Vivicast Media, a licensor of branded cable networks to affiliates throughout the United States, and The Walt Disney Company have announced a multi-year distribution agreement to deliver Disney’s lineup of top quality sports, news, and entertainment content to Vivicast’s roster of video operators that deliver content to TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets, and streaming devices nationwide. More
Sports-television legend Don Ohlmeyer died on Sunday at the age of 72. He is widely considering one of the most impactful executives in sports-television history. Among his many accomplishments, he is credited with being the driving force behind the birth of the phenomenon of Monday Night Football. To remember Ohlmeyer, relive his Sports Broadcasting Hall […] More
European viewers will be able to continue to follow the news on SKY News International at the prime orbital position of 19.2 degrees East following an extension agreement announced by SES. Under the agreement, SKY News International will utilize SES’s capacity on ASTRA 1N and related uplink services to broadcast its content to consumer and business […] More
FOR-A Corporation of America has appointed Ken Truong as President, which became effective August 1. Truong was previously Chief Technical Officer for FOR-A. More
Interactive TV company Sixty recently announced that it has partnered with STATS, a sports data and intelligence company, to enable its broadcasting customers to use STATS’ sports data and analytics through Sixty’s interactive TV solution, Ease Live. More
EVS has appointed Ervan Pouliquen as the company’s new Chief Customer Officer. Ervan joins from Microsoft, where he spent 14 years in a range of leadership positions in USA and in EMEA focusing on maximizing the positive impact that digital transformation can have on large enterprises. He officially started his new role at EVS on […] More
For those of you who have visited our offices or sent us anything in the mail, be advised that the Sports Video Group has moved its offices to 19 W. 21st St., Suite 301, New York, NY, 10010. Please make the appropriate change to your records. More
Masstech Innovations has appointed Luc Tomasino as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, effective September 11. Based in Masstech’s Markham, Ontario office, Tomasino will assume overall responsibilities for overseeing Masstech’s revenue, sales growth, profit, and market penetration/share. Tomasino brings a wealth of industry knowledge and leadership skills to his new post, with more than 20 years […] More
CBS Sports and Army have announced a multi-year deal that extends their partnership through 2022. As part of the agreement, CBS Sports Network will continue to televise all Army home football games. CBS Sports Network will televise seven Army football games in 2017. The network will also have the option to televise additional football games through […] More
Adorama, one of the world’s largest photography, video, audio, imaging and electronics retailers, is launching Adorama Business Solutions. This new Business-to-Business (B2B) organization offers studios, broadcasters, networks, and educational and government institutions a suite of commercial services on a large scale, from a consultative sales approach to procurement assistance to world class technical services from pre- […] More
