Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, Fox Sports has added Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson to its roster, CBS Sports and Fox Sports have unveiled their 2017 NFL […] More
SVG Europe is delighted to announce that it will host a Remote Production Audio Forum in Amsterdam on the morning of 14 September. The one-hour event – which is sponsored by Calrec – will assess the potential of remote production for streamlining audio workflows, reducing costs, and freeing up OB truck and flyaway space. More
Despite the popularity of the English Premier League across the world, European leagues and cup tournaments still hold audiences in their respective countries. And the broadcasters with television rights in those nations handle the coverage in different ways to suit their audiences (and their budgets). More
In January, when the NHRA named Kymberly Booth Higgs show producer for the 2017 Fox Sports television broadcasts of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, she may have been new to the front bench on this circuit, but she was far from new to the world of auto racing. With two decades of NASCAR, […] More
The NFL and Tencent have inked a three-year deal to make Tencent Sports the exclusive live digital streaming media partner of the NFL in China. Under terms of the agreement, Tencent will air live and on-demand select preseason games, all Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football games, as well as select Sunday afternoon games, the playoffs, the Pro Bowl […] More
Video will play a major part in the New York Jets’ upcoming season. The team has launched a production arm and five video franchises to share great moments both on and off the field. At the Jets Gameday Upfront on Aug. 15, team execs debuted Jets 360, an in-house production studio that will create original […] More
In a first for the sport, NASCAR plans to live-stream camera feeds from inside selected cars on Twitter during the 10 upcoming Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs races beginning next month. More
Few live sports productions are more challenging than cycling. The sheer logistical challenges of broadcasting an event moving across hundreds of miles can be enough to make any coordinating producer break out in a cold sweat. This month, Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment pulled off just that feat as they produced the week-long Tour […] More
Artificial intelligence and deep learning are gaining momentum in many areas of business, but does AI have a future in asset management? Is it possible that next-gen software will transform and fully automate logging and asset-tagging? At SVG’s 11th-annual Sports Content Management & Storage Forum, representatives from Microsoft, IBM, PGA TOUR Entertainment, and NASCAR Productions […] More
The Sports Video Group is pleased to welcome Optical Cable Corp. as a corporate sponsor. Founded 35 years ago, OCC sought to build a reputation as pioneers in fiber-optic cable and made a commitment to quality, performance, and service. The company was one of the first fiber-optic–cable manufacturers to provide military-grade tactical cable for field […] More
