Fox Sports South will televise the 2020 French Open for the first time ever, with live coverage of the first four rounds of men’s and women’s tennis from Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The network’s schedule will air daily from 5:00-9:00 a.m. ET, along with same-day afternoon re-airs, beginning Sunday, September 27, through Monday, October 5. […] More
It has been an eventful two weeks for NBC Sports Group’s production team for Notre Dame football, kicking off the Fighting Irish season. After producing the team’s opener against Duke remotely for the first time from NBC’s Broadcast Center in Stamford, CT, NBC partnered with Fighting Irish Media (FIM) and Notre Dame Studios (NDS) to […] More
SEC on CBS has become a tradition for college-football fans, and it returns this week, with LSU hosting Mississippi State. CBS production, operations, and technical teams have overcome numerous challenges to get the network to this place. More
Canon U.S.A. has launched a new addition to its UHDxs series of 4K UHD broadcast portable zoom lenses, the CJ20ex5B, as well as its first-ever RF mount Cinema EOS camera, the EOS C70 4K Digital Cinema Camera. Both are designed to give production professionals a new level of flexibility for capturing the action with as […] More
Many professional sports have opted for a return to play inside a sanitized bubble. Not the NFL. Without skipping a beat, the league is soldiering on with regular-season games in all 32 stadiums across the country. Similar to our At the Ballpark series, On the Gridiron examines the new routines, habits, and production philosophies of […] More
World Triathlon’s yearly Triathlon series, held in seven different countries across multiple races, has seen its 2020 season greatly impacted due to COVID-19: all races were cancelled, except for the Hamburg event, the 2020 World Triathlon World Championships and the 2020 Mixed Relay World Championships that were held on September 5-6. Infront Productions, broadcast partner […] More
German outside broadcast provider HD Broadcast’s new flagship UHD 2 truck has taken to the road this month, covering first-round matches in the DFB Pokal German knockout cup and the start of the new Bundesliga season. The truck was originally commissioned last September with a view to being on the road earlier this year in […] More
The Swiss Football League (SFL) has used Riedel Communications’ Bolero S to enhance its referee communications during the 2019/2020 season. In partnership with production company NEP, Riedel provided Bolero S, a managed-service offering built around the award-winning Bolero wireless intercom, to drive the SFL’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR) program. More
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has purchased a complete TVU live video solution, which includes a TVU One transmitter, TVU Transceiver, and TVU Grid. Cal OES has been able to provide pool feed video of the governor’s COVID-19 weekly press briefings. As the pandemic continues to affect the state, TVU’s live […] More
Pakistani broadcaster, Public News, has selected a range of Grass Valley solutions to underpin its upgraded production and playout operation. The new set-up gives the Urdu language broadcaster, owned and operated by Sports Star International Private Limited, future-ready capability, allowing it to seamlessly manage and operate multiple playout channels across any platform. The upgrade comes […] More
