Recent Posts tagged with NHL
By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 3:50 pm
Tonight, NBC Sports Group embarks on what is expected to be one of the most challenging NHL campaigns in history, with a Wednesday Night Hockey triple-header. To safely produce roughly 100 regular-season games over the next four months, NBC will use a mix of full onsite productions and REMI operations that leverage RSN-produced clean feeds […]
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By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 2:28 pm
After an abbreviated offseason fraught with uncertainty, Sportsnet heads back to the ice tonight for the start of an NHL season unlike any other. Having managed broadcast operations for the NHL’s Edmonton bubble during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Sportsnet is now tasked with producing hundreds of national and regional broadcasts from home arenas across […]
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By Dan Daley, Audio Editor | Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 10:48 am
Last year, enhanced-crowd-sound systems helped make sports during COVID seem almost normal. This year, they’re poised to do the same — and, perhaps, more.
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By SVG Staff | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 11:48 am
When the pandemic caused the U.S. sports world to suddenly grind to a halt in mid-March, broadcasters and live-event producers were faced with one of the greatest challenges in the industry’s history: How to bring back live sports broadcasts safely. In the ensuing months, sports broadcasters, technology vendors, and production-service providers worked together to develop […]
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By SVG Staff | Friday, November 6, 2020 - 10:34 am
Electronic Arts (EA) has inked a pair of multi-year renewals for its deal with the NHL and NHLPA, as well as UFC.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, September 25, 2020 - 1:35 pm
With a pair of Stanley Cup Final games on the agenda for this weekend (Game 4 on Friday, Game 5 on Saturday, both 8 p.m. ET on NBC), the National Hockey League is drawing toward the conclusion of its grand “Hub Cities” experiment and, thus, the successful broadcasting of its playoff season under exceptional circumstances.
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By SVG Staff | Friday, September 25, 2020 - 11:47 am
Verizon and the National Hockey League (NHL) are bringing the power of 5G to center ice with an exclusive, multi-year deal that will make Verizon the League’s Official 5G Partner, Official Wireless Services Partner, and Official Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Partner in the U.S. Verizon also becomes an Official Technology Partner for the League.
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By Dan Daley, Audio Editor | Friday, July 31, 2020 - 10:36 am
Every sport is finding its own way back on the air, and, when the NHL returns this weekend for the start of its abbreviated-but-rapid-fire 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers series — 16 teams playing best-of-five series to determine the eight teams to advance to the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs — it’ll be with the classic sound […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, July 13, 2020 - 2:49 pm
When the NHL truncated its regular season in mid March as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, not much was expected from the New Jersey Devils. The team sat in last place in the Metropolitan Division with only a handful of games left on the schedule. It would have been particularly easy to roll over, […]
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By SVG Staff | Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 10:42 am
This week, the National Hockey League (NHL) will continue to keep fans connected with the game while practicing social distancing with a new slate of programming and original content featuring current and former NHL players, celebrities, and award-winning broadcast personalities. Recorded remotely, these video features will be delivered to passionate hockey fans around the world […]
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