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 as any innovations at the NBC Olympics IBC plant that the team wanted in place for the Beijing Games in February of 2022 had to be in place for Tokyo 2020. […] More
Fencing is arguably the most theatrical of events at the Olympics simply because of the dramatic lighting which creates a unique sensory experience when 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 American favorite Trayvon Bromwell failed to qualify. More
The women’s triple jump competition this year saw the an Olympic record set and then a world record set as Venezuelan jumper Yulimar Rojas won the gold in the Women’s Triple Jump (Athletics) event of the Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) Olympic Games at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium with a massive distance of 15.67. After breaking […] 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
Karl Malone, NBC Sports and NBC Olympics, director, sound design, says the 2020 Olympics is truly the audio Olympics. He jokes that he says that every Olympics, but it’s hard to argue with that this time around: next-generation immersive audio, with 5.1.4 (think regular surround sound with four additional channels overhead to give height to […] More
Channel One Russia is delivering 12 hours of live sports content to viewers back home, and its production philosophy is unique this year: a production gallery that is integrating commercials and other elements here in Tokyo and sending a complete show back home. It is also the first Olympic broadcaster to use EVS IPD-VIA. More
Welcome to the final episode of the Mental Health Minute, part of a new 10-part series created by SVG and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Created for sports production professionals like those working hard at the Olympics, each episode takes a look at how to deal with a specific issue. Today’s episode focuses on how to […] More
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