Sports and arenas

A total of 12 LE-2M channels housed in two 1U-high chassis are now on site ready for this year's tournament which commences with a match between Brazil and Croatia on Thursday June 12. The series will culminate in the final on Sunday July 13 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de…

40 FoveaHD MEMC standards converters from the Yorkshire-based company will be used for frame rate conversion of broadcasts from the eagerly anticipiated tournament. “Brazil uses 59.94Hz TV standards but the vast majority of football and soccer nations watch 50Hz television,” said Tim Brooksbank, chairman and chief executive officer at Calibre…

Formula E kicks off in Beijing in September. The championship will form 10 rounds taking place in cities around the world, and will run through to June 2015. The series will see 10 teams (each with two drivers) going head-to-head in a race to be crowned the first ever FIA…

AV makes F1. To really appreciate the F1 experience you’ve got to see, smell and almost taste the atmosphere at the track, but everywhere you look, and almost every interaction you have with the sport, as a spectator, guest or team professional, you’re using or benefiting from AV in one…

The event was co-produced by Canal+ Events and GB4D provided virtually all the audio equipment for the competition zones, to assist A+ Events. This included the control tower audio boards and FOH equipment, the fibre network, PA, cabling and event video distribution. Audio transmission was based around two Optocore loops…

Due for completion in August 2013, the new facility will be built around an Atos Broadcast Network Control System (BNCS) and house four 3Gb/s HD main studios, nine galleries for live production of programmes for the BBC and ESPN with its Barclay’s Premier League matches. Other areas include an MCR,…

Working with Munich-based sono Studiotechnik GmbH, which oversaw set up of the International Broadcast Centre for host broadcaster ORF, Riedel installed a fiber network comprising 42 MediorNet mainframes and 60 RockNet digital audio interfaces. In addition to the signal distribution responsibilities, Riedel also introduced their new wireless RiCam POV camera…

Located in Nyon on the north-west shore of Lake Geneva, the new facility includes a Match Control Room with three tiered desks facing a front monitor wall. "All three desks together with the monitor wall surround are finished in white laminate, "said Custom Consoles sales manager Gary Fuller. "Every desk…

The Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS) produced over 200 hours of 3D coverage during the Games, including using the latest integrated twin-lens Panasonic 3D camcorders. As well as adopting Panasonic’s DVCPRO HD standards as the video recording format, the file-based workflow was based on AVC-Intra standards. Panasonic provided a wide range…

Stadiums are symbols of national or civic pride but with a commercial sensibility to recoup the millions poured into them. Festivals are artistic, often hedonistic events based on the 1960s ethos of equality and music for all. Both are big business and rely on the latest audio and visual technology…