Zixi has been awarded a 2018 Emmy Award for Pioneering Reliable Transmission Method for Live Contribution and Distribution TV Links by the Technology & Engineering Achievement Committee of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. More
Program Productions, Chicago-based labor-services provider to the sports, entertainment, and broadcast industries throughout the U.S. and Canada, is partnering with the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS), a major educational institution focused on professional audio and specializing in preparing entry-level workers for broadcasting. Under their agreement, Program Productions will place appropriate CRAS broadcast students, […] More
Fox Sports and Premier Boxing Champions announced eight televised world title fights in the first three months of the new deal, featuring eight world champions and more than two dozen of the world’s best boxers going toe-to-toe. The schedule includes five world-class boxing fight nights live on Fox and Fox Deportes, four more on FS1 […] More
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announced a newly elected 2018-2019 board of directors who will lead the organization’s effort toward a standards-based IP infrastructure for professional media. All existing board members — AIMS Board Chair Michael Cronk (Grass Valley), Deputy Board Chair Steve Reynolds (Imagine Communications), Chief Financial Officer Andreas Hilmer (Lawo), and […] More
It’s a special week on The SVG Podcast: ESports Week! All week long, we will dedicate daily episodes to discussions around the exciting technology and storytelling present and future of the exploding world of esports. Today, we make a grand finish bringing you a conversation with Drew Ohlmeyer, the Head of Content at Allied Esports […] More
From radio to television to virtual reality, ‘The Olympic Games: Behind the Screen’ exhibition provides a living history of how modern media conveys the Olympic values around the world. The exhibition was inaugurated at a special event held Tuesday, November 13 at its new, permanent home at the headquarters of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and […] More
VITEC announced that it has acquired Telairity, a provider of H.264 encoding workflow solutions to broadcasters worldwide. More
Major League Baseball and global sports streaming platform DAZN have agreed to a three-year live digital rights partnership in the United States, set to begin with the 2019 MLB regular season, it was announced by Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr., and DAZN Group Executive Chairman John Skipper. The announcement was made after the 30 Major […] More
It’s a special week on The SVG Podcast: ESports Week! All week long, we will dedicate daily episodes to discussions around the exciting technology and storytelling present and future of the exploding world of esports. Today, we have a roundtable discussion of experts to share with you their takes on how to care for amateur […] More
The burgeoning world of esports is putting gamers of all ages in the public spotlight. With the new industry sector still in its infancy, many executives are creating a strategy to develop youth gamers. At the recent 2018 SVG Esports Production Forum in Los Angeles, execs from the Big Ten Network, Twitch, UCI Esports, and […] More
