Save the Date: Fairlight Joins Dale Pro Audio in New York City, June 9-11
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
On June 9-11, Fairlight will be conducting a three-day visit to New York City to kick off its partnership with Dale Pro Audio. Fairlight will be running multiple demonstrations tailored to those in the broadcast and production fields for professional sports. Plan to join Fairlight June 9-11 to get a first-hand look at the capabilities [...]
Stanley Cup Runneth Over for TSN
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
TSN’s coverage of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs through 36 games was up 35% in average viewers compared with last season—651,000 versus 482,000—representing a record for the Canadian sports network. The network also says adults 25-54 are up 33%, 18-34 up 32%, and 18-49 up 29%. TSN’s top five games thus far this postseason are: [...]
Barrington Broadcasting Group is standardizing master-control rebuilds across select stations over the next seven years with Omneon Spectrum media-server systems. Spectrum servers have been installed at Barrington’s NBC affiliate WNWO-TV in Toledo, OH, and at NBC affiliate and satellite stations WPBN/WTOM TV 7&4 in Traverse City, MI. At each station, the media server operates in [...]
Officials in the city of Santa Clara, CA, said this week that the proposed 68,500-seat stadium for the San Francisco 49ers will be built on their site of choice. The deal between the city and the National Football League should be finalized in a closed-session meeting today, with details released later this week. The $900 [...]
NJ Goes with Nucomm
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority—which oversees the operation of Giants Stadium and the Izod Center in East Rutherford—selected Nucomm’s CamPac 2 wireless camera transmitters and Newscaster DR diversity receivers for use at the two facilities. The CamPac 2 can handle applications including electronic newsgathering, portable camera mounting for sports production, helicopter and UAV [...]
EAW Sounds Off at Oriole Park at Camden Yards
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened the 2009 MLB season with an Opening Day victory by the hometown Baltimore Orioles over the New York Yankees and a new sound-reinforcement system featuring nearly 300 loudspeakers from EAW. EAW AX364-WP (weather-protected variation) arrayable install loudspeakers were used for the upper- and lower-deck front-firing; EAW MK2394-WP 2-way full [...]
By Kevin Hilton The men’s game in golf gets the big money and the bulk of TV coverage, but its female counterpart is catching up, as indicated by an increased prize pot and two major technical innovations at the Ladies German Open. This year’s competition at the Golfpark Gut Häusern course in southern Germany was [...]
Truck Environment Poses Challenge to Audio Mixers
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
By Dan Daley When mixers are asked about audio monitors, their responses tend to focus on the trucks that the speakers are in rather than the speakers themselves. Unanimously, sports-audio mixers find that the monitors themselves are generally fine, regardless of type or technology; it’s the monitoring environment that concerns them. “Not one truck is [...]
IMS Productions HD2 Unit Makes Brickyard Debut
May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
By Ken Kerschbaumer Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions (IMS Productions) revved up a new HD production unit at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, and the new truck, known as HD2, has some new features that are as drool-worthy as those found in the high-performance racing machines that captured the attention of race fans around the world. [...]
SVG-U, HBO Sports Hit the Road in Houston
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Last Saturday, in conjunction with SVG-U, five lucky communications students from Prairie View A&M University got a backstage pass to HBO Sports’ production of Boxing After Dark in Houston. HBO Sports director of East Coast production Jason Cohen opened the doors of the Toyota Center and his truck compound to the students, giving them an inside look [...]
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