate around the nation as the NBA, Turner Sports, and Cinedigm Digital Cinema (formerly AccessIT) team up to broadcast TNT’s coverage of NBA All-Star Saturday Night in live 3D to 80 digitally equipped theaters across the United States. “The NBA [...]

The
Sports Video Group, alongside major sports networks CBS
Sports, ESPN, Fox Sports, and NBC Universal, has launched an industry
initiative to improve and streamline best practices for safety-related
issues, including fall protection, electrical safety, and camera platform
safety. The industry effort, working together under the auspices of the Sports Production Safety Group (SPSG), will make its official public debut [...]

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