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.
HARMAN Professional Solutions has appointed Brian Divine president of the Professional Solutions division, where he will be responsible for overseeing the division’s worldwide operations, strategy, product roadmap, and performance across all 11 brands. More
ITN Productions has signed on as a sponsor of the International Federations Summit, an event produced by Major Events International in partnership with SVG. The event will take place on Feb. 12-13 in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is designed to support knowledge transfer and best practices among international federations to mitigate future risk, minimize cost, and […] More
NEP Norway, a broadcast and media services division of NEP Group, announced today that it has entered into a new three-year agreement with Fotball Media to use NEP’s managed services and cloud-based media asset management (MAM) platform, Mediabank. NEP has delivered the Mediabank service to Fotball Media for the last five years, and after successfully competing in a thorough […] More
SVG is profiling this year’s 10 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductees in the weeks leading up to the ceremony on Dec. 17 at the New York Hilton. For more information, CLICK HERE. When your grandfather was a pioneer at CBC radio in Canada who tested microwave links through train tunnels and your father was […] More
A recent 5G technical production trial by Sony, Verizon, and NBC Sports gave Sony an opportunity to flex its full corporate muscle: a Sony Xperia 5G mm wave device provided the data uplink for a Sony PXW-Z450 camcorder and a 5G HEVC codec, enabling broadcast-quality signals to be sent over Verizon’s 5G network at NRG […] More
Eurovision Services (ES) and NEP Group are now working together in the U.S. NEP’s Mediabank media-asset–management platform will move into the Eurovision Americas facility in Washington, DC. The new partnership allows the two companies to offer a set of integrated media-management and distribution solutions to broadcasters and rightsholders, enabling clients to quickly and seamlessly search, […] More
After this year’s successful first edition of the Sports Summit Mexico, the event will return to Mexico City to become, once again, the meeting point for the international sports industry’s key players. It will be held at Citi Banamex Center Feb. 26-27. More
SVG is profiling this year’s 10 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductees in the weeks leading up to the ceremony on Dec. 17 at the New York Hilton. For more information, CLICK HERE. For many Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famers, the key to success is a strong understanding of what they wanted to do. Often, […] More
Lise Heidal, managing director, NEP Norway AS, has been promoted to SVP, Global Media Solutions, NEP, and will lead NEP’s Global Media Solutions Team and the company’s strategic initiative in 2020 and beyond. She will report to Mike Werteen, global president, Broadcast Services and Media Solutions, NEP, and become part of the corporation’s senior leadership […] More
What happens when DAZN, a globally produced and distributed OTT sports streaming service, taps into NEP Group, a globally distributed production services company? That was the subject of discussion at the SVG Europe FutureSPORT 2019 conference at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge stadium. More
