In June, Mobile TV Group’s new Cloud Control remote-production platform officially debuted when Bally Sports North produced its away Twins broadcast from a Cloud Control room at its office in Minneapolis with the MTVG mobile unit onsite at the game in Kansas City. After years of development and extensive testing, this was the first use […] More
Supply-chain problems have beset global manufacturing for over a year, since the COVID pandemic closed down much of the world’s manufacturing and transport. The situation has been exacerbated by growing demand as the pandemic recedes in some areas, even as the supply chain, materials, and especially the critical microchip-supply ecosystem have barely begun to reopen […] More
The pandemic might have stopped the Olympics for a year, but it didn’t stop NBC Olympics’ commitment to innovation. In fact, it accelerated it: any innovations at the NBC Olympics IBC plant that the team wanted in place for the Beijing Games in February 2022 had to be ready for Tokyo 2020. NBC Olympics’ Todd […] More
Fencing is arguably the most theatrical of Olympic events simply because of the dramatic lighting, which creates a unique sensory experience in the venue. This year’s fencing events took place at Makuhari Messe, located east of Tokyo. More
The men’s 100 meters is one of the most iconic events at the Summer Games, and 2020 proved no different as Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the gold in a race that was, literally, anyone’s to win once U.S. favorite Trayvon Bromwell failed to qualify. More
Welcome to the Mental Health Minute, a 10-part series created by SVG and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Created to support those who are working hard on the Tokyo Olympics, each episode zeros in on a specific issue facing those who are away from home and are interested in learning how to maintain emotional well being, […] More
The Women’s Triple Jump (Athletics) event at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium saw an Olympic record set and then a world record set. Venezuelan jumper Yulimar Rojas won the gold with a massive distance of 15.67. After breaking an Olympic record with her first jump, she fouled on her penultimate effort but broke the world record […] More
The 2020 High Jump competition turned out to be epic sportsmanship on display as Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim of Qatar agreed to share gold medals in the Olympics men’s high jump competition. Handheld cameras and robotic cameras drove the production. More
BMX has its roots in the racing culture that existed in California in the mid-1970s and the sport has been transformed from grassroots and a “misfit” culture to a mainstream sport thanks to extensive television coverage. At the Tokyo 2020 Games, competitors will compete in the park discipline which sees riders execute tricks on obstacles […] More
Finland’s YLE was planning a mostly hybrid production model, with a team here in Tokyo producing the athletics coverage for viewers back home, but the COVID pandemic required a shift in plans and an increase in signals being sent home: there are 20 lines connecting the IBC in Tokyo to the OB1 production truck and […] More
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