Monthly Archives: April 2015
Live From the NFL Draft: NFL Network Covers Sprawling Footprint in Chicago, Lines Up 60+ Live Remote Feeds
Written on April 30, 2015 at 10:49 pm, by Jason Dachman, Editorial Director, U.S.
For the first time in 51 years the NFL Draft returns to Chicago this week, taking over the city’s Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University and a large chunk of Grant […] More
Live From the NFL Draft: ESPN’s Production, Ops Teams Move on Up in Chicago
Written on April 30, 2015 at 9:42 pm, by Jason Dachman, Editorial Director, U.S.
ESPN’s NFL Draft production is bigger than ever this year in its new home at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and across Michigan Ave. at Draft Town in Grant Park. In order […] More
Live From the NFL Draft: NFL Digital Media Rolls Out Largest Presence Ever, Streams Every Single Pick Live
Written on April 30, 2015 at 9:13 pm, by Jason Dachman, Editorial Director, U.S.
NFL Digital Media rolled out its largest presence to date at the NFL Draft in Chicago this week with two dedicated studio sets in order to produce its NFL Draft […] More
Live From the NFL Draft: One-on-One with NFL Network Executive Producer Eric Weinberger
Written on April 30, 2015 at 8:57 pm, by Jason Dachman, Editorial Director, U.S.
The NFL Draft took over Chicago this week and NFL Network rolled out an epic Super Bowl-level production unlike any it had presented before. With more than two dozen cameras […] More
Jacksonville Jaguars Deploy ChyronHego Virtual 1st to Enhance In-Stadium Video Presentation
Written on April 30, 2015 at 2:12 pm, by SVG Staff
The Jacksonville Jaguars have installed the first-ever stadium Jumbotron deployment of Virtual 1st, ChyronHego’s “down and distance” broadcast-graphics solution designed specifically for American football. Virtual 1st provides animated virtual first-down […] More
SVG College Sports Summit Features In-Depth ‘Venues and Facilities’ Workshop Track
Written on April 30, 2015 at 12:50 pm, by SVG Staff
SVG’s College Sports Summit in Atlanta is less than a month away, and while Day 1 is chock-full of panel discussions that span the college-sports landscape, Day 2 features a […] More
NAB Perspectives: Click Effects’ Wight on Simplifying Graphics Workflows Via Master Controller
Written on April 30, 2015 at 11:47 am, by Karen Hogan Ketchum
Long known throughout the sports-venue community for the CrossFire and Blaze systems, Click Effects showcased something new at NAB 2015: a way to connect them. With Master Controller, venue operators with multiple CrossFire and Blaze systems can combine them under a single user interface. SVG caught up with Click Effects founder/President Cliff Wight to discuss […] More
Click Effects Partners With Sony in South Korea
Written on April 30, 2015 at 10:55 am, by SVG Staff
Click Effects announced its first project with Sony Korea, the Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon S.K., home of the newest member of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), the KT […] More
Storm brewing over National Weather Service television studio
Written on April 29, 2015 at 8:44 pm, by Michael msilbergleid
WashingtonPost.com reports that since word has spread that the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Birmingham, Alabama has installed a state-of-the-art television studio, new light is shining on the question: Where […] More
SVG@NAB Viewpoints: Industry on the Verge of a Digital ROI
Written on April 28, 2015 at 3:06 pm, by Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
Team SVG was out in force during NAB 2015, with nine reporters scouring the show floor and checking out the latest in technology as well as sitting down with dozens of industry leaders on both the exhibitor and attendee side. These reports from the entire SVG editorial staff offer nine individual perspectives that, collectively, form […] More