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NBA Summer League Audio Pushes the Envelope
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Gotham NAB 2022 Q5X: 15-minute video overview of Q5X products
0:00 Intro 0:23 AquaMic: View product detail 1:26 Lavalier Selection: View mic termination services 5:07 PlayerMic & Accessories: View product detail 11:33 CoachMic: View product detail https://youtu.be/E_7ZRIXX-uE
Natural Selection Tour Deploys Drone, Fully Wireless AV Infrastructure
Live-stabilized racing drone shadows snowboarders sliding down insanely steep slopes By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Thursday, February 3, 2022 - 11:17 am Print This Story | Subscribe Think of it as Winter X Games 2.0-Plus, only faster. The Natural Selection Tour brings...
Bodypacks, Part 1 — Wireless Transmitters Reflect RF-Industry Challenges
Spectrum changes, chip shortages, and encryption are major issues By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Wednesday, January 5, 2022 - 7:00 am Print This Story | Subscribe They’re small and getting smaller. They’re designed to be virtually invisible. They’re light enough to be...
NBA Tipoff 2021: Deploying an updated version of the Q5X PlayerMic
Precise control, clarity are the goals of the broadcaster’s audio effort By Dan Daley, Audio Editor Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 12:17 pm Print This Story | Subscribe When TNT Sports begins its NBA season this week, viewers can expect to hear the same great audio...
Down and Dirty: Derby Audio Goes Into the Ground
ESPN will have a fair share of the cameras covering the progress of tonight’s Derby, and its audio coverage is no less impressive. Tasked with bringing the crack of the bat and the feel of a towering home run, technicians have installed an array of microphones in...
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