AES Delivers in New York and Announces 2023 Anniversary Year Events
Welcoming a stellar audience of attendees ready to return to international-scale events, the recent AES New York 2022 Convention – the Society’s first in-person U.S. convention in three years – drew unilateral acclaim as an industry homecoming.
Sports Audio Summit 2022: Sky Sports, Discovery and IMG speakers added to extensive content programme
Sports Audio Summit 2022: Sky Sports, Discovery and IMG speakers added to extensive content programme More
Qatar 2022: Kicking off the audio under pressure at the world’s biggest football competition
Qatar 2022: Kicking off the audio under pressure at the world’s biggest football competition More
NBC Sports Catches the Sound of the Breeders’ Cup Race
NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2022 Breeders’ Cup kicked off on Nov. 4 with Future Stars Friday on the USA Network and continued with Championship Saturday and the big race on NBC on Nov. 5. In sum, 14 championship races with purses and awards totaling more than $30 million, were run over the weekend at […] More
World Series 2022: Fox Sports Reaches Into Bag of Baseball Audio Tricks for Sonic Treats
When the Houston Astros host the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park tonight in Game 1 of the World Series, Fox Sports will have NEP EN-2 mobile unit onsite in Houston. Game Creek Yogi truck, with EIC Andrew McManus, will cover the games at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park. And there will be plenty to hear […] More
Registration Opens for SVGEurope’s Sports Audio Forum, 7 Dec, King’s Place, London
This event is for SVG Europe sponsors and professionals working in European sports broadcasting and production. Registration closes on 29 November 2022 The program will feature insight and debate on the hottest topics in sports production and broadcasting audio https://www.svgeurope.org/sports-audio-forum-2022/ More
AES, NAB Show New York Combine Expos for the First Time
For the first time, the AES Convention and the NAB New York show are co-locating for a unified show at New York City’s Javits Center Oct. 19-20. More
Sports Broadcasting Fund Available for Those Impacted by Hurricane Ian
The SVG Sports Broadcasting Fund is available to those whose property has been damaged by Hurricane Ian. “One of the reasons the fund exists is to help those who may be displaced due to damage to their home and property,” says Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG co-executive director. “Our goal is to provide first-responder assistance while sports […] More
SVG Sit-Down: Lawo’s Andreas Hilmer Discusses Lawo HOME, Future of IP and Cloud Services
At IBC 2022 last month, Lawo introduced the HOME-native .edge (read: dot edge) hyper-density SDI/IP conversion and routing platform, designed as an easy drop-in SDI-router replacement. Each rear I/O blade provides 48 HD-BNC connectors for SD/HD/3G/UHD SDI interfacing, resulting in 192 SDI/IP conversions per two rack units. It also provides full support for the SMPTE […] More
IBC 2022: Audio Exhibitors To Focus on Remote Production, Standards-Driven Tech
Over a tough 2½ years, the broadcast-audio community confronted a global pandemic with innovative solutions, such as artificial crowd noise and closer-than-ever SFX-capture for sports. At last, the folks who accomplished that are gathering once again, at the Amsterdam RAI Sept. 9-12 for the first IBC Show since 2019. Here’s an in-depth look at what […] More
Tech Focus: Microphones, Part 1 — Flexibility, Networking Spur New Applications in Sports
Bubble wrap was originally developed as a textured-wallpaper product. Frisbees were actual pie plates, made by a 19th-century baker named William Russell Frisbie before becoming ubiquitous campus-quad airfoils. History is peppered with products that found success in verticals other than the ones they were designed for. Now it’s microphones’ turn. More
Tech Focus: Microphones, Part 2 — A1s’ Favorite Mics for Sports Sound
A microphone is to an A1 what a nicely balanced knife was to Jim Bowie 150 years ago: a personal choice based on a technical and aesthetic factors but also a practical choice that let them carve out the world as they see it. Aboard trucks filled with the staples of sound — the shotguns […] More