Satellite product design and connectivity specialist SIS LIVE has sold six uPod satellite terminals to leading broadcasters in Brazil. These systems will initially be used to transmit news coverage around the football tournament before fulfilling regular newsgathering duties. uPod can be packed into IATA-compliant cases and used as a flyaway uplink solution or mounted onto […] More
The first match at a Daktronics equipped facility will take place tomorrow (13 June 13) at Arena das Dunas in Natal, RN. Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, AM, the other stadium with Daktronics equipment, will premier its first game on June 14. There will be a total of four matches played at each stadium in […] More
Originally built for the World Cup in 1950, Brazil’s Maracana stadium will host many major matches at the FIFA World Cup 2014, including the final on 13 July, with audio managed by the stadium’s Allen & Heath GLD digital mixer. Located in Rio de Janeiro, Maracana was closed for a three-year major renovation, reopening last […] More
The recent England warm-ups in Miami gave ITV – working in conjunction with Broadcast Service Group – an opportunity for some of its core personnel to get into the World Cup spirit ahead of today’s big kick-off. Roger Pearce, technical director sport at ITV, spoke to SVG Europe about the practicalities of covering these vital […] More
Clear-Com has confirmed to SVG Europe that its systems will be used at all 12 World Cup venues – ranging from the smallest, Arena da Baixada, with 37,634 seats, right up to the largest, Maracanã, with a seated capacity of 37,634. Its communications technology will be interconnected via IVC-32 and VoICE units. Specific deployments will […] More
In excess of a dozen Calrec Artemis consoles are expected to be used on the ground at the 2014 World Cup, which commences on Thursday with Brazil vs Croatia. Meanwhile, the Hebden Bridge, UK-based mixer manufacturer is eagerly anticipating further growth across South America with its recently launched, cost-sensitive Summa console. “We’ve probably got about […] More
Despite legal challenges from Fifa in the European courts, Word Cup coverage in the UK remains free to air by law and the BBC and ITV are joint rights holders for World Cup coverage. For 2014, ITV had first pick of England matches and following high-level meetings in December last year was happy to let […] More
With the World Cup getting underway this week, Sky Italia has confirmed that it will air all 64 games, 39 exclusively, live and in HD. Four dedicated channels and the Sky Sport24 HD service are among the components of Sky Italia’s highly comprehensive coverage. The offer is completed by Sky Go – which allows viewing […] More
In a series of closed trials, BBC R&D will work closely with strategic research partners Arqiva and BT, major consumer electronics vendors and technology providers to explore the delivery of live UHD content over broadcast and broadband networks. The trials will cover three matches from the Maracanã stadium in Rio – one from the last […] More
Global news agency AFP has announced that 150 ‘specials’ – journalists and technicians of 35 nationalities – will be assigned to the 12 cities where the national teams will be competing. They will report on the matches, the players, the training sessions, the press conferences and the fans’ reactions. In parallel with the sports coverage […] More
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