Broadcast operations at large international events such as the Olympic Games always present challenges of scale. One of them is the distribution of thousands of audio circuits from different sources (commentary, International Sound, PA, etc.) to all of the Rights Holding Broadcasters.

Europe's public service broadcasters (PSBs) have shown they are still the best in the business by producing and delivering thousands of hours of flawless coverage of "the most watched Olympic Games in history".

XD motion, Deep Vision and LMC provided special camera equipment for the Olympic Games 2012 in London.

Turkish national broadcaster TRT relied on Orad's PlayMaker super slow motion replay servers with Orbit real time storage extensively for their Olympic and major football productions. PlayMaker and Orbit provided TRT the tapeless workflow necessary for fast paced Olympic and sports environments.

NAC Image Technology is pleased to reveal that 22 of its Hi-Motion II™, Ultra Slow Motion camera systems have been used to capture some of the most iconic moments from the sporting summer so far in London.

Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, is pleased to announce that its 788T digital audio recorder captured the sound of world-class athletes in action for Beat 2012, a documentary chronicling Mark Ronson’s creation of Coca-Cola’s anthem for the 2012 Summer Games. Ronson, along with Location Sound Recordist Diego Sanchez, relied on the 788T to record the sounds of the five different athletes from five different countries and five different disciplines selected for the film.

Czech technical solutions Provider AV Media invested in a substantial amount of new Robe moving lights and Anolis LED fixtures which is installed at the ‘Czech House’ Pavilion a base for all sports fans and supporters of the Czech National Team during the London Olympics.

EVS has reached 100 sports arenas in North America and Turner Field has claimed the milestone spot. Providing innovative technology and broadcasting solutions, EVS continues to equip control rooms at sports venues throughout Canada and the United States.

Until August 12th, the most gifted athletes from around the world are competing in the summer games. The games and its media exposure provide athletes with the chance to attain both national and, in some cases, international fame. As a major part of the games’ media exposure, broadcasters from around the globe carry the feeds that fill the television screens, radio systems, and streaming Internet programs that are being enjoyed by billions — and a significant portion of those signals originate in control rooms from worldwide customers of Rastatt, Germany-based Lawo.

Outside broadcast, uplink and systems integration specialists SIS LIVE has been working in a collaborative venture with France Televisions Sports Department to achieve a historic premiere in broadcasting, delivering the first ever live broadcasts from a mobile TV studio.

Racing against a star-studded field in which every qualifier ran faster than 10 seconds in the semifinal, Bolt successfully defended his 2008 gold medal in the 100 meters by setting a new Olympic record of 9.63 seconds.

For the 99th Tour de France, Team Garmin uses a radio solution from Riedel Communications. The specialist for real-time communications and media networks installed a combination of conventional trunked radios and NanoTalk for enabling team communication for Garmin.

EVS, a leading provider of broadcast and media production systems for sports, news and TV entertainment, has announced that two TV stations in Chile have chosen EVS solutions for their coverage of the international sporting events taking place in London this summer.

Camera Corps specialises in sports television with a difference. Where outside broadcasters traditionally rely on high-magnification zoom lenses, we design and build speciality cameras that can be placed at the centre of the action. Each is controlled remotely to ensure that the technology doesn't distract the talent or the spectators.

EVS has announced that Asia’s biggest sports content provider and long-standing customer ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has upgraded its EVS systems for the London 2012 Olympic Games.