Sports and Stadiums – Page 15

DirecTV Has 25 2017 Baseball Games Coming in UHD

by Bob Raikes

DirecTV will show 25 Major League Baseball in UltraHD this year, with five games in April. DirecTV will also be broadcasting a number of NBA matches in 2017 –starting with Oklahoma City at Orlando …

Inami Wants Superhuman Sports

by Bob Raikes

Masahiko Inami – University of Tokyo – gave an intriguing talk. As it turned out, little of it was really related to displays, but it was intriguing. Inami has previously worked at Keio University …

Tags:Laval Virtual 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Press Events| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 12

First 4K NASCAR Race Broadcast On the Way

by Yvette Raikes

Following the successful 4K Ultra HD broadcast of college basketball, Fox Sports and DirecTV will deliver 4K NASCAR racing on April 1st on DirecTV’s on-demand video service. Major league baseball and NBA games in …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Live Viewing is in Decline

by Yvette Raikes

Watching live TV is in decline with 60% of UK and US viewing time spent watching non-live content, according to a survey by FTI Consulting reported by Advanced Television. The 18-29 year old sector …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Cheltenham Festival Highlights Shown in 4K 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, produced a daily highlights package of horse-racing action in Ultra HD and 360° video, for the Cheltenham Festival, which ended on 17th March. The content was put up on …

MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …

FIFA World Football Museum Uses 1.2mm LED displays

by Bob Raikes

FIFA’s World Football Museum in Zurich, which opened in February 2016, has been upgraded with three 2400 x 1350 resolution 3m x 2m LED displays using the Silicon Core Lavender 1.2mm LED displays. Space …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Virtual Trainer Uses BrightSign Players

by Bob Raikes

150 Excercise studios have installed FunXtion Experience Stations, based on 55″ touch displays and Brightsign UltraHD media players (originally the 4K-1042, but now with the XT1143). The solution was developed by Notice Branded Media …

Tags:Brightsign| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Copa del Rey Semi-Finals Streamed on Facebook

by Alan Spencer

Spain’s Mediapro and La Liga agreed a deal to stream the semi-finals of La Copa Del Rey (King’s Cup) to 40 countries on Facebook. Some of the countries included in the live streaming were …

ATEME Provides VR Near-Live Coverage for Super Bowl

by Alan Spencer

Ateme has announced that its video compression technology was used for the VR near-live coverage in UHD of the American football Super Bowl. On offer was a virtual and interactive lounge that presented highlights …

Super Bowl LI to be Captured in UHD & 8K

by Bob Raikes

The Super Bowl in the US on 5th Ferbruary will be show with a mixture of UltraHD and 8K cameras. Fox Sports will use 38 UltraHD cameras to create a 360 degree view of …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Intel Focuses on VR at Press Event

by Bob Raikes

Intel held a press event that it said was the most technically complex press event that it had ever staged as it had set up high powered VR systems for all of the press …