By Dan Daley, Audio Editor | Friday, September 2, 2016 - 10:34 am
The first application of immersive, object-based audio for an Olympics broadcast took place on Aug. 5 during the event’s Opening Ceremony, from the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, using […]
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By SVG Staff | Friday, September 2, 2016 - 9:56 am
The challenge posed by SporTV to broadcast the Rio 2016 Olympic Games resulted in unprecedented coverage aired globally on TV and impressive figures that reflected the success achieved. With 16 […]
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By SVG Staff | Friday, August 26, 2016 - 9:59 am
Several of the Rio Olympics ceremony videos, including the opening ceremony video for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, were created by Brazilian based O2 Filmes using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 12.5 […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, August 26, 2016 - 7:15 am
The Olympics are often a time of technical trials, not just for new workflows but for new technologies as well. The 2016 Olympics were no exception, and topping the list […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Friday, August 26, 2016 - 7:06 am
If it’s a major global sports event, there is a pretty good chance NHK is on hand with an 8K production team. This was true at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with […]
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By SVG Staff | Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 10:37 am
By Carrie Bowden French national public broadcaster France Télévisions, Brazil TV and Pay-TV market leaders Globo and Globosat, and Norway’s largest commercial television broadcaster TV2 tapped deltatre to power their digital […]
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By SVG Staff | Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - 2:10 pm
The Sports Video Group team was on hand at the 2016 Rio Olympics for 20 days, and we used much of that time shooting photos and videos behind the scenes […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - 9:45 am
The Japanese Consortium (JC) is once again on hand for the Olympic Games, offering Japanese-rights holders a way to streamline production and also leverage each other’s experience, personnel, and talents.
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - 7:40 am
The 2016 Rio Olympics have come to a close, and the NBC Olympics machine, for the most part, is being dismantled (a much smaller technical presence will remain onsite for the […]
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By Jason Dachman, Editorial Director, U.S. | Monday, August 22, 2016 - 2:31 pm
NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery (TAD) – which averages minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital – for the 15 nights of the 2016 Rio Olympics averaged 27.5 million viewers. […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 10:36 pm
The Brazilian Olympics fan had no lack of choices when it came to deciding how to tune in for Brazil’s exciting win over Germany in men’s Olympic football and virtually […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 5:39 pm
For the ninth straight Olympics, SMT is on hand within the NBC Olympics operations at an IBC, once again providing real-time data and timing information that helps enhance the production […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 11:35 am
Having launched last November, Russia’s Match TV over-the-air public sports channel may be a rookie when it comes to an Olympic Games, its production team of 130 people has managed to […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 10:48 am
Jim Eady is a multiple-Emmy Award winner and the founder/CEO of Broadcast Services International, but one of the roles in his career that have always been closest to his heart is working […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director | Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 9:50 am
China’s public-broadcasting sports network, CCTV, is onsite at the Rio Games with a team of nearly 400 people creating 19 hours of content locally that is matched up with five […]
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