In the second installment of captivating short films by Vinten – a leading provider of manual and robotic camera support systems – and international Award-winning filmmaker David Spurdens, The Winner captures a new perspective on why Vinten is the premiere choice for sports broadcasters around the globe. From the Vision 100 to the Vector 750, Vinten’s manual supports offer camera operators consistent, predictable performance even in an unpredictable live sports environment.

The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame is proud to announce the Class of 2012, eight industry leaders who will be honored on Dec. 11, 2012, at a ceremony at the New York Hilton Hotel. Ken Aagaard, Chairman, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, revealed this year’s class of distinguished inductees at an SVG Advisory Board meeting held Wednesday night in New York City.

SportsEngine Inc., an NBC Sports Group company and the leading youth sports technology provider, announced today that they have partnered with Pixellot, the global leader in automated sports production for the semi-professional market. With the formation of this partnership, Pixellot will be included in the new SportsEngine Marketplace, featuring their  sports production solutions that revolutionize traditional video capture, production and distribution processes. Pixellot’s solutions enable professional and amateur sports organizations to affordably cover and monetize their events.

At the inaugural SportsInnovation event in Düsseldorf on May 8 and 9, technology providers will showcase their latest products live and in real time, including in three specially organised football matches at the Esprit arena.

SportsInnovation is the platform for innovative technologies you can touch and the ideal meeting point for specialists to exchange information on the latest developments in the industry. SportsInnovation 2020 (SI 2020), which takes place from 25 to 26 March in the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA in Düsseldorf, also offers the international sport and media industry an attractive supporting programme, including live matches, showcases and panel discussions that provide a great opportunity to actively shape the future. Scottish football commentator Derek Rae, who works for FOX and NBC among others, hosts the programme.

When MIRA Mobile’s new M-12HD rolls into Dodger Stadium on behalf of MIRA customer, SportsNet LA, it does so with shot-capturing skills that rival the speed and focus of any Cy Young Award winner. Four of the truck’s six FUJINON XA99x8.4 ultra-wide field lenses outfitted on Sony HDC2570 studio cameras are positioned at various points on the field – high left field, mid first base, tight center field, and right field. One XA99x mans the high third base position placed on an I-MOVIX ultra-slow-motion system, provided by Fletcher Chicago.  M-12 is also equipped with four XA77x9.5 telephoto field lenses.

More than 30 leading decision-makers from German-speaking countries descended on Cologne yesterday for the inaugural SportTech DACH, a broadcast technology debating and networking event organised by SVG Europe in conjunction with Reinhard Penzel, MD of live-production.tv.

It was Nashville’s turn to host the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, and the four-day event in Music City was packed with enough star power on and off the ice to excite thousands of hockey fans. Morris, formerly known as Morris Light and Sound, was charged with conceptualizing and executing the audio and lighting installations and providing 24/7 production management at five venues during the weekend. Morris deployed grandMA2 consoles at three of the locations.

A cable camera system is imple­mented at five of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ stadiums – Cape Town, Durban, both Johannesburg stadiums and Nelson Mandela Bay/ Port Elizabeth. The ‘Spidercam’, operational at four of these ven­ues, enables the flight and move­ment of a camera across a three dimensional field. “Each of the systems in use has a team of three with it,” explains Jens Peters, Operations Technician, “two joystick opera­tors, one for the Spidercam system itself, and one for the camera, and one technician for setting up, checking, maintenance and so on.”

Approximately 25 tonnes of equipment and some 133 people have been brought to South Africa by SRG for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. They have been split almost evenly between two bases of opera­tion: the IBC and the SRG Me­dia Centre at Vanderbijlpark, which was next to the Swiss team base at Emerald Resort before the team’s departure on 28 June following their exit at the end of the group stages.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Local Organising Committee (LOC) will carry out from Monday, May 26, the Stadia Experience Tour. Media representatives will have the chance to see what fans and journalists will experience during the FIFA World Cup, going through the areas used by the supporters and simulating situations which may occur inside the arenas.

Russia's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics was part of a broader goal to step back onto the world stage as host of major sporting events (the country's last event was the Moscow Summer Olympics back in 1980). The challenge was threefold: to convince the International Olympic Committee that Russia had both the vision and the infrastructure to host such a major event; to develop the popular summertime coastal resort of Sochi into a world class destination for winter sports, and to design a stadium flexible enough to facilitate the Olympic ceremonies, then act as a venue for FIFA World Cup matches and, finally, become the home venue for a local football team.

Stanley Black & Decker, one of the world’s largest tools and security providers in the world, has committed to the CBA Professional League as a new Official Partner, beginning with the 2013/14 season. The contract with this high profile Fortune 500 Company from the United States was signed with Infront Sports & Media, the CBA League’s exclusive global media and marketing partner, and runs until 2016/17. This marks Stanley’s first major sports sponsorship in China since it entered the market in 1994.

STAPLES Center is home to four professional sports franchises, the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers and the WNBA’s Los Angles Sparks. As the world renowned arena gets ready to open the doors for its thirteenth season, fans will be treated upon entry to a brand-new $3.4 million HARMAN JBL Professional VERTEC® audio system, a premier line array loudspeaker system that is in use worldwide to support numerous international tours and special events.

MEDIAPRO Canada has sealed a distribution deal with StarTimes, the digital operator serving some 13 million pay-TV subscribers in 47 territories across sub-Saharan Africa, for coverage of the Canadian Premier League’s Island Games tournament currently taking place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. StarTimes will broadcast seven first-round CPL games, the six playoff matches and the grand final on its ST Sports Life channel, which is available on the StarTimes satellite and terrestrial platforms across the region. Games will also be available on StarTimes ON, Africa’s leading streaming service, which is available to close to 20 million users across the continent.