NBA on ESPN is back in business tonight, with its production team resuming live broadcasts from the NBA bubble inside Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando. To pull them off safely, the network’s operations team has worked with the NBA and fellow rightsholder Turner Sports to build a massive broadcast compound that echoes […] More
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, Kevin Harlan and his daughter Olivia Harlan Dekker will make broadcasting history during the Monday Night Football telecast, WNBA veteran Candace Parker joins the staff at Turner Sports, FS1’s Kristine Leahy will debut […] More
Over the past week in Las Vegas, the NBA and its network partners ESPN and NBA TV have once again used the NBA Summer League as an “Innovation Lab” to experiment with bleeding-edge production technologies. The NBA and its broadcasters are trying out a variety of camera positions at the Thomas & Mack Center — […] More
Ratings Roundup is a rundown of ratings news from the past week and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this edition, the 2018 Masters saw higher than normal ratings which bled into other golf broadcasts, the recent Manchester derby was the most watched Premier League match by Americans ever, NBA […] More
In the age of ubiquitous mobile devices and social-media interaction, sports broadcasters have found it increasingly difficult to keep fans engaged during live game telecasts. Rather than fight it, Turner Sports and NBA TV aim to embrace the connected fan with a first-of-its-kind production format, dubbed Fans Only, debuting for the Minnesota Timberwolves at Los […] More
For the first time, NBA All-Star Media Day is a worldwide event: the league is live-streaming today’s annual event to more than 180 countries. The NBA has teamed with NeuLion to launch an NBA syndication site that provides web publishers, social-media sites, and television operators across the globe free access to live NBA player interviews. […] More
Although TNT is carrying a whopping 24 hours of NBA All-Star programming this week, Turner Sports’ efforts go well beyond the mothership network. NBA TV (co-owned and -operated by the NBA and Turner) and Turner Sports’ social-media shows — Area 21 on Facebook and The Warmup on Twitter — are diving deeper into the festivities […] More
The NBA in 4K has finally arrived in the U.S. NBA TV and DirecTV delivered UHD coverage of two games, one on Nov. 22 and then on Dec. 3 game to viewers, with Altitude Sports and Mobile TV Group producing both the HD and 4K feed out of one truck. More
Live 4K UHD took the hardcourt in the U.S. for the first time over the weekend, as AT&T and NBA TV produced and distributed the the Denver Nuggets/Utah Jazz game on Saturday, Dec. 3 live in 4K on DirecTV. This marked the first NBA game broadcast live this season in the U.S. in 4K Ultra HD by DirecTV. Additional […] More
by Jason Dachman, Chief Editor, and Karen Hogan, Senior Editor The Golden State Warriors record-breaking 73rd win and Kobe Bryant’s epic 60-point finale sent the NBA regular season off in style on Wednesday. Now, Turner Sports, ESPN, and NBA TV are gearing up for what promises to be a memorable NBA Playoffs run chock full […] More
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