Kurt
Heitmann and the good people at CP Communications have established a
memorial trust fund in honor of ESPN and sports industry audio
legend Ron Scalise that will be used for the college education of his
three children: Rosario, 16, RJ, 11, and his daughter Brenna, 10. At
the request of the family this will be the only fund established to
limit confusion. For more information on donating to the fund please
click on this story.
All donations should be made out to the fund and should be sent to:
Kurt G. Heitmann
CP Communications, Inc.
200 Clearbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
Third Annual Sports & Technology Research Study
The Sports Video Group and the Consumer Electronics Association has released the
third-annual “Sports & Technology Research Survey, highlighting the power
that sports content has as both a driver of HD set sales as well as other new
technologies. The survey includes our exclusive 2008 Super Bowl Briefing as
well as new data about consumer online sports viewing behavior.
NEP Acquires CBS Sports Contracts and HD12, HD1 Truck Units From NMT National Mobile Television (NMT), in an effort to decrease its debt load and focus attention on servicing regional sports networks has sold its HD 12 and HD1 truck units and its CBS contracts and associated facilities to NEP Broadcasting. “While we greatly value and have enjoyed our relationship with CBS Sports over the last 10 years, this transaction is a critical piece of our planned restructuring and repositioning of NMT,” says Frank Coll, NMT SVP, operations. “With a restructured balance sheet and a focused strategy, NMT is positioned to profitably serve its niche in this growing market.” | Full Story
Game-day production at the college level is rapidly rivaling that done at the professional level, so the University of Oklahoma got one step ahead of the game, bringing in an executive director of video production from the professional ranks. Before moving to Norman, Brandon Meier spent four years as a production manager and producer for the Houston Rockets, so he was happy to help choose the industry-standard equipment to power Oklahoma’s new HD control room. SVG-U caught up with Meier before the start of the football season to talk HD, streaming, and the college band.
Sports Video Group | Sep 5, 2008 - 12:26:45 PM (ET) Company to Create Airwaves Exchange Vibrant financial markets exist for trading everything from bushels of
corn to barrels of oil. Now a new company is hoping to do the same for
the nation's airwaves, with an online trading exchange for radio
spectrum, reports the Wall Street Journal. The company, Spectrum Bridge Inc., will match buyers and sellers of spectrum licenses used for wireless communications. | Full Story
Sports Video Group | Sep 5, 2008 - 12:24:48 PM (ET) GuestAssist Lets NFL Fans Text Stadium Personnel GuestAssist, a new text messaging application developed by qtags, is
being deployed at 10 NFL stadiums this season and allows fans to
communicate directly with the stadium if they have an emergency or a
security or medical problem that requires the stadium’s immediate
assistance. | Full Story
Sports Video Group | Sep 5, 2008 - 12:07:52 PM (ET) Canal 13 Trusts EVS for Covering the 2008 Olympics Canal 13, one of Chile's top television networks, trusted EVS
technology for its coverage of the Beijing Olympics 2008. The Canal 13
team in Beijing used a six-channel HD XT[2] for recording selected
Olympic events, and IPDirector to select clips from other venues or
events throughout the day. The IPDirector was also used with a second
workstation for all playout, including clip run-down and ads. | Full Story
Sports Video Group | Sep 5, 2008 - 10:05:36 AM (ET) Comcast to Appeal FCC's Decision on Internet Blocking Comcast Corp. filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission Thursday
to overturn the agency's decision to sanction the company for blocking
certain Internet traffic, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC also ordered Comcast to stop by the end of the year blocking
traffic related to specific applications, such as file-sharing software
that allows users to swap videos. | Full Story
Sports Video Group | Sep 5, 2008 - 9:20:11 AM (ET) Venue News and Notes: Dems, Gustav Pack a Punch The Democratic National Convention and Hurricane Gustav were two of the biggest players in this week's venue news. While the Dems left plenty of work to be done to turn Denver's Pepsi Center back into an arena, Hurricane Gustav damaged LSU's Tiger Stadium enough to postpone Saturday's football game. Elsewhere, Pennsylvania looks to have two new arenas in the works and the Phoenix Suns are taking their team name literally in designing the US Airways Center.
| Full Story
Sports Video Group | Sep 5, 2008 - 7:41:15 AM (ET) ESPN Goes Virtual For NFL Analysis With EA Sports It was only a matter of time before the TV networks would follow
professional sports teams that have begun to tap into the power of
videogames and 3D graphic imaging for analysis and training. ESPN, according to the New York Times, has spent the last year
working on a new technology with Electronic
Arts to create a system that will allow ESPN commentators to
interact live with realistic-looking, three-dimensional virtual players
as they pontificate about coming matches during broadcasts. | Full Story
Sports Video Group | Sep 4, 2008 - 3:44:28 PM (ET) Multidyne Founder Vincent Jachetta Passes Away Vincent Jachetta, founder of MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, passed away Sept. 2. Jachetta started MultiDyne in 1977 with the development of the first portable test-signal and ID generator. He provided leadership and direction for more than 30 years, while designing and developing many of MultiDyne’s products and systems. He also made numerous contributions to the broadcast industry, including developing a long-haul equalizing video-distribution amplifier that helped get CNN on the air. And he developed the industry’s first digital hand-held video/audio test-signal generator in 1990 and was awarded several patents. | Full Story
