By Brandon Costa | Monday, May 1, 2023 - 10:13 am
NAB Show 2023 is in the books! If you missed any of the big highlights, SVG interviewed numerous key executives from some of the most influential technology vendors in the […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:54 am
Handball was created and developed in Denmark, Sweden and Germany in the late 19th century. Originally played outdoors as field handball, the sport first appeared at the Berlin 1936 Games. […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:44 am
Karate’s quest to secure a place on the Olympic program dates back to the 1970s. In 2015, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee proposed the inclusion of karate as one of […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Friday, August 6, 2021 - 3:36 am
Boxing has featured at all modern Olympic Games since St. Louis 1904, with the exception of Stockholm 1912. Women’s events were a popular addition to the program at London 2012 […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Friday, August 6, 2021 - 1:36 am
The Tokyo 2020 skateboarding courses are a culmination of the designs and experiences derived from a number of world championship and qualifying events. Each course will be considerably larger than […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 10:05 pm
Table tennis has come a long way from its late 19th century origins as an after-dinner game played by upper-class English families. More than a century later, table tennis has […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 2:52 pm
Since launching in 2013, NBC’s Sports Production Operations Center (SPOC) in Stamford, CT, has used each Olympic Games as an opportunity to take a substantial technological leap forward. With the […]
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by Jason Dachman & Kristian Hernandez | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 2:46 pm
NBC Sports is going all out for its coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics overseas, but, for this large-scale effort, the stateside team in Stamford, CT, is pitching in with […]
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By Kristian Hernández, Senior Editor | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 11:09 am
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the U.S., sports networks audibled and kept on-air talent away from the venue. This is customary for an international event like the Olympics, but […]
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By Heather McLean, SVG Europe Editor | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 5:30 am
German broadcaster ZDF is bringing the excitement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to viewers in Germany, using its new centralised production facility, the National Broadcast Centre (NBC), based at its […]
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By Heather McLean, SVG Europe Editor | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 5:00 am
BBC Sport is producing more limited Summer Olympics coverage this year with two live events shown at any one time, compared to previous years, where it gave the British public […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 4:52 am
The NBC Olympics efforts around HDR are taking augmented reality to a new level. NBC’s graphics-design team and Ross Video’s Rocket Surgery Virtual Productions team have worked closely to bring […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 12:58 am
NBC Olympics venue operations are always challenged by everything from weather to venue changes and even little things like traveling from the IBC to venues and from venue to venue. […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 12:46 am
The Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball events are being held at the Saitama Super Arena which can hold 35,000 fans, making it the second largest arena in the world. Of course, […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 12:45 am
Beach volleyball continues to be one of the more popular Olympic summer sports as it is one of the sports where top talent exists on nearly every continent. TV coverage […]
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By Ken Kerschbaumer | Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 12:44 am
The events at the Tokyo Aquatics Center shift into diving mode during the second week, complete with dive cams, cable cams, handhelds, and underwater cameras. More than ever viewers are […]
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