Avid gives NBC Olympics a lift
NBC will be rely on Avid video and Digidesign audio gear for a fourth consecutive Olympic games beginning Feb. 10 with the kickoff of the network’s broadcast of the XX […] More
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Disney grabs Pixar, Jobs on board
ESPN and ABC Sports parent company the Walt Disney Company today agreed to acquire computer animation leader Pixar in an all-stock transaction, expected to be completed by this summer. Under […] More
Globo TV hits Web
Globo TV Sports, Brazil’s largest sports broadcaster, is finally getting a Web presence. The site, www.globotvsports.com, includes updated information about football matches of the Brazilian Championship, S o Paulo Championship, […] More
NCAA begins massive archive project
The NCAA has begun an ambitious project to digitize tens of thousands of hours of past championship performances as it begins taking more than 100 years of film and video […] More
Turner gives fans realtime text poll results
Text messaging has a lot of potential as a polling device but it wasn t until Turner Sports hooked up with New Zealand-based Txtstation that it s real potential could […] More
NBA brings League Pass to Broadband
The National Basketball Association continues to expand its online presence, now launching NBA LEAGUE PASS Broadband, a new added feature providing all NBA LEAGUE PASS subscribers with access to live […] More
NCAA digitizing championships
Literally tens of thousands of hours of NCAA championship sports footage is available online through a deal the NCAA cut with Thought Equity, a footage licensing and management company. Thought […] More
ESPN, ABC Get Xcited with Winter X Games
On January 28 Aspen will host ESPN s annual Winter X Games, a televised celebration of backside rotations, double grabs, and pop tarts. But it s also a cutting-edge technology […] More
Instant replay expected to get NCAA nod
After further review instant replay seems headed to return to college football this fall. The past season was the first wide-spread test of the technology, with eight of Division I […] More
NASCAR.com, SportsBlast start their engines
Fox has The Simpsons. NASCAR.com has The Kellys. And they both have Nancy Cartwright. Best known as the voice of Bart Simpson, Cartwright s own company, SportsBlast, has given NASCAR […] More