Adrian Pennington

Technicolor provided playout services to CANAL+ for its live, 3-D broadcast of World Cup matches.

Integrated Microwave Technologies, a Vitec Group brand, offered a free equipment service to customers.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is packaging all programming, including interactive content, from the ground in South Africa.

Audiences at more than 500 cinemas in 15 countries will be able to receive 3-D broadcasts of the World Cup, making it one of the largest worldwide live event transmissions of 3-D to date.

Ericsson is outfitting ESPN with a range of DTH and contribution products ahead of ESPN 3D’s premiere of the World Cup.

Spectators and journalists will be able to keep up to speed on developments from more than 600 Sony monitors installed throughout the 10 host stadiums.

The broadcast director of the World Cup Final spoke exclusively to Broadcast Engineering about his preparations.

Aldea and Input Media will come together to offer unilateral transmission and production facilities for broadcasters in Cape Town.

Multiplatform, global sports channel Outdoor Sport Channel will provide live video streams of the 2010 World Cup, produced by ITN Productions.

EVS technology is vital to HBS’ World Cup production and includes innovations in remote browsing, graphics and super-high-speed cameras.

Both Avid and Apple post-production edit platforms will exist in parallel within the same facility as business models adapt to new workflows

For many broadcasters, live sports coverage ranks as their premium content, a source of event television for capturing and retaining audiences. For this

The lean operating budgets of small broadcasters and boutique channels could become harder pressed as the analog spectrum is auctioned off around Europe.

Sports rights are now a target of social media players just as much as extending the reach of sports properties onto OTT platforms is a strategy of sport franchises and broadcasters.

Broadcasters, particularly those with significant commitments to full channels rather than one-off events, are under pressure to bring costs in line with 2D.

High definition is now in daily use for production across a range of programming, including dramas, documentaries, features and corporate projects. Let's

The World Cup Final stadium is being outfitted with an HD digital signage video system and two giant outdoor LED screens.

Camera Corps is supplying remote cameras, tracking systems and support systems to cover the 2010 World Cup.

The BBC will deliver unprecedented crossplatform coverage of the World Cup, but it will use a reduced crew.

Plans for the 3-D broadcast of the World Cup remain fluid, but Element Technica rigs seem certain to be used.

Grass Valley will field 290 HD broadcast cameras, 43 production switchers, 1200 modular cards and three routers for coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

German broadcaster ARD will generate TV news from the tournament with the aid of Annova’s NRCS.

South African Broadcasting will cover the World Cup for its domestic audience with four OB trucks, each fitted with Riedel intercom systems.