NBA Digital continued its commitment to 3D production with the NBA All-Star Game and All-Star Saturday night this past weekend at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Not only did the production keep a 3D streak alive, but it also continued the league’s evolution to more cost-effective 3D-production techniques. “We want grow our 3D library […] More
Sensio Technologies will help the NBA distribute its 3D efforts at the NBA All-Star Game weekend to theaters around the world, allowing international fans in more than 100 cinemas in Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Mexico to feel closer than ever to NBA action. And Sensio CEO Nicholas Routhier is adamant that theaters are a key […] More
Nearly every sporting event produced in 3D thus far has essentially been a one-off shoot, making it extremely difficult for production teams to hone their skills and develop a cheat sheet of best practices for live 3D sports productions. However, ESPN 3D’s college-football coverage is blazing a trail. For the first time in these still […] More
Mel Lambert, principal of Content-Creators.com, a Los Angeles-based consulting service, reports from the 3D Entertainment Summit, presented in association with Variety at Universal City, CA, Sept. 15-16. “Sports sells TV sets. It worked with HDTV, and it’s now working for 3D. But, to make 3D work, you have to have compelling content,” said Alec Shapiro, […] More
CBS Sports this past weekend undertook its latest 3D challenge: producing the US Open tennis tournament. With the help of PACE CEO Vince Pace and his team, as well as NEP, CBS Sports produced coverage that allowed tennis fans to see blistering 130-mph serves, swerving top-spin lobs, and dancing drop shots in true “you are […] More
A new camera system from PACE that mounts a 3D camera rig on top of a 2D camera and can be operated by only one cameraperson will play an important role in this weekend’s historic 3D coverage of the US Open. CBS Sports — in conjunction with the United States Tennis Association (USTA), DirecTV, and […] More
In July, Tom Sahara, Turner Sports senior director of IT and remote operations, oversaw production of the first live 3D coverage of a NASCAR race. In August, ensuring that Turner stays on the bleeding edge of the technology, Sahara will oversee the company’s first live 3D broadcast of a golf event, the PGA Championship. On […] More
ESPN 3D debuted with high-profile telecasts of the FIFA World Cup and MLB Home Run Derby, but this week’s X Games 16 promises to be the greatest production challenge yet for ESPN’s young 3D network. Less than three weeks removed from its first-ever in-house 3D production at the Home Run Derby (the World Cup 3D […] More
The 3D production of the 2010 MLB All Star Game in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday night capped a memorable four-day stretch when 3D baseball was top of mind for the sports-production industry. And by all accounts, the closing event was a success. “Seeing how well baseball translated to 3D was a shocker,” says Jerry Steinberg, […] More
Last night’s MLB Home Run Derby gave ESPN’s 3D production team a chance to finally sink its teeth into its own event, with staffers and freelancers working closely with NEP and 3D expert Vince Pace and his team from PACE, to produce one of the most popular events on the MLB calendar for the fledgling […] More
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