{"id":195902,"date":"2021-01-05T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/?p=195902"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:40:43","slug":"here-are-svgs-most-read-stories-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2021\/01\/05\/here-are-svgs-most-read-stories-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are SVG’s Most Read Stories of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year is in the books and we’re all more than ready to put 2020 behind us and look ahead to 2021. However, despite a year fraught with challenges and despair, 2020 also featured plenty of inspiring stories and groundbreaking innovation across the sports-production industry. SVG covered many of these productions and storylines over the past 12 months and here is a countdown of our 25 most-read stories of 2020.<\/p>\n

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\"\"No. 25 \u2013 NFL Kickoff 2020: ESPN\u2019s New Studio on Roof of Seaport Facility Houses Sunday NFL Countdown<\/i>, Monday Night Countdown<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"No. 24 \u2013 NFL Kickoff 2020: Behind the Scenes With NBC\u2019s Sunday Night Football<\/i> Operations Team<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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No. 23 \u2013 \"\"<\/a><\/strong>Booted From Broadcast Center by the Pandemic, FOX Deportes Network Operates From a PCR in a Garage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 22 – <\/strong>MLS Is Back Tournament: ESPN\u2019s Host-Feed Production Features Unprecedented Tech Arsenal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"No. 21 \u2013<\/strong> SoFi Stadium Construction Progresses With Installation of Massive 4K, Dual-Sided Videoboard<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 20 \u2013<\/strong> FOX Sports SUN Crew Captured a Gorgeous Replay of a Caught Stealing During Tuesday Night\u2019s Rays-Braves Telecast<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 19 \u2013<\/strong> Allegiant Stadium Becomes Raiders\u2019 New Fortress on the Las Vegas Skyline<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 18 \u2013<\/strong> Live From Super Bowl LIV: Fox Sports Set To Debut New Graphics Look for Big Game<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 17 \u2013<\/strong> Fox Sports\u2019 Kevin Callahan Discusses Rapid Evolution of Super Bowl Compounds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 16 \u2013<\/strong> Live From Super Bowl LIV: Mike Davies and Fox Sports Team Prepare to Make UHD\/HDR History<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 15 \u2013<\/strong> Texas Rangers Open Doors to Globe Life Field With Full-IP Control Room<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 14 \u2013 <\/strong>NFL Kickoff 2020: League Debuts Crowd-Sound System Designed for Fanless Stadiums<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 13 \u2013 <\/strong>UFC Creates Live-Production Ecosystem From Scratch on \u2018Fight Island\u2019 in Abu Dhabi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 12 \u2013<\/strong> The Return of NHRA: Game Creek Nitro Powers On-Site Production; Sony Ci Powers Off-Site Needs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>No. 11 \u2013<\/strong> WWE SummerSlam: WWE Goes All Out at Amway Center With New \u2018Thunderdome\u2019 Viewing Experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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SVG’S TOP TEN OF 2020<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 10 \u2013 <\/strong>Live From Daytona 500: Fox Sports Headlines 20th Consecutive Year With FPV Racing Drone, 80-Ft. Strada Crane<\/strong><\/a>
\nImagine being the host broadcaster for Super Bowl LIV. Now add the task of relaunching football\u2019s newest property, the XFL. To top it off, mix in NASCAR\u2019s storied tradition in Daytona Beach, FL. For Fox Sports, the past 14 days have been a whirlwind, to say the least. In its 20th season at the\u00a0<\/sup>Daytona 500, the broadcaster is flaunting new technologies in the infield, such as an FPV racing drone and Strada crane, relying on SMT\u2019s data-tracking for virtual applications, and integrating with locations in Charlotte, NC, and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 9 \u2013 <\/strong>NHL Returns: League, NBC Sports, Rogers SportsNet Ready Made-for-TV Product as Quest for Stanley Cup Resumes<\/strong><\/a>
\nIt has been a big week for \u201cbubbles\u201d in the sports-television world. The NWSL successfully completed its Challenge Cup. The MLS Is Back Tournament is rolling along COVID-free. And the NBA enjoyed a triumphant return on Thursday evening. Now it\u2019s the NHL\u2019s turn. The league returns to action on Saturday with a slate of five \u201cQualifying Round\u201d games.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 8 \u2013 <\/strong>NBA Returns: ESPN, Turner, NBA Team Up for Sprawling, COVID-Safe Production at Wide World of Sports<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe long wait is over, and the NBA returns to the hardcourt tonight with a Jazz-Pelicans and Clippers-Lakers doubleheader from the league\u2019s bubble at Disney\u2019s Wide World of Sports (WWoS) complex in Orlando. The pair of telecasts on TNT will tip off one of the largest undertakings in NBA broadcast history with the NBA, ESPN, and Turner Sports teaming up to produce not only national telecasts but also world feeds for hundreds of regional-sports-network broadcasts across the country.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 7 \u2013 <\/strong>Pickleball Mania World Championship Helps Fill Live Sports Void on ESPN3<\/strong><\/a>
\nAs sports broadcasters and live-streaming outlets seek to fill the void of live content for fans during the coronavirus pandemic, more fringe sports are finding their way into the mainstream. Exhibit A: Pickleball Mania World Championship, which is streaming today exclusively on ESPN3 beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. The event, which features four of the world\u2019s top pro pickleball players vying for the Pickleball Mania Crown, is being produced with a skeleton crew at a private residence under strict quarantine.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 6 – <\/strong>NFL Draft 2020: ESPN Production, Disney DTCI Technology Teams Tackle Most Unique Draft Production Ever<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe NFL Draft is a live production that has never been short on obstacles. Whether it was pulling feeds out of a hotel ballroom in the \u201980s to stringing aerial cameras over a sea of rowdy humanity on the Cumberland River Greenway in Downtown Nashville last year, the NFL Draft has always presented ESPN\u2019s staff with brain-bending puzzles that it has thrived on solving. This<\/em> Draft, though, is something totally different.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 5 \u2013 <\/strong>NBA Returns: Audio in the Bubble Features Mics From Floor to Ceiling<\/strong><\/a>
\nDescribing the audio infrastructure as \u201cthe most challenging and complex\u201d ever undertaken for an NBA season, Dave Grundtvig, lead A1<\/strong> for Turner Sports\u2019 coverage of the league\u2019s compressed and strange season, is still tweaking the games\u2019 sounds over a week into play.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 4 \u2013 <\/strong>Activision Blizzard Esports Blazes Cloud-Based Remote-Production Trail With Grass Valley\u2019s New GV AMPP Platform<\/strong><\/a>
\nIn April 2018, Activision Blizzard Esports knew that its newly minted Overwatch League operation would be moving from centralized tournaments at Blizzard Arena in Burbank, CA, to a home-and-away model in 2020. With that in mind, the broadcast team was on the lookout for a fully cloud-based remote-production system, which did not yet exist, to serve Blizzard Esports\u2019 ultra-customized live-production needs. Enter Grass Valley.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 3 \u2013 Fox Sports Worked a Live Mirrorless Camera Into an NFL Broadcast \u2014 And It Caught Viewers\u2019 Attention<\/a><\/strong>
\nA seemingly modest addition to the camera arsenal for the Sunday-afternoon Seattle-Washington NFL game caught the attention of viewers and sports-video\u2013production professionals alike. In place of a traditional Steadicam, the onsite crew deployed a Sony mirrorless camera (the a7R IV, to be exact) on a Ronin-S handheld gimbal to capture end-zone shots following scoring plays. The shallow depth of field delivered visuals that had never been seen in a live NFL game broadcast \u2014 and viewers noticed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 2 \u2013 Riot Games Keeps League of Legends<\/i> Esports Rolling With Fully Cloud-Based Virtualized Workflow<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Although the traditional sports world has come to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, many major esports properties are soldiering on,\u00a0 hosting competitions with players competing remotely. In the case of Riot Games, which operates multiple League of Legends<\/em> regional esports leagues across the globe, this meant creating new cloud-based virtualized live-production workflows that would allow both players and production crew to be located safely at home.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 1 \u2013 NFL Draft 2020: NFL Media Deploys iPhone Production Kits, Coordinates 600+ Live Feeds To Bring Virtual Draft to Fans<\/a><\/strong>
\nEach year, the NFL Draft production somehow gets even bigger and more complex than the year before. As the grandiose plans for the 2020 NFL Draft in Las Vegas came together at the beginning of March, NFL Media VP of Production Dave Shaw<\/strong> believed it could be the most challenging operation to date for the league\u2019s media arm. Little did he know that the coronavirus-pandemic lockdown would wipe the slate clean and force his team to come up with a plan to create a virtual workflow for the Draft production that would entail managing hundreds of feeds from players, coaches, GMs, fans, and the commissioner across the country.<\/p>\n

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