John Rice has been kicking around the business for more than 30 years as a producer, director, journalist, columnist, magazine editor/publisher, script writer, consultant and occasional dog breeder. He is editor/author of two books on HDTV and Digital Media and created the first-ever industry conference on HDTV. Rice lives in Newtown PA with his wife, two sons, some sheep, goats, cats, and, of course, dogs.
When the Golf Channel recently upgraded its facilities to a completely HD operation, it turned to Abekas for server solutions. “We needed a playback server for doing effects transitions in […] More
Dwight Smith is the only player to return two interceptions for touchdowns in a Super Bowl game, a feat he accomplished in 2003, when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers triumphed over […] More
The National Junior College Athletic Association is partnering with Mobile, AL-based Panhandle Sports Broadcasting (PSB) in a three-year agreement that will provide Webcasts of the NJCAA’s national championship events. At […] More
An ambitious renovation of the Rose Bowl has been set in motion with approval of a bond measure by the Pasadena City Council on Oct. 11. Over the next three […] More
Florida State football coaches will soon have a new perspective, 3D. The school, which has been experimenting with 3D for five years and has been producing 3D highlight videos for […] More
By some estimates, approximately 25% of the attendees at last January’s Super Bowl game were using iPhone or Droid devices. “Just think about what those people were doing with those […] More
The NFL on Wednesday sent a letter to eight bars and restaurants that reportedly showed Internet-streamed live coverage of last weekend’s NFL games, including the contest between the Tampa Bay […] More
Internet apps, wireless, 3D, connected TVs, and more technologies available to the consumer were key to a discussion on “The Evolving Living Room” at Sports Video Group’s Digital Sports Summit […] More
In what is being characterized as the first all-student-produced series offered by a national network, Fox College Sports (FCS) will carry 10 magazine-format shows created by Ball State University’s Sports […] More
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and NBC Learn have joined with the NFL to create a 10-part series of videos on the Science of NFL Football. The videos, running three […] More
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