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.
Nagra, a Kudelski Group company, will demonstrate its latest technologies in content protection, anti-piracy services, watermarking, and active-content monetization at the NAB Show at Booth SU3624. More
Fox Sports this weekend will officially get into the Pay-Per-View Championship Boxing ring, producing a welterweight championship bout between world champ Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia. And the effort, from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, is a big one designed to capitalize on the space inside the Dallas Cowboys’ home. More
Cartoni will roll out the Sports 200 heavy-duty tripod legs at NAB 2019 (Booth C9020), a new support that Elisabetta Cartoni, president/CEO, Cartoni, says is designed to give a long-overdue refresh to camera-support gear for sports applications. More
Sony’s pre-NAB 2019 press conference revealed its “Live Your Vision” theme as well as some company management changes. Theresa Alesso will take over as division president of Sony Electronics, Imaging Products and Solutions, Pro, on April 1, replacing Katsunori Yamanouchi, president of Sony Professional Solutions Americas, who will return to Japan at the end of […] More
Top match directors took to the stage at Football Summit 2019 to discuss their role within a production, outline how any production is a true team effort and ponder the technology that can sometimes make a difference (as long as it doesn’t interfere with the storytelling). More
Top anti-piracy–technology providers took to the stage at the 2019 Sports Anti-Piracy Summit in Mexico City, and moderator Simon Hannah, partnership director, Friend MTS, began the session with the provocative observation that some of the piracy actually begins within the organization whose streams are pirated. More
The 2019 Sports Anti-Piracy Summit, held in Mexico City today and tomorrow, kicked off with a presentation by Daniel Steinmetz, head anti-piracy officer, Fox Networks Group – Latin America, and a robust discussion among key executives from major Latin American soccer leagues and La Liga. More
If TV coverage of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, NC, this weekend goes as planned, the game will have a legacy: the acceptance of Skycam as a production tool deployed to cover game action. It was used first on Friday for the Rising Stars game at the Spectrum Center and then during last […] More
Euro Media Group (EMG) has bought Telegenic, the UK-based OB facilities company. The acquisition is part of EMG’s strategy to grow its business in the UK and Europe, as well as to expand its range of production capacities and services, enabling the Group to better cover major global live events. More
ESPN’s production efforts at NBA All-Star weekend in Charlotte, NC, are under way. Two shows, The Jump and First Take, are broadcasting live from Bank of America Stadium on Feb. 14 and 15. And the network’s NBA-game production team is onsite, getting Bojangles Coliseum ready for the Celebrity All-Star Game on Friday night. More
