More than 100 EVS servers deployed for live replay operations at 2010 Asian Games
In excess of 50 venues have been equipped with the broadcast technology infrastructures for the two weeks of multisport competition....
BYU builds new HD production studios for sports programming
The most frequent uses will be for the school’s football and basketball games....
Vizrt acquires virtual sports graphics provider LiberoVision
Both companies said the LiberoVision products would fit well into the existing Vizrt portfolio of virtual graphics technology. ...
NHL migrates to Roku TV platform
Owners of Roku Internet set-top boxes will soon be able to stream content from the NHL GameCenter LIVE subscription service....
ESPN continues new research initiatives with Full Sail University
The collaborative effort is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work alongside ESPN’s emerging technology team and gain real-world experience. ...
New surveys analyze TV trends
Viewers who stream TV and movies from the Internet to their TVs are actually watching the same amount or more of regularly scheduled TV than they were before....
Mobile Content Venture hopes to have 40 percent of U.S. population covered by 2012
The goal is to provide a new national mobile video service that uses existing broadcast spectrum to deliver content to mobile devices....
Emergency Broadcast System extended to mobile phones
With the Broadcast Message Center, service providers can send targeted government-agency text alerts to mobile users in an affected location...
The Vitec Group consolidates product development and manufacturing in New Jersey
The company has opened a new 65,000 sq-ft facility that consolidates a number of its disparately located company resources under a single roof....
FCC considers lifting restrictions to allow broadcast spectrum to be used for broadband
The commission wants to move quickly once Congress passes legislation to allow incentive auctions of broadcast spectrum....
EMC to acquire storage vendor Isilon
The deal is worth approximately $2.25 billion and includes a breakup fee if it is not approved....
Senator tells FCC to kill Comcast-NBCU merger
Sen. Bernie Sanders said the Comcast-NBCU merger is not in the public’s best interest....
Dates and events you need to know
IABM conference opens in Windsor Great Park, UK, on Dec. 2....
Presidential spending commission targets Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The bipartisan commission is to trying to find ways to save $200 billion from the federal budget by 2015....
Qualcomm CEO says broadcasters likely to give up spectrum
Paul Jacobs said he thinks the incentive auctions for broadcasters could free up “large chunks” of spectrum. ...
