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WDB Sports, ESPN Audio Teams Bring Big Sound Back for NHL Outings
Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Both broadcasters to expand miking to officials, deploy rules analysts By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 7:00 am The NHL season is off and running, and there are lots of changes on the air for hockey. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports...
WNBA Finals 2022: ESPN Production Achieves Sonic Parity With NBA
Nov 2, 2022 | News
More microphones for more sources overwhelm sneaker squeaks By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 7:00 am Updated September 21, 2022 – 3:29 p.m. The 2022 WNBA Finals (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN.com) from Las Vegas’s Michelob ULTRA Arena was...
World Series 2022: Fox Sports Reaches Into Bag of Baseball Audio Tricks for Sonic Treats
Oct 31, 2022 | News
Noise and acoustics management are the big challenges By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Friday, October 28, 2022 - 7:00 am When the Houston Astros host the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park tonight in Game 1 of the World Series, Fox Sports will have NEP EN-2...
AES, NAB Show New York Combine Expos for the First Time
A look at new audio products to be showcased By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 7:00 am For the first time, the AES Convention and the NAB New York show are co-locating for a unified show at New York City’s Javits Center Oct. 19-20. The...
WNBA Finals 2022: ESPN Brings the League Into the Surround-Sound Era
Sep 19, 2022 | News
More microphones for more sources overwhelm sneaker squeaks By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 7:00 am The best-of-2022 WNBA Finals that began Monday (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN.com) at Las Vegas’s Michelob ULTRA Arena will cap the first full...
IBC 2022: Audio Exhibitors To Focus on Remote Production, Standards-Driven Tech
Sep 12, 2022 | News
Networking, integration, immersive audio are driving advances By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 12:18 pm Over a tough 2½ years, the broadcast-audio community confronted a global pandemic with innovative solutions, such as artificial...
NBA Summer League Audio Pushes the Envelope
Jul 25, 2022 | News
Turner expands use of multi-lobe arrays; Q5X aims for smaller By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Friday, July 22, 2022 - 12:42 pm Print This Story | Subscribe The NBA Summer League is basketball’s Skunk Works, and this year’s series at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox...
LIV Golf Aims To Take Golf Audio on a Really Long Drive
Jun 27, 2022 | News
Upstart association puts sound near the core of its broadcast identity By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 7:00 am Print This Story | Subscribe LIV Golf’s website landing page makes a declaration regarding the new league’s intentions for the most...
MLB, ESPN Take Player-Miking to a New Level
Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ballplayers on the field are happy to share what’s on their minds By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Friday, May 20, 2022 - 10:54 am Print This Story | Subscribe Baseball players are just plain chatty. Perhaps it’s the relatively slow pace of the game, or maybe the pitcher is...
NBA Finals 2022: Despite Logistical Hurdles, ESPN Ramps Up Massive Bicoastal Productions in Bay Area and Boston
Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Small-form shallow–depth-of-field RF Sony Alpha 1 headlines 55-camera complement By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 4:19 pm Print This Story | Subscribe It was less than two years ago that ESPN/ABC’s NBA Finals production operations were confined...
Fan Controlled Football Gets Up-Close and Personal Audio
May 2, 2022 | News
All players will be wired for sound in the FCF League’s second season By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Call it Fan Controlled Football 2.0. The FCF League is about to embark on its second season, bigger and definitely louder than ever. That’s in part because the league is...
SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2022: Tuesday’s Latest From Vegas
Apr 27, 2022 | Events, News, Uncategorized
By SVG Staff Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 9:09 am The NAB Show has returned to Las Vegas, and the SVG and SVG Europe editorial teams are once again chasing down the hottest stories from all over the Las Vegas Convention Center. To make the onslaught of announcements...