Tightrope Media Systems announces that the Professional Bull Riders, with 1,200 bull riders competing in more than 300 annual events, has added the ZEPLAY system to trigger lightning-fast instant replay of exciting moments for live audiences.

On Thursday 24 May, the sports media industry will come together in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf for the 7th SPONSORs Sports Media Summit. National and international top speakers will discuss the latest issues in the world of sports media at this year’s high-profile conference.

Mediapro implemented an impressive technical deployment for the latest matchup between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Spanish production company provided more than 300 technical staff, ten OB vans – one dedicated to the 3D feed – and 34 cameras.

EMF’s RF team, whose ‘savoir-faire’ and experience in the coverage of marathons (La Rochelle, Cassis, Olympic Games) is internationally recognised, were once again present (and have been present since 1992) at the annual Paris Marathon broadcast on France 3.

Six Eyeheight CC-2M modular multi-rate colour correctors went into action during the 2012 London Marathon on Sunday 22 April. This year’s winner, Wilson Kipsang, completed the 42.2 kilometre (26 miles and 385 yards) run in two hours, 4 minutes and 44 seconds, just 4 seconds short of the course record.

Pro sports leagues and their fans demand spectacular halftime shows these days, and the 2012 NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show was no exception.  Lighting designer Otis Howard got some assistance from 30 Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, which lent their unique look to high-octane performances by Pitbull, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo and Nicki Minaj.

After competing in a fully competitive tendering process, Gearhouse Broadcast’s Projects Solutions division was awarded the contract to build a series of interconnecting Flyaway Pods for satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting for their coverage of Formula 1 motor racing. Since the award of the contract in late October 2011, the design, build and integration of the Pods took four months to complete.

UK-based systems integrator, Dega Broadcast Systems, is building the BBC Production Centre for its coverage of the games in London this summer based on a Harris Corporation integrated broadcast solution.

The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) announced today that it has selected Newtec to upgrade its members’ infrastructure to bring the first fully High Definition (HD) Olympic Games to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Harmonic Inc. today announced that it will provide Omneon MediaGrid™ shared storage systems and ProMedia™ Carbon enterprise transcoding software to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the 2012 London Olympic Games from London, England, July 27 – Aug. 12. The announcement was made today by David Mazza, senior vice president of engineering for NBC Olympics, and Matt Adams, Harmonic vice president of broadcast solutions for the Olympics.

Ericsson will provide a range of video processing solutions and support services to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games from London, England July 27 – August 12, 2012. The announcement was made today by David Mazza, Senior Vice President, Engineering, NBC Olympics, and Staffan Pehrson, Vice President and Head of TV, Ericsson.

The baseball season kicks off for the Toledo Mud Hens Triple-A (AAA) minor league baseball team this month with livelier stadium video entertainment, thanks in part to the team’s new ZEPLAY multi-channel instant replay solution from Tightrope Media Systems.

Vimond Media Solutions announced today that Finland's largest commercial broadcaster MTV3 will deploy VimondSPORTS, a web player developed by Vimond to create an online, interactive ice hockey experience for viewers. The ice hockey portal — one of the first for Finland's advanced WebTV market — will give MTV3 a new revenue stream and a new way to engage viewers, enabling it to take full advantage of its ice hockey broadcasting rights.

2012 marked the seventh year that Lighthouse was chosen as the official LED screen supplier for the annual Cathay Pacific/ HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, which sees 24 rugby teams from across the world compete for four prestigious trophies. This year saw the company really at the cutting edge, as its new VideoBlades™ panels wowed rugby fans in two key locations.

Jonathan Freed is a US-based mix engineer who has been mixing audio for broadcast for over 25 years. Today he divides up his year working on TV coverage of high-profile US sports events for the major networks, including NBA Basketball when in season, and the seminal fixed point of every American Football fan's week, the weekly networked Monday night TV coverage of big games for the American National Football League (NFL).