Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director

Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director

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.

Recent Posts by Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director

London Olympics IBC: Gateway to the Games — and to the New Digital Era of Production

The International Broadcast Centre at events like the Olympics and World Cup tends to look fairly similar from event to event. It’s usually in a rather large building (convention centres are always a nice option). Inside, there is an abundance of sheetrock and plaster board (hopefully painted, but not always). And wide corridors are complete […]  More

London Olympics IBC: Gateway to the Games — and to a New Digital Era of Production

The International Broadcast Center at events like the Olympics and World Cup tends to look fairly similar from event to event. It’s usually in a rather large building (convention centers are always a nice option). Inside, there is an abundance of sheetrock and plaster board (hopefully painted, but not always). And wide corridors are complete […]  More

Live from London: TV2 Denmark floats studio

TV2 Denmark is giving France Television’s studio in a double decker bus a run for its money for most original studio location with a houseboat locate dat Catherine’s Dock that not only has a full production studio that is connected to the TV2 broadcast centre in Copenhagen. “It’s our main studio and the three camera […]  More

ARD, ZDF split costs, duties for Olympic Games

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF are once again combining forces for the Summer Olympics, a strategic move that splits costs, splits responsibilities, and splits branding while creating a single channel of Olympic content. The two share a large space in the IBC housing a large EVS server, studio, 16 edit suites, and more. The […]  More

Live from London: OBS CEO Romero looks back ⎯ and ahead

The London Olympics will be remembered for a number of technical accomplishments by Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). There were the impressive demonstrations of Ultra HD, offering 16 times HD resolution, and 3D, adding new sports to the “been done in 3D” roster. There were new tapeless workflows with EVS and Avid that continue to increase […]  More

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