SIS LIVE, the largest outside broadcast contractor in the UK, has placed its first order  with Grass Valley™ for five LDK-8300 Super SloMo cameras. Having increased its revenues dramatically over the last three years, SIS LIVE selected the market-leading LDK 8300 over competitive options, to support anticipated growth in sports contracts in the UK during 2012.

Korean Broadcasting Systems (KBS), the largest broadcasting company in South Korea, has outfitted its new high-definition OB van with HARMAN’s Studer Vista 9 digital mixing console. Broadcast Solutions GmbH of Germany installed the Vista 9, along with a complete audio/video system within the vehicle. The OB van was built by Broadcast Solutions and Dongyang Digital Co., Ltd. of South Korea. The van was first put to use at the 2011 IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships in Daegu, Korea, held August 27 to September 4.

SVG Europe’s first major event, the Sport Production Summit held the day before IBC opened, was a huge success as nearly one hundred of the leading industry professionals from the world of sports production from across Europe and beyond debated and discussed the issues affecting the industry writes Andy Stout, Editorial Director SVG Europe.

Colt, the information delivery platform for European business, today announced it has reached an agreement with BT Wholesale, the largest wholesale telecoms business in Europe,  to allow customers to access content from Europe’s largest media market exchange at the BT Tower in London. Under the terms of the agreement, Colt customers will benefit from access to a wide range of high quality broadcast content including major sporting events.

At IBC this year, Sony Professional was showcasing its commitment to groundbreaking innovation in sports entertainment with a new technology demonstration of Data Augmented Video and its applications in football and tennis environments.

France Galop and Le Cheval Français, the governing bodies of gallop and harness horse racing in France, renew their commitment to EVS by replacing their production infrastructure with a new HD workflow. The new system is based on XT3 and XS production servers, which will be incorporated in three new mobile production units.

A rare opportunity has arisen for broadcasters wishing to establish secure studio, production and transmission facilities in central London for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. SIS LIVE has confirmed that it will be making its facilities in Corsham Street, London N1 6DR available for Olympic broadcast requirements.

SIS LIVE, one of Europe’s largest outside broadcast and uplink supplier, continues its work delivering High Definition (HD) agile cameras and digital RF microwave links for the 34th America’s Cup. The team is currently on location in Plymouth, UK preparing to broadcast the next America’s Cup event which can be viewed live at the SIS LIVE stand at IBC on 10th and 11th September.

With the 2012 Summer Olympic games set to commence next July, Vitec Group brands Bexel, The Camera Store (TCS) and Autoscript have announced a partnership that will offer clients a local support center at TCS and Autoscript’s Twickenham, West London headquarters throughout the 17-day event.

wTVision used its Studio CG to produce a studio program that covers the All Africa Games 2011 edition that is taking place in Maputo, Mozambique.

EVS announces its new Epsio.Air solution which allows a virtual advertisement insertion in the form of overlay graphics in downstream live or delayed sport programs.

The biggest sporting event ever to take place in New Zealand is the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which kicks off September 9 with a match between New Zealand and Tonga at Eden Park in Auckland.  A total of 48 matches will be broadcast by Sky Network TV, all of them in HD with 5.1 surround sound, and the audio facilities company OSB has standardised on Lawo digital mixing consoles for all its OB operations.

Netherlands-based AV conversion, processing and compliance recording specialist, AXON Digital Design, has been selected by ANO Sports Broadcasting (Panorama) to provide Synapse modular processing equipment for a fleet of Outside Broadcast (OB) trucks.

Over the years live productions have become increasingly ambitious and complex. In sports more cameras and specialty devices are demanded each season. For concerts and live performances, complex productions are often involved.

Together with LMC´s new Asian distribution partner KOMI all four Antelope MkIIs systems are extensively used by the world feed production and therefore stunning replays can be seen by a huge number of viewers all over the globe.