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Tuesday, April 23, 2024NAB Show 2024: AT&T Business' Scott Beckett Details Transmission Firepower w/ Robo Dog, Mini CopterFor sports-video-production clients that are looking for reliable transmission services for broadcasts taking place in remote areas, AT&T Business has your back. Whether it's racing in the desert, events taking place in marshy areas, or looking for cinematic shots of the action from the air, the company is ready to service any of these needs.
Scott Beckett, Director of Product Management of AT&T - Global Video Services, explains how their work with the American Rally Association has expanded into new areas of broadcasting and showcases some engaging production tools including cameras on a robotic dog and a tethered mini helicopter.Monday, April 22, 2024NAB 2024: NEP Group CEO Martin Stewart on the Need to Think Globally and Evolve With the IndustryIn the world of live sports production, few if any, organizations can claim the sheer size and scale of NEP Group. Since taking over as CEO of NEP in June 2023, Martin Stewart has looked to combine the company's growing cloud-based efforts and established physical production facilities into a more holistic, comprehensive offering for the industry.
At NEP's meeting room at NAB 2024, Stewart took some time with SVG's Executive Director of Editorial Ken Kerschbaumer to discuss his decorated background in the broadcast industry, what he's learned in his first nine months as CEO, his belief that NEP needs to "think globally and act locally," and why NEP is steadfast on putting quality and reliability above all else when serving their clients.Wednesday, April 17, 2024NAB Show 2024: Zixi CEO Gordon Brooks on Live Cloud Production with NHL, v17 of the Zixi PlatformIt's been a big NAB Show for the team at Zixi. The company was spotlighted throughout the show as the NHL showed off its latest in live cloud production. Plus, the launch of version 17 of the Zixi Platform delivers improvements in key areas of high-quality live and live linear internet protocol video delivery.
At the company's West Hall booth, Zixi's Executive Chairman
and CEO Gordon Brooks stopped to speak with our Brandon Costa about all things happening for Zixi in Vegas.Wednesday, April 17, 2024NAB Show 2024: Grass Valley's Louis Hernandez & Tim Banks on Evolution of AMPP and What's AheadTo say it's been an eventful six months for Grass Valley (C2308),would be an understatement. Since IBC 2023 the company has has completed a strategic refinancing initiative of $220 million with Morgan Stanley; continued its worldwide recruitment drive with hundreds of new hires (and more on the way); seen a rise in the adoption of its AMPP SaaS platform by leading media operators such as NVP Italy, the Global Leadership Summit (GLS), and the G20 Summit in India; and grown its network of GV Alliance Members to more than 90 partners. Add that to a cavalcade of new innovations and enhanced products on the showfloor, and NAB 2024 is proving to be one of the biggest shows in recent memory for Grass Valley.
SVG took some time with Executive Chairman/CEO Louis Hernandez and Chief Revenue Officer Tim Banks at the GV Forum (which drew more than 300 attendees on Saturday), to discuss the refinancing, hiring frenzy, the maturation of AMPP and the GV Media Universe, and the growth of GV Alliance. Bank also touches on the new LDX 135 RF and LDX 150 RF camera solutions (with integrated wireless transmission via RF or 5G bonded cellular) debuting at the show, a new generation of IP I/O boards for its K-Frame XP series switchers, and its new modular production switcher solution, Maverik X.Tuesday, April 16, 2024NAB Show 2024: Blackmagic Design's Bob Caniglia on Upgrades to ATEM Switchers, Work in Replay and IPNAB Show is not complete without a stop to the massive Blackmagic Design booth in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. From productions switchers to driving the industry's transition to IP, visitors on the show floor can learn how the company can service a wide variety of needs.
Blackmagic Design's Director, Sales Operations, North America, Bob Caniglia, runs down the upgrades being shown to their line of ATEM products, the company's activity on the replay side of the business, and any updates on the IP-based front.Tuesday, April 16, 2024NAB Show 2024: Calrec's Henry Goodman, Solid State Logic's Tom Knowles on Audio in the CloudA top-tier sports broadcast is nothing without high-quality audio, and at the 2024 NAB Show, the partnership between Calrec Audio and Solid State Logic has resulted in products that have provided just that.
First, SVG caught up with Calrec Audio's Director of Product Management, Henry Goodman, about how the company is celebrating their 60th anniversary and what cloud-based workflows are being shown at their booth. Then, Solid State Logic's Director of Product Management, Tom Knowles, presents his company's services that advance the same trend of operating in the cloud.Tuesday, April 16, 2024NAB Show 2024: Canon's Staff Gives Tour of New Lenses, Multi-Camera Control App, Free ViewpointYear after year, Canon has something new to show at their booth on the NAB Show floor. This year, the main headliner is the debut of the CJ27ex7.3B lens — the company's first 2/3-inch portable lens. In addition, the crew is also showcasing their Multi-Camera Control App, which could be used for small-scale productions, as well as updates to their popular Canon Free Viewpoint.
A quartet of members from Canon — National Accounts Sales Director Rich Eilers; Senior Specialist, Technical Josh Stoner; Senior Technical Specialist Paul McAniff; and Fellow Tsuyoshi Wakazono — and ZeroSpace's Senior System Engineer Evan Clark break down the details of these new products and dive deep into the enhancements to the immersive volumetric video platform, including its use at the 2024 NCAA Women's Final Four in Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.Tuesday, April 16, 2024NAB Show 2024: The Switch's George Lopez on REMI, The Cloud, and the Future of ConnectivityIt's been a big year for the team at The Switch. In addition to offering connectivity to virtually every sports professional sports venue in the country, the company also opened its new 66,000 sq. ft. remote production facility, The Switch@Victory.
At the 2024 NAB Show, George Lopez, SVP, Operations for The Switch spoke with SVG about the company's continued growth, adjustments since the company has moved under the umbrella of Tata Communications, and how that move sets the company up well as the industry moves more and more to the cloud.Tuesday, April 16, 2024NAB Show 2024: LiveU's Steve Wind-Mozley on IP, REMI Solutions for "Light Weight" ProductionProducing more content at less expense is the name of the game in today's media ecosystem. So how is LiveU leveraging its legacy bonded cellular technology with innovations in IP to empower this drive towards "lightweight" production?
Steve Wind-Mozley, LiveU's Chief Marketing Officer, spoke to SVG at the company's 2024 NAB Show booth about the company's commitment to REMI-based solutions, the increasing drive towards IP, and preparing for another big Olympics year.Monday, April 15, 2024NAB Show 2024: Vizrt's Nicholas Jameson on the Democratization of High-End Graphics TechGraphics giant Vizrt is bringing its top-flight technology to the masses. That's the goal of the 2024 NAB Show as the company shows off its latest in graphics tech for live sports productions.
At the company's South Lower Hall Booth, Vizrt's Senior Customer Success Manager Nicholas Jameson shines a light on a free graphics package library for users of its cloud-native HTML5 platform, Viz Flowics, dives into some of the company's key industry partnerships, and more.Monday, April 15, 2024NAB Show 2024: Lawo's Andreas Hilmer Walks Through HOME Apps, Dishes Latest on IPFor the audio and IP innovators, Lawo, this year's NAB Show is all about going home. It's a new era for the company's HOME Apps offering, which includes HOME Multiviewer, HOME UDX Converter, HOME Stream Transcoder, HOME Graphic Inserter, and the free Test Pattern/Test Tone Generator apps, leveraging the power of a flexible microservice architecture.
At the company's Central Hall Booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Lawo's Chief Marketing Officer Andreas Hilmer stopped to speak with our Brandon Costa about the latest features within the HOME Apps and also shares the latest in the company's important work in IP.Monday, April 15, 2024NAB Show 2024: AWS' Julie Souza on the Maturation of Live Sports Production in the CloudEntrenched as an industry giant, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is taking NAB Show 2024 by storm with its live cloud-powered production workflows (recently implemented end-to-end by the NHL, while also flexing its muscles in the world of artificial intelligence with more than 30 generative artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrations across its West Hall booth.
Julie Souza, Global Head of Sports for AWS spoke with our Brandon Costa about the unique learnings garnered from its sports partners in cloud production, what excites her about the potential of AI, and what's most hoping to get out of this year's big trade show.Monday, April 15, 2024NAB Show 2024: FUJINON's Stosh Durbacz Debuts Duvo 14-100mm Lens, Talks Cinematic Shots in SportsThe sports-broadcasting industry, and the technologies that power its plethora of shows, have begun to integrate cinematic angles to tell a better story for the viewing audiences. For networks that are looking to pack that extra punch, the booth of Fujifilm North America Corporation’s Electronic Imaging and Optical Devices Division is a must-see destination at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the 2024 NAB Show.
Fujifilm Lenses' National Sales Manager Stosh Durbacz touches on new releases being displayed on the show floor, including the new Duvo HZK14-100mm lens and how their lineup of cinematic products are allowing networks to dive into shallow depth-of-field shots and supplement broadcasts with creative storytelling.Monday, April 15, 2024NAB Show 2024: Sony's Hugo Gaggioni on the Power of Sharing and Connecting Live Production ResourcesFor Sony, innovation is in the company's blood. At the 2024 NAB Show, the tech giant is sharing its latest technological developments for the media and entertainment space across four pillars: Networked Live, Creators' Cloud, Virtual Production, and, of course, The Power of Imaging.
During Sony's Sunday morning booth grand opening, Hugo Gaggioni, Chief Technology Officer of Sony Imaging Products and Professional Solutions – Americas, a division of Sony Electronics spoke with SVG's Brandon Costa about the exciting things for sports broadcasters to look for from one of the industry's leading technology brands.Sunday, April 14, 2024NAB Show 2024: Ross Video's David Ross on Celebrating 50 Years with Major Product IntrosOne of the sports broadcasting industry's technology cornerstones is celebrating its 50 anniversary in 2024. Ross Video marked the occasion with its popular and exciting Keynote on Saturday evening to help kick off the opening of the 2024 NAB Show.
Ross Video CEO David Ross spoke with our Brandon Costa about the significance of the 50 year milestone, shed light on some big product launches (including the introduction of a new NDI-powered production switcher named CarboniteCode), and offered a peek at what attendees can expect to see at the company's booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center.Sunday, April 14, 2024NAB Show 2024: Amagi's Dan Marshall on Pushing On-Prem Data Centers to The Cloud and Growth in FASTMigrating to the cloud and the opportunities surrounding FAST (free ad-supported television) channels are two different but equally intriguing trends occurring across the sports media industry and the media cloud leaders from Amagi are right at the center of both.
At NAB Show 2024, our Kristian Hernández chatted with Dan Marshall, EVP, Worldwide Sales for Amagi to break down how broadcasters are unleashing the power of unified cloud workflows to reach audiences across traditional cable, CTV, D2C apps, and FAST platforms and how FAST is offering the ability to easily spin up channels and improve ad monetization of content libraries.Sunday, April 14, 2024NAB Show 2024: Program Productions' Bob Carzoli on Investment Growth in Supporting FreelancersWith a best-in-class network of 18,000 skilled technicians, Program Productions is one of the nation's leaders in end-to-end staffing solutions for more than 30,000 live event days each year across North America. The company is also growing at a tremendous rate following significant investment from Integrum Holdings to further enhance the company’s services within live sports production and other live-event categories.
At NAB Show 2024, our Jason Dachman spoke with Bob Carzoli, Executive Chairman of Program Productions to get the latest on the company's growth, its continued expansion of the ProCrewz app, and more.Sunday, April 14, 2024NAB Show 2024: Appear on Backing the Continued Growth of Live SportsAppear, the global leader in live production technology, is demonstrating its innovative solutions for contribution, remote production and distribution at NAB Show 2024.
SVG caught up with CEO Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, Chief Commercial Officer Alex Pannell, and President & General Manager, Appear US Ed McGivern to discuss the company's performance in HEVC, JPEG XS, SRT and IP Trust Boundary implementation, as well as the big product launches occurring at this year's trade show.Thursday, April 11, 2024Producer Jhalen Wingate on Capturing South Carolina Women's Basketball's National ChampionshipThe University of South Carolina women's basketball team claimed the NCAA National Championship in the most-watched women's basketball game in recorded history. In addition to an outstanding performance on the court from its players, the Gamecocks' creative team was also capturing and churning out elite content throughout the team's perfect season.
Jhalen Wingate, Creative Media Producer for Women's Basketball at University of South Carolina Athletics stops by the share his favorite content from the Final Four, what gear he and his team used to get the job done, and what advice he would give another creative who finds themselves in a similar position.Monday, April 8, 2024Big East's Dee Seymore, Danny Lemoine on Highlighting All Things UConn Men's, Women's BasketballWith technological innovation at its annual men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden, last year's winner of the National Championship n the University of Connecticut Huskies, and multiple programs that have garnered recognition for stellar play on the national stage, the Big East Conference is a formidable force in the Power Five discussion. The men's team is on the hunt for back-to-back national titles against Purdue University on Monday night and the women's squad made their 15th Final Four in the last 16 seasons of women's college basketball. From a conference perspective, how do you provide equal coverage of both teams along with the other Big East representatives — No. 2 Marquette University and No. 3 Creighton University — that made the Big Dance?
At the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four in Glendale, we spoke with Big East Conference Director, Digital Media & Social Content, Dee Seymore, and Creative Services Coordinator Danny LeMoine to understand the conference's strategy in Arizona and at the Women's Final Four in Cleveland, the examples of content being created in partnership with the creative services department in Storrs, CT, how content has changed since last year at both tournaments, and how they're simultanaeously covering the action that's happening during the schedule of spring sports.Saturday, April 6, 2024UConn's Dave Kaplan, Tim Watson on Spreading Video Resources Across Men's and Women's Final FoursIt's a good time to be a Husky. The defending national champion men's basketball team is back in the Final Four for the second straight year and the women's basketball team returned to the Women's Final Four for the third time in the last four year. How does an athletic department rally the troops to properly cover both teams?
In Glendale at the Men's Final Four, our Brandon Costa met with Dave Kaplan, Assistant Director of Athletics/Video Services and Tim Watson, Director of Men’s Basketball Creative Content of the University of Connecticut athletics department to discuss their strategy for tackling content production in both Arizona and Cleveland while also taking the time to reflect on some of the best content their team has produced this postseason.Saturday, April 6, 2024At Men's Final Four, Purdue's Andrew Bay: "Don't Be The Gap in the History Book"While social engagement and giving Purdue men's basketball fans and alumni unique access to the program's first Final Four appearance in more than forty years is critical, it's also crucial for videographers and the Boilermakers' creative team to properly archive this historic postseason run.
At the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in Glendale, our Brandon Costa spoke with Andrew Bay, Associate Director of Creative Services - Video for Purdue University Athletics to ask how his team is planning to properly capture and tell the story of this team, what advice he would give to other creatives, and why it's important to lean into one's strengths at this time of the season.Saturday, April 6, 2024Alabama's Aaron Hepp on Capitalizing on Access in First-Ever Men's Final Four AppearanceThe University of Alabama boasts one of the biggest, most successful athletic departments in the country. It's men's basketball team's run to the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four, though, is a special first for the program. Naturally, Crimson Tide fans and alumni are chomping at the bit to be a part of the action.
In Glendale at the Final Four, our Kristian Hernandez caught up with Aaron Hepp, Director, Creative Content for the University of Alabama athletic department to get the skinny on how Crimson Tide Productions' creative team has tackled this special postseason run, what content has found the most success for them, and how leveraging their unique access to the team is a major piece of the puzzle.Friday, April 5, 2024Digital Harmonic CEO Scott Haiges on Driving Down Bandwidth to Improve Quality in Live StreamingSVG is pleased to welcome Digital Harmonic as a new corporate sponsor. An industry leader in media encoding and image enhancement in today's rough and tumble world of live streaming, Digital Harmonic's technology reduces bandwidth to improve video delivery with less overhead compute.
In this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we sit down with Scott Haiges, CEO of Digital Harmonic to take you inside the company's signature solution Keyframe), share how Fubo entrusted it as their advanced video pre-encode filter to enhance their video quality while enabling bitrate reduction, and get his take on overall trends he sees facing the industry currently.Thursday, April 4, 2024SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Wisycom's John Kowalski on Tackling Large Scale Audio EventsSVG is pleased to welcome as a new corporate sponsor Wisycom, which offers what the company describes as “the most sophisticated RF systems in the world” for wireless microphones, IEM, IFB, and other comms applications.
“It’s about frequencies, it’s about spectrum and… it’s about coverage,” explains John Kowalski, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Wisycom, who offers his take on the big challenges for wireless comms for broadcast sports, including how to best cover ever-larger-scaled events such as league drafts, and how Wisycom is helping make them more manageable.Thursday, April 4, 2024Barstool Sports' Brian Fitzsimmons on Churning Out Produced, Unscripted Content for More EngagementCatering to the younger demographic, Barstool Sports has found a formula for success on social media platforms as well as their own dedicated digital spaces. Whether in the studio at their NYC office or on the road at major sporting events, viewers are seeing various forms of entertainment on a daily basis.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, Barstool Sports' Director, Licensing and Business Development, Brian Fitzsimmons, outlines the their balance between pre-planned and spontaneous content, how they feed off of the creativity of their numerous creators, how their understanding of data and metrics is fine-tuning their digital approach, and how they're tapping into the uniqueness of their company to create more engagement.Wednesday, April 3, 2024The Famous Group's Matthew Marcus on Entertaining the In-Venue Fan with the Vixi Live SuiteOver the years, the in-venue sector of the industry is aiming to turn the fan experience from passive to active. This mission can be accomplished with enhanced storytelling and production elements as well as the integration of technology for real-time interactivity. For the latter, The Famous Group has worked with numerous teams and venues to deploy their Vixi Suite of solutions on gameday.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, The Famous Group's EVP, Proprietary Technologies, Matthew Marcus, highlights how the Vixi Suite has adapted since its heightened popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, how these solutions are being improved through feedback from fans and the company's partnerships with teams, and how this tool can connect the virtual and in-person fan together.Tuesday, April 2, 2024FloSports' John Turner on Meeting Digital-Native Sports Fans With Storytelling, Easy AccessibilityIn the current age of live streaming, sports fans have a ton of decisions to make: what games to watch, what device to use to watch the game, and what platform to watch the game on. For those competing to capture the viewer's attention, the key is laying out diverse options in a seamless way.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, FloSports' VP, Content, John Turner, details the company's growth over the past year, how the team at FloSports is adapting to meet fans where they're at, and what they can do moving forward as the industry continues to evolve.Monday, April 1, 2024NHL's Chris Foster on Curating Content on Busy Game DaysWith so many digital and social platforms to feed, it's a logistical challenge for major sports leagues to produce, distribute, and personalize content.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, our Jason Dachman spoke with Chris Foster, VP, Digital Business Development at the NHL to break down his team's strategy for getting the most out of their vast library of video.Friday, March 29, 2024USGA’s Dave Giancola on How Automation, AI Handles the Immense Load of Data on Tournament WeekendArtificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation are making their presence felt on the sports-video-production community. For a product like the United States Golf Association (USGA) and its myriad of tournaments that happen throughout the year, including the events within the PGA Tour, these workflows are sifting through the deluge of statistics, data, and information and sending it to the intended destination on the organization's digital and mobile platforms.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, USGA's Director, Digital Strategy and Innovation, Dave Giancola, details how AI and automation are populating the feeds used by fans, the new enhancements and features made to the USGA app, and how they're creating digital experiences and engagement for spectators on the course.Tuesday, March 26, 2024Prime Video's Eric Orme on What's Next for the StreamerAfter building off their second season of Thursday Night Football, Prime Video is continuing their success in 2024 with the recent additions of 27 exclusive NWSL broadcasts and the first PBC Boxing pay-per-view this weekend.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, Prime Video's VP, Live Sports Product and Engineering, Eric Orme highlights the excitement around adding these new properties, what goes into a exclusive live streamed broadcast, recaps season 2 of TNF, and how they can continue to enhance the viewing experience with more real-time data and analytics.Monday, March 25, 2024ESPN's Allison Loucks on the Challenge of Integrating Analytics Into the Live Sports BroadcastAs the Worldwide Leader in Sports, ESPN is at the forefront of building and delivering new and exciting ways for fans to consume their favorite sports live. The network also has a deep, smart analytics team committed to developing new ways to tell the story of live sports.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, our Brandon Costa spoke with Allison Loucks, Director, Business Development & Innovation at ESPN to discuss how analytics are fueling various viewer experiences, including television, mobile app, social media, and even betting.Friday, March 22, 2024Edgio's Eric Black on Offering Cost-Efficient Solutions for Direct-to-Consumer, OTT PlatformsWith many factors and elements to consider, getting operating in the live streaming and digital space can become quite expensive. From the perspective of vendors and manufacturers, the goal is to alleviate the stress of costs for their clients and expand the access of their solutions to as many entities as possible.
At the 2024 SVG Digital Engagement Forum, Edgio's CTO and General Manager Eric Black details the work that the company is doing in the sports market, how trends like cost-efficiency and scalability are on the top of their priority list, and how he's bringing his experience from NBC Sports to his role at Edgio.Thursday, March 21, 2024SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Comcast Technology Solution's Peter Gibson on Activating Content Via AIThe Sports Video Group is delighted to welcome Comcast Technology Solutions as a new premier sponsor. In an era of live streaming and high-leverage digital video delivery products, its critical to work with a partner that's proven its ability to perform during the world's biggest events. As a part of the Comcast family, Comcast Technology Solutions aims to bring all of the technological might and brainpower from Comcast to the rest of the media world.
In this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we speak with Peter Gibson, VP, Product for Comcast Technology Solutions to discuss the latest offerings in the company's product line [including VideoAI, a tool Built on Comcast’s AI/ML infrastructure that scans video content to derive information from assets to create actionable metadata], what major sports properties their technologies are supporting, and what major industry trend he's keeping an eye on this year.Friday, March 15, 2024FOX Sports' Doug Fuchs Talks Innovation at This Year's Big East Tournament.As March Madness descends, FOX Sports is once again covering all of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament live from Madison Square Garden.
We spoke with Doug Fuchs, Technical Producer, about the growth the team has with their drone coverage, and why being able to have creative free rein for this tournament allows for better coverage.Wednesday, March 13, 2024Charles Steinberg: A TributeCharles A. Steinberg, a Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer and longtime top exec at both Ampex and Sony Broadcast, passed away on March 12, peacefully and surrounded by his family at his home in Woodside, CA.
For more than 35 years, Steinberg played an integral role behind the scenes at Ampex and at Sony Broadcast, turning the technical visions of industry leaders like Roone Arledge, Jules Barnathan, Don Ohlmeyer, and Ken Aagaard into sports-television realities.
At Ampex, Steinberg was involved in designing the first system that allowed TV programs to be recorded in color on one reel of videotape. During the next 35 years, he would be involved in various videotape innovations. Two-inch tape, 1-inch helical tape, and Sony’s Digital Betacam and HDCAM formats were just some of the tape formats that Steinberg helped launch.
In terms of sports innovations, he played a major role in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics which marked the Olympics debut for two technologies: handheld color cameras and the HS-100 color video magnetic-disk recorder that allowed slow-motion instant replay. ABC Sports' leaders Roone Arledge and Jules Barnathan wanted to have instant replay that would allow for slow motion and stop motion – and the first development of putting video onto a disk system was no small feat.
The Olympics once again drove technology forward in 1980 at the Lake Placid Games. Steinberg and Ampex turned another of Barnathan’s visions into reality: bringing digital video effects to the electronic still store. ABC Sports and Ampex together developed a system that allowed ABC Sports to take a single frame of video and apply digital video effects.
Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Chairman Ken Aagaard credits Steinberg as "the founder of the videotape replay that we all take for granted today. The technologies used at the Olympics by Barnathan, Marvin Bader, and later at NBC Sports were due in large part to Charlie.”
In 1988, after rising to president and CEO and chairman of the board, Steinberg left Ampex after it was sold in a leveraged buyout and joined Sony, where he was named president of the Sony Electronics Broadcast and Professional Co. During his tenure as president from 1988 to 1999, Steinberg oversaw a decade-long product-development and marketing effort that would make Sony the leader in a new age of broadcasting: digital and high-definition TV.
Steinberg received three Emmy Awards. The first was the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award Emmy, which was presented to him "in recognition of his many contributions to electronic technology during his career at Ampex, and as the president of the Broadcast and Professional Division of Sony Electronics." The Emmy commemorates his vision, leadership and contributions to the world of digital television. He also received Emmys for the production and broadcast of the first four NFL games in HD and for his technical efforts at the Games of the XXVII Olympics in Australia.
The National Broadcasters Association (NAB) presented Steinberg with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its convention in 1999. He was also presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound (ITS). Steinberg was a Fellow of The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and a recipient of the Presidential Proclamation Award from that organization.
Steinberg served on the Board of Trustees for the American Film Institute for 10 years. He was also on the Board of Trustees for the Vision Fund, a charitable organization dedicated to improving the life of visually impaired individuals. Steinberg received an award from this organization for his "superior achievements" and "professional excellence and social involvement".Wednesday, March 13, 2024Gcore’s Alexey Petrovskikh on Driving Down Costs and Driving Up Live Streaming Latency ReliabilityThe Sports Video Group is delighted to welcome Gcore as a new corporate sponsor. Broadcasters and M&E brands need to go globally quickly more often these days and, in those circumstances, it's important to have a trusted partner to properly handle infrastructure and low-latency services for video delivery.
In this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we speak with Alexey Petrovskikh, Product Manager, Streaming Platform for Gcore to discuss the company's exciting work in Edge Computing and CDNs, how their services are supporting live sports specifically, and what trends he is keeping an eye on moving forward.Wednesday, March 13, 2024Champion Data’s Chris Hume on Real-Time, Low Latency Data in Sports BroadcastsThe Sports Video Group is delighted to welcome Champion Data as a new corporate sponsor. Delivering data-rich and real-time statistics to clients and partners for over 20 years, the company has become a prominent player in live sports productions and has continued this ascension with the rise of legalized sports betting.
In this New Sponsor Spotlight, SVG’s Kristian Hernández speaks with Champion Data’s Executive Director Chris Hume about their extensive portfolio of solutions that they’re offering the sports-video-production community, the recent work they’ve done with LIV Golf to augment the viewing experience with virtual graphics that fold in real-time player information, how they’re fostering existing partnerships with top-tier sports leagues like the ATP Tour and the Australian Football League, why it’s important for low latency in verticals like sports betting and live broadcasts, and how workflows like player tracking will enhance the production of horse racing and other trends to pay attention to in 2024.Tuesday, March 12, 2024Vegas Golden Knights' Andrew Abrams on Meeting High Expectations For In-Arena EntertainmentWorking as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights' video production team means facing high expectations. Not only is the club the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, but the team's in-game productions at T-Mobile Area have set a unique bar for venue entertainment.
At the 2024 SVG Venue Summit, our Brandon Costa spoke with Andrew Abrams, VP and Executive Producer for the Vegas Golden Knights to discuss how his team approaches keeping their shows fresh, why calling Vegas home offers them unique opportunities, and more.Tuesday, March 12, 2024Van Wagner's Bob Becker on Creating Content, Executing Gameday Production of Super Bowl LVIIISuper Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas was the National Football League's biggest event of the year, but behind the scenes, Van Wagner was a critical cog in the gameday machine. Implementing ideas developed by the league and leveraging both pre-existing and temporarily installed technologies supplied by the crew at Allegiant Stadium, the in-venue juggernaut put together an experienced team to handle the last-minute adjustments and complex production elements that come with the most-watched televised sporting event.
At the 2024 SVG Venue Summit, Van Wagner's President of Productions, Bob Becker, chatted about the preparation that goes into producing this massive event, rehearsing the show in a newer venue, and reflects on his team's overall efforts in Las Vegas.Monday, March 11, 20243 Point Productions' Matt Heuer on Producing the Las Vegas Aces' Unique In-Arena ShowThe back-to-back WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces recently announced that the team is sold out of season ticket memberships for the 2024 season, making them the first team in WNBA history to sell out its season ticket allotment.
Anyone who has attended an Aces game can attest to the fact that the team offers fans a one-of-a-kind in-venue experience at Michelob Ultra Arena. Not only do fans get the chance to watch winning basketball, they also enjoy one of the more unique in-venue shows of any in pro sports.
At the 2024 SVG Venue Summit, our Brandon Costa spoke with Matt Heuer, Creative Director of 3 Point Productions - the production company brought in by the Aces to produce their in-arena show - to discuss his team's original approach to entertaining fans at Aces games.Thursday, March 7, 2024NFL's Tim Tubito on Bringing the Flair of Las Vegas to Super Bowl LVIIIThe National Football League threw their biggest party to date with Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Integrating the local flavor of the city and the energy of the NFL's first championship game in Sin City, the league worked with the talented production staff of Van Wagner and the AV production team at Allegiant Stadium to execute a highly entertaining show.
At the 2024 SVG Venue Summit, NFL's Director of Event Presentation & Content Tim Tubito discusses the creative influences and decisions that drove the overall look of their in-venue show, how the inclusion of Pro Football Hall of Famers Larry Csonka and John Elway in the Lombardi trophy presentation came together, and how preparations for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans are coming along.Tuesday, March 5, 2024Allegiant Stadium's Aric Carpenter on Producing the In Venue Videoboard Show for Super Bowl LVIIIOne of the nation's newest sports venues, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, just hosted its biggest event yet: Super Bowl LVIII. How did the video production and technology teams at the stadium and the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders work together with the league, Van Wagner, CBS Sports, and others to put on the best show in the bowl as possible?
At the 2024 SVG Venue Summit, we spoke with Aric Carpenter, Director of Production Technology at Allegiant Stadium - who manages and directs in-house shows for sporting events in the stadium - to discuss how it all went down and what makes this stadium so special.Tuesday, March 5, 2024EVS's James Stellpflug on Replay Tech at Allegiant Stadium and the Burgeoning Venue MarketAllegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is right at the top of the list when you talk about innovative, cutting-edge sports stadiums in the United States today. The host of this year's Super Bowl is also a video juggernaut.
At the 2024 SVG Venue Summit, we caught up with James Stellpflug, SVP, Community Engagement, Live Ecosystem for EVS to discuss the stadium's key replay infrastructure, how he sees the venue video market continue to grow, and how the legacy company is planning to celebrate its 30th anniversary.Tuesday, March 5, 2024TrackIt’s Brad Winett Talks Cloud Migration StrategyTrackIt is a globally distributed AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner that specializes in consulting, building and supporting your media and entertainment cloud experience. Founded in 2014, the company’s origins can be traced back to extensive experience in broadcast and media technology, which it has successfully transformed into cloud-based software and integration solutions.
SVG sat down with Brad Winett, President, Trackiit.IO to discuss the company’s products and services, how TrackIt can help you migrate your media workflows to the cloud, the key steps to build and deploy solutions on AWS, and how their offerings factor into the sports-media landscape.Tuesday, March 5, 2024Avid’s Raymond Thompson on AI’s Impact on Video EditingThe demand on video content creators today is tremendous. How can artificial intelligence provide key assistance in meeting that demand?
In this SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we sat down with Raymond Thompson, Senior Director, Partners and Alliances at Avid Technology to discuss some of the new AI-driven features being added to Avid products and how the company is continuing to evolve for its sports and M&E clients.Tuesday, March 5, 2024LBI Syndicate’s Mark Harris on Servicing Remote Production With a New Broadcast CenterTV Syndicate is an industry veteran that specializes in mobile production, remote production, master control, and interactive media. The company recently partnered with LBiSat to launch a new remote broadcasting center in in Orem, UT that features four 24/7 REMI control rooms. The secure, Tier 4 data center offers redundant power and redundant connectivity into and out of the facility.
SVG sat down with LBI Syndicate’s Managing Partner Mark Harris to discuss company’s growing portfolio of services and how this new joint venture takes both company’s offerings to a whole new level – especially for the sports video community.Tuesday, March 5, 2024G3DVu’s Craig Dutra on Offering Cost-Effective AR Solutions to AllG3DVu LLC has become known for offering high-quality abd cost-effective augmented reality (AR) technology for a variety of business segments. In the live broadcast space, the company’s main solution is OmniVu — a proprietary sport agnostic technology to execute real-time AR for baseband video sources via the ARVu System.
In this New SVG Sponsor Spotlight, G3DVu’s Vice President of Testing & Operation, Craig Dutra, provides an overview of the company’s extensive soltuions, how they’re helping clients create engaging AR elements that they can take to air, how they’re matching viewers’ expectations for ultra-realism, and how keeping their products at a low price helps spread this technology to the masses.Tuesday, February 13, 2024Backblaze's Elton Carneiro on How Cloud Storage Can Maximize Production EfficiencyAs many in the sports-production sector look to migrate more of their media workflows to the cloud, everyone is on the lookout for affordable, user-friendly platforms to make their lives easier. The Backblaze Storage Cloud provides a foundation for media organizations to build applications, host content, manage media, back up and archive data, and more. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage offers an always-hot, performant, and S3-compatible solution that features enterprise-ready security and compliance at 1/5 the cost of AWS S3 with 3x free egress, according to the company.
The company recently announced the launch of Powered by Backblaze, which helps independent software vendors (ISVs), technology partners, and other companies take the complexity out of offering object storage within their branded user experience so that they can focus on enabling customer success and growing revenue. Powered by Backblaze offers companies the ability to incorporate B2 Cloud Storage into their products seamlessly, empowering them to sell more services or enhance their user experience with no capital investment. Today, this program offers two features that support the provisioning of B2 Cloud Storage: Custom Domains and the Backblaze Partner API.
In this SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, Elton Carneiro, Backblaze, Senior Director, Partnerships, discusses the launch of Power by Backblaze, how its cloud-storage platform compares to others in the market, and how sports-media organizations can take their production ecosystem into the cloud with Backblaze.Monday, January 29, 2024Cheqroom's Vincent Theeten on Alleviating Operational, Logistical StressLive sports productions, big and small, require varying scales of equipment, technologies, and other hardware. With the days on the sports calendar coming one after the other, it sometimes becomes quite hard to keep track where all of these physical objects are. That's where Cheqroom comes in. Armed with the expertise of tracking where your gear is and managing its timely arrival, the company is there to alleviate stress and ensure that all logistics are being handled properly.
In this SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, Cheqroom's CEO and Founder Vincent Theeten highlights how their role in the sports-video-production industry is important, the relationships that the company has with broadcasters, leagues, and teams, and how trends like mobile/lightweight productions are making their solutions more prevalent in 2024.