By Ken Kerschbaumer
Sony Broadcast will head to the NAB Show this year with a slew of new products: an HDV camcorder, compact POV camera and recorder, HD field recorder, viewfinder, new monitors, and more than two dozen others to be announced at the show in April. And while the products will no doubt generate a [...]

By Carl Lindemann
Special NABNow report for SVG and TV NewsCheck
If there’s an upside to the downturn, it’s less expensive HD cameras for the studio and the field. At NAB this year, manufacturers will be showcasing cost-effective products that deliver on the promise of IT efficiency and fit downsized and smaller budgets.
“You’ve got to respond to [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Cisco’s telepresence technology — comprising a 65-inch plasma screen, remote-controlled teleconferencing camera, and Ethernet connectivity to other telepresence systems — is set to reshape sports broadcasting and the fan experience. During last week’s NBA All-Star weekend, the system got a serious workout and, by all accounts, proved that new sports-broadcasting workflows and efficiencies [...]

By Carolyn Braff
The New York Giants will move into a state-of-the-art football stadium for the 2010 season, but the team’s in-house production team is already taking advantage of the forthcoming facilities upgrade. The Giants’ new training facility is also home to a fully HD studio, control room, and radio room, where they will have the [...]

By Carolyn Braff
In the age of digital, high-tech, latest-and-greatest sports productions, this weekend’s Bassmaster Classic on ESPN serves as a refreshing change. The Super Bowl of bass fishing takes place Feb. 20-22 on the Red River out of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, and will feature multiplatform coverage on ESPN2, ESPN360.com, and ESPN Classic. “This show is [...]

By Debra Kaufman
In today’s tough economy, broadcasters and other TV producers feel the pressure for a return on investment for every dollar spent—even for graphics. At the upcoming NAB, the companies that make graphics software and systems will unveil their solution: centralized graphics that enable producers to maximize resources, streamline workflows and cut costs.

Vizrt will introduce Viz Video Hub version 1.2.1 at the 2009 NAB Show (booth SL5508) as a scalable, upgradeable solution for IT-based production and archiving. Viz Video Hub is currently in operation at several of the world’s leading broadcast, sports and media companies.

By Ken Kerschbaumer
The NBA All-Star Game festivities this weekend in Phoenix will once again enter the third dimension, as Turner Sports, the NBA, Cinedigm, and Pace work together to deliver NBA All-Star Saturday Night in 3D to more than 80 movie theaters across the country. “This is a return to action of the team that [...]

The Sports Video Group and TVNewsCheck, the industry’s leading online news authorities for sports and local-TV broadcast professionals, announce the launch of NAB Now, an online editorial news service that draws on the editorial experience of both companies and will focus on the industry’s biggest event: the NAB convention to be held in Las Vegas [...]

By Ken Kerschbaumer
Panasonic celebrated a
recently inked deal calling for NBC Universal to
standardize on the P2 format across its station group, Telemundo, and
CNBC with the introduction of a new P2 HD camcorder, the AG-HPX300,
that brings AVC-Intra recording to a new, affordable price point.
“Customers wanted HD-quality, interchangeable lenses; the ability to shoot in both SD and HD; [...]

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