Ken Kerschbaumer has been editorial director of the Sports Video Group since 2005 and has been writing about how sports networks and leagues use video and audio technology to deliver a quality TV experience since 1991. He began his career in 1991 at Television Broadcast magazine before joining Cahners where he was editor of Digital Broadcasting magazine. In 2000 he joined Broadcasting & Cable magazine as Senior Editor of Technology. Seven years later he helped co-found the Sports Video Group with Paul Gallo and Marty Porter.
With more and more sports leagues and federations figuring out timelines for the return of competition, the challenge for broadcasters is investigating ways to fill the visual void of an empty stadium. Virtual graphics of all sorts are possible, including enhanced statistics, sponsor branding, team logos, scores, and more. And then there is the possibility […] More
The International Federation of Hockey (FIH) has two billion fans globally and Thierry Weil, FIH, CEO, faced the same challenge anyone with two billion fans (and 30 million active participants) has: how can you understand them better and start to build a real relationship? FIH hopes to find that answer via a new 10-year relationship […] More
ARRI has named Ivo Ivanovski as General Manager Business Unit Lighting, effective August 1, 2020. Together with General Manager Markus Lampier, Ivanovski will manage ARRI’s Lighting Business Unit out of the facility in Stephanskirchen, Germany. In this position, Ivanovski will be responsible for demand creation including the areas of product management, application engineering, service, sales, […] More
After tens of thousands of downloads and comments from Canon brand loyalists, the EOS Webcam Utility Beta software has expanded, and is now available for macOS users. Unveiled today by Canon U.S.A. for select EOS Interchangeable Lens Cameras (ILC) and PowerShot cameras, this beta version solution converts a compatible Canon camera into a webcam through […] More
The HBS Broadcast Academy has been an important part of the industry’s education initiatives as it is designed to provide specialized training to help improve to quality of football/soccer production, increase the opportunities for women and minorities in front-bench roles, and much more. It’s most recent efforts involved an online panel discussion featuring two leading […] More
EVS today took the wraps off of LSM-VIA, a new instant replay system that takes IP technology and couples it with familiar tactile controls (and a couple of new buttons and a new touchscreen) to give replay operators a much higher level of replay functionality. More importantly, by decoupling the operation of LSM-VIA from the […] More
SVG’s summer virtual series continues on May 28 with the first of our At-Home Webinars. Yes, the words At-Home pretty much define the way everyone is working nowadays but we will take a deep dive into the steps the MLB Network took to get back on air as well as how PGA TOUR Entertainment pulled […] More
Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, and The Match are back and this time with a couple of twists. First, it will be on TBS, TNT, HLN, and TruTV (as well streaming on Turner apps and Websites) for free and they will also be teamed up with NFL greats Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, giving the event […] More
Texas A&M University’s (TAMU) 12th Man Productions has made the transition from legacy standard digital interface routing technology (SDI) to an IP-based infrastructure with the help of Cisco’s IP Fabric for Media in alignment with SMPTE’s ST 2110 suite of standards. Imagine Communications Selenio Network Processors sit at the four heaviest load venues and are […] More
Last Thursday, the editorial team at SVG was debating whether it was a good idea to write an opinion piece about the upcoming weekend and the return of Bundesliga, professional golf, and NASCAR. It was, arguably, the most important weekend in the history of sports television — so important that we didn’t want to jinx […] More
