As esports rises in prominence as a live-sports property, the most common question from broadcasters — especially those accustomed to a traditional sports environment — is what are the differences between broadcasting a virtual sports event and a physical one? Sure, an esports event feels more like a rock concert than, say, a baseball game, […] More
With everything going on onstage, the magic of esports wouldn’t be possible without the behind-the-scenes activity. At last month’s SVG Esports Production Summit, take a deeper look at how producers and broadcast leaders from major esports organizations produce some of the highest-profile live esports productions of the past year. Industry leaders explain how they provide […] More
As the picture for the four-team College Football Playoff comes more into focus, there’s still loads in the way of national championship implications – and conference-wide bragging rights – on the line this weekend as major sports networks pack their programming schedules with conference championship games from across the college football landscape. From on-site studios […] More
The SVG Summit will debut a trio of new workshops this year’s event, introducing the Cloud Services Spotlight, Sports Graphics and AR Workshop, and Live HDR Production Workshop on Day 1 of the annual gathering at the New York Midtown Hilton on Dec. 16-17. The Sports Graphics and AR Workshop (Dec. 16 from 1:30 – […] More
Videos from all sessions at SVG’s second-annual Esports Production Summit are now available. Whether you missed the event or you were attendance and just want to take a look back, make sure to take them out today, check out all the must-see highlights from the Summit’s panels, keynotes, and presentations now. More
SVG is profiling this year’s 10 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductees in the weeks leading up to the ceremony on Dec. 17 at the New York Hilton. For more information, CLICK HERE. 37 NCAA Final Fours. 27 US Open tennis championships. 20 Daytona 500s. Three Olympic Winter Games. Two World Series. Plus the NFL […] More
Once near novelties, dedicated surround microphones have become more common in the sports-broadcasting toolkit, as 5.1 becomes the native audio format for television networks. This category of multi-transducer mic has been used particularly for soccer, with its expansive pitch to cover. As the immersive-audio era edges closer, surround microphones will be increasingly important to sports […] More
Broadcast-audio consoles are the foundational work surfaces for immersive sound on television; no one will be mixing 7.1.4 “in the box” anytime soon. The industry is in the midst of its transition to the immersive formats that will underpin next-generation audio, so what we’re seeing now are standard 5.1-capable consoles being adapted for larger mix […] More
Immersive audio has become an integrated element in a range of high-profile broadcast-sports proof-of-concept projects, and the format is increasingly finding its way out of the industry bubble so that more viewers can access it. More
NHL fans are about to get a deeper look at the action on the ice than ever. The league has teamed up with Disney Streaming Services (DSS) to launch GameFlow, an interactive tool on the NHL mobile app that leverages shot-pressure data to provide fans with a visual depiction of a game’s momentum. In addition, […] More
