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NBC Selects SES Satellite Distribution for UHD HDR PyeongChang 2018 Coverage

by Andrew Fenn

NBC Olympics has selected SES to provide Ultra HD HDR satellite distribution for its production of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, which take place in PyeongChang, South Korea, from February 8th – 25th. (NBC …

Intel Drone Light Show Breaks Guinness World Record at PyeongChang 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Intel Shooting Star drones made history at the opening ceremony of PyeongChang 2018, with the Winter Olympics’ first-ever drone light show that also set a Guinness World Records title for the most unmanned aerial …

Comcast, DirecTV and Dish TV Also Offering Winter Olympics in 4K HDR

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast, DirecTV and Dish TV will also provide coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics in Ultra HD and HDR, following in the footsteps of NBC, who made a similar announcement last month. (NBC …

DirecTV Gears Up Ultra HD Strategy in Latin America

by Andrew Fenn

DirecTV has begun rolling out its Ultra HD strategy in Latin America, in anticipation of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. The operator is preparing to launch its UHD set-top-box in April and …

Tags:DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Post CES Review Panel Predicts Growth for OTT Sports Coverage

by Andrew Fenn

The panel of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance’s Post CES Review unanimously agreed that the number of sports and sub-genre OTT services will continue to grow, according to Advanced Television. NeuLion was named …

Leader Instruments Chosen for UHD HDR Outside Sports Broadcast

by Andrew Fenn

Leader test instruments have been chosen to perform signal monitoring at one of the largest outside broadcast projects in the 2018 sports calendar. Approximately 90 nations will compete in over 100 tournaments embracing 15 …

Panasonic Supplying Over 1,600m² of LED Screens for PyeongChang 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic Corporation has announced the full line-up of equipment and solutions that the company will provide to support the staging of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and XII Paralympic Winter Games, which will mainly …

NBC Announces Winter Olympic Coverage in Ultra HD and HDR

by Andrew Fenn

NBC Olympics has announced that coverage of the twenty-third Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea will be released in Ultra HD and HDR, a first for the Olympics. The 2016 Rio Games were …

Amazon NFL Live Streaming Achieved 18.4m Total Viewers

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon has announced that it reached a total of 18.4 million viewers during its first season live-streaming NFL’s Thursday Night Football. Live matches were shown every Thursday night to 224 countries and territories via …

New Atlético de Madrid Stadium Features LG LED Signage

by Andrew Fenn

Atlético de Madrid’s new 88,000m² home stadium is host to a range of LG digital signage products. The arena’s two main scoreboards measure 15.2m x 5.6m each and are comprised of one hundred 12mm …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Spain| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Leeds United FC to Deploy Virtual Hybrid Perimeter Technology

by Bob Raikes

Leeds United a soccer team from the EFL Championship, the second level in the UK , has installed a new Virtual Hybrid perimeter LED display. (ADI and Supponor Win at 2017 Football Business Awards) …

Adidas Wearables Division Closes

by Bob Raikes

Adidas has closed the division that it was using to develop wearables, the Digital Sports unit. A report has said that 74 jobs will be lost or re-assigned as the company is moving its …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 48| Wearables