By Carolyn Braff, Editor | Friday, February 26, 2010 - 2:23 pm
For the past two months, Universal Sports has been in the midst of a major transition, moving into new studio space in Westlake Village, CA, and solving the challenges posed by a new HD workflow. For the past two weeks, however, Universal Sports has been a well-oiled machine, producing five hours of morning coverage from […]
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By Carolyn Braff, Editor | Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 4:53 pm
When it comes to the technology required to bring the Olympic Games to viewers in the U.S., Dave Mazza has all the answers — or at least knows where to find them. The SVP of engineering for NBC Olympics has worked on 11 Olympic Games, and, while his expertise has grown exponentially through the years, […]
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By Carolyn Braff, Editor | Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 3:28 pm
For more than a month surrounding the Winter Olympic Games, 1,500 NBC professionals set up shop inside NBC’s Broadcast Operations Center (BOC) on the ground level of the International Broadcast Center in Vancouver. Terry Adams, VP of IBC Engineering for NBC Olympics, has the tough task of turning what a few months ago was an […]
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By Carolyn Braff, Editor | Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 12:11 pm
The Winter Olympic Games were in Torino, Italy, in 2006, but Torino is still involved in bringing the Games to the world in 2010. NBCOlympics.com is streaming 450 hours of live competition over the course of the Games, in addition to 800 hours of on-demand video, and the streaming factory is a joint operation of […]
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By Carolyn Braff, Editor | Friday, January 8, 2010 - 2:16 pm
When the world converges on Vancouver in February, rightsholders to the XXI Winter Olympic Games will find their 17-day home in the International Broadcast Center at Canada Place. For the remainder of the 10,000 media representatives in the city, however, Hurst USA, Intelsat, and Remote Telecast are providing a fully equipped workspace in the Vancouver […]
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