It has been wild ride for Activision Blizzard Esports’ Broadcast Technology Group during the 2021 Overwatch League Season. After producing OWL regular-season matches online and from Project Aloha in Honolulu using its cloud-based, remote-production model, the Group had been prepping for the OWL Playoffs in Dallas and Los Angeles, its first live, in-person matches in […] More
More than 70 performances, 100 standups, 30 features and profiles — all done over six continents in 24 hours. A live music event the size and scale of Saturday’s Global Citizen Live comes along once in a generation. With that in mind, the production team behind the scenes is taking a page out of the […] More
The NEP Group is front and center at the Ryder Cup, with 20 mobile units and more than 50 technicians representing not only the core NEP production truck fleet but also BSI, Fletcher, and Bexel. And all of those entities are working hand in hand with NBC Sports, the PGA TOUR, and IMG, European Tour […] More
Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, ESPN gets set for all-women MLB broadcast, Sportsnet’s Jim Hughson retires from broadcasting after 42 Years, and ESPN shakes up their NBA studio programming. More
Ratings roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, Week 2 of Peyton and Eli Manning on Monday Night Football gains traction, Chiefs-Ravens on Sunday Night Football sees its best game in three years, Alabama-Florida becomes most-watched SEC on CBS season opener in […] More
After a year’s delay, the 2021 Ryder Cup is set to begin Friday, with Team USA and Team Europe squaring off at Whistling Straits in Kohler, WI. It’s the first Ryder Cup for which Sky Sports and NBC Sports are part of the same corporate family, and collaboration will play a big part. More
The fourth annual SVG Esports Production Summit returns to Los Angeles on Nov. 16 with a full day of panels, keynotes, and case studies delving deep into the next-gen workflows being used by today’s top esports tournament producers, publishers, and platforms. This year’s event will be co-chaired by ESL Gaming’s Senior Global Manager of Procurement and Executive […] More
With more and more sports productions and stadiums requiring COVID vaccination or testing of workers and fans, the next challenge becomes how to easily verify COVID status safely, quickly, and securely. That’s where SafeSite Health, a mobile diagnostic and COVID testing and technology company, comes in. More
Perhaps the highlight of a raucous Week 2 in the NFL came late on Sunday evening when Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson lunged across the marker on a fourth-and-1 to seal a statement win over the defending AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs. It was an aggressive call — one viewed by many, though, as a […] More
Regular readers will be well aware of how innovative technology companies working in sports broadcasting can be, but MIXaiR from Salsa Sound looks likely to set a new bar for live audio and the craft of sound mixing. When the pandemic caused football games to be played in silent stadiums, Salsa Sound came to the […] More
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