In Australia, Gravity Media’s Gearhouse Broadcast Pty Limited (Gearhouse) and Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Pty Ltd (Triple Eight) have entered into a four-year service partnership for communications systems, with Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II digital wireless intercom system providing communications between car controllers and their support staff. Both Gearhouse and Clear-Com are the Official Communications Partner to…
Sports and arenas
Ahead of the game
Competitive video gaming - also known as esports - is a booming market and its growth and mainstream popularity is predicted to continue. According to analytics provider Newzoo, esports revenues will reach $1.65 billion by 2021 and as the global audience grows there will be an increasing need for venues…
Football club streaming platform offers more to fans
Swansea City football club has developed its own streaming platform, SwansTV Live, with a live workflow featuring the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast and Smart Videohub 12G 40x40 router. Joining the English Football League (EFL) Championship at the start of the 2018-19 season created a new opportunity for the football club. It…
Yamaha and Nexo are single source for arena audio system
Arena Pays d'Aix is a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose venue which can house audiences of up to 8,500. Designed to host a wide range of events, a Yamaha and Nexo audio system delivers high-quality, flexible audio throughout the arena complex. Located close to the southern French city of Aix-en-Provence, the outside of…
Tripleplay tackles football training centre challenge
Located in North-Eastern Italy close to the Austrian border, FC Südtirol is a forward-thinking football club at the heart of its community. With a desire to innovate and ensure its teams have the best possible facilities as they drive for sporting success, FC Südtirol invested in a brand new centre…
White Light’s role in the Eurosport Cube MR studio
The Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 were hosted in South Korea and took place from 9-25 February. With more than 92 nations and 2,922 athletes participating, this year was the biggest Olympic Winter Games yet. The action-packed event was screened on Eurosport, the home of the Olympics in Europe, across…
The AV industry’s World Cup winning installations
The 2018 World Cup in Russia took place in a dozen stadiums. Here is AV Magazine's listing of a dozen of the most interesting World Cup AV installations announced to date. The listing is not yet complete as some suppliers are expected to wait until the championship is over to announce…
University first to deploy software-defined DYVI switcher
The University of Miami (UM) – the home of Hurricanes Athletics – is set to become the first university in the US to deploy the software-defined DYVI switcher to produce live sports. The switcher from EVS is used by multiple professional sports teams and will be implemented into the athletics…
BBC to screen Wimbledon tennis online in 4K and HDR
The Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament is to be streamed in 4K resolution and HDR to UK viewers by the BBC. It will follow a current trial in which World Cup football matches are being shown via iPlayer using the next-generation TV technologies. However, this time the BBC also plans to…
Big screen stars
“With live venue ticket prices at an all time high, today’s fans are expecting an equally high return on their investment,” says Joe Walsh, sales director for sports and entertainment venues at Vitec. “When they go to the stadium they don’t just want to watch the event: they want to…