NBC’s Olympics coverage is off to a fast start with viewers, as more than 100 million Americans have watched the Sochi Winter Games on its NBCU networks. Through Saturday, 106.5 million Americans – more than 1/3 of the U.S. population – have watched the 2014 Sochi Games on NBCUniversal networks NBC, NBCSN and MSNBC. On […] More
The Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre was in full action on Sunday morning for the Men’s Downhill, one of the true showcase events of any winter Olympics. We were on hand to go behind the scenes and along with a complete report on operations (which can be found here) we also snapped plenty of photos. Pictures […] More
Blackmagic Design’s Blackmagic Production Camera 4K is now shipping and available worldwide for $2,995. Features include a Super 35mm sensor, professional global shutter, an EF and ZE-compatible lens mount, and […] More
The NBC Sports Group is once again making use of lenses from Canon U.S.A. at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, continuing a relationship that is now in its third decade and this year will require more than 70 pieces of glass. “Canon has been our lens partner for over 20 years now,” says David Mazza, […] More
Panorama, Russia’s largest facility company has chosen Orad enterprise graphic and sports solutions to cover the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The graphics and live analysis production workflow features Orad’s MVP Emmy Award Winning sports enhancement solution and PlayMaker slow motion video sports server. Panorama are using Orad’s MVP and PlayMaker primarily for their coverage of […] More
Olympic alpine action got underway yesterday at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center with the men’s downhill and today it changes over for the women’s combined, an event that requires one of the more interesting moments of technical setup. “The only time this gets tricky is when the women’s combined is held as the cameras at […] More
Speed skating was the sport of the day at the Adler Arena on February 8. The event features a number of specialty cameras plus some classic broadcast technologies that bring fans close to the action. Here’s a small photo gallery of images from the day’s action. More
February 7 was highlighted by not only the opening ceremony but also some wonderful weather and plenty of action inside and outside the IBC. Here is the first in a series of photo galleries that will be posted in the coming days that will take you behind the scenes of the world’s biggest sporting event. […] More
The Olympics are wrapping up the first full day of action and all reports show productions across the board that are already humming along with solid coverage and enhancements. Much of that is due to the years of experience found across the production units but another factor is that many of the workflows in place […] More
OBS is once again at the center of the Olympics broadcast production, and, as always, its list of accomplishments and amount of content created and distributed to more than 70 rightsholders around the globe (and in the IBC) is impressive. Among the highlights this year are the delivery of 49 Full HD feeds, including all […] More
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