The Vancouver Games may still be a few weeks away, but Bexel Broadcast Services has been busy providing fiber optic support for the 2010 Winter Olympics since last fall. With over 8,000-plus terminations/fusion splices, 340-plus cables totaling about 48 miles and 135 Optical Distribution Frames (patch panels) located throughout most of the Olympic facilities, Bexel [...]

Regional networks continue to deliver a graphics look that is almost indistinguishable from the national networks. SportsNet New York is no exception, as Damon Versaggi, production manager for the network, discusses in this podcast from Vizrt. Learn more about the SportsNet New York workflows, why they selected Vizrt, and the latest advances in Vizrt’s product [...]

Three years ago, CBS Sports EVP of Operations and Production Services Ken Aagaard chose Sony HDC-1500 cameras to cover the Super Bowl. For next weekend’s Super Bowl XLIV, Sony HDC-1500s will again go to work for CBS, covering all of the action from Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
“Ken Aagaard was so happy in 2007 with [...]

The world’s largest racecourse now has a video screen to match, as Sojitz and Mitsubishi Electric have installed a colossal Diamond Vision screen at the recently opened Medan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The screen measures 107.52 meters by 10.88 meters for a total area of 1,169.8 square meters (registry as a Guinness World Record [...]

Orad has provided ESPN Star Sports, Asia’s leading sports broadcaster, with a new on-air graphics and virtual set system for its recently-launched 24-7 sports news channel, ESPNEWS.
ESPN Star Sports’ programming also features Orad’s dynamic graphic rendering, which includes smart tickers updated automatically in real time thanks to Orad’s on-air graphics system, featuring a forward-looking intelligent [...]

The fat lady hasn’t sung yet, but she’s warming up. It finally appears that the year-long competition between Naples, FL, and Mesa, AZ, has ended with the Chicago Cubs signing a memorandum of understanding that will keep the club training in Arizona. At a press conference in front of the state capital this week, the [...]

ESPN’s X Games have always been a fan-driven event, but this year’s 14th installment will take that strategy to an entirely new level.  USA Today’s Michael Hiestand reports that on-site fans in Aspen, CO, can now borrow ESPN helmet-cams to wear on ski or snowboard runs to create footage for the X Games YouTube page.  [...]

Instant replay may finally be coming to FIFA soccer matches, as FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hinted that the governing body will consider instituting video assistance for referees.  The topic will be debated in March when the International Football Association Board gathers to discuss technology, including the use of video replay, computer chips in balls, [...]

Women’s Professional Soccer has decided to shutdown the Los Angeles Sol, the league’s most popular team, after failing to find a buyer for the franchise.
The rights to the Sol were given back to the league after the team’s owners were unable to sell the team following its inaugural season in 2009. The team’s operations were [...]

ESPN has signed a multi-year agreement with the Horizon League that will deliver league basketball on the ESPN family of networks through 2013. The new pact includes distribution rights for Horizon League programming across multiple ESPN platforms, including ESPNU.com, ESPN360.com, ESPN Pay-Per-View, ESPN Video-on-Demand, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, ESPN Deportes and more.
Fans can expect a [...]

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