Danmon Systems Group announces the completion of a full migration to file-based high-definition production for Scandinavian sports broadcaster Kanal 75. Based at the Solvalla stadium in Stockholm, Kanal 75 is a subsidiary of AB Trav och Galopp, the authorised betting company for trotting and thoroughbred horse-racing in Sweden.

To kick off the new Ligue 1 season with a bang, Canal Plus, the French pay-TV broadcaster, has introduced Canal Football App, a second screen application designed exclusively for Canal Plus subscribers. The app, which uses EVS’ second screen media delivery platform, C-Cast, was successfully launched during the live broadcast of the first headline match of the season between Stade de Reims and Olympique de Marseille.

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pelé, will receive the Golden Foot Award in Monte Carlo as the greatest football player to have ever played the game.

FIFA, HBS and Sony have announced that Sony has been selected as the general contractor responsible for the delivery of all outside broadcast HD at both the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup™, to be hosted in Brazil.

AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, worked once again with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to deliver a range of solutions to help bring international audiences comprehensive coverage of the 2012 Paralympic games online.

UK Ultra SloMo specialist Editec announced today that it has won a contract to supply I-Movix Ultra SloMo equipment, along with technical backup, for the new season of Saudi Premier League coverage.

Following the huge success of last year’s inaugural London to Amsterdam charity cycle ride, 12 cyclists will set off at 7:30 am on Monday 3 September to do it all over again!

Details of the $42 million opening ceremony of the 30th Summer Olympics have been cloaked in secrecy. But it was a no-brainer that Danny Boyle – the genre-hopping director who was a key figure in the Cool Britannia wave of 1990s cultural reinvigoration with his first films Shallow Grave and Trainspotting – was never going to settle for standard-issue pomp and pageantry. If Zhang Yimou’s dazzling Beijing opening in 2008 was about automaton-like synchronicity and majestic spectacle, Boyle’s epic opera of social and cultural history was a vibrant work of unfettered imagination that celebrated a nation, but even more so, its people. All this and the more than 300 medal events was covered with 1,230 cameras and send around the globe.

From January 2011 until the end of this year the intercom specialist Riedel was (and will be) on location to guarantee critical communication services for the LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games).

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA) have signed a new media rights agreement covering all FILA World and European Wrestling Championships from 2013 to 2016 inclusive.

In 1948, the Games of the XIV Olympiad in London became the first-ever Olympics to offer live television coverage transmitted to the home. As the host broadcaster, the BBC delivered 60-plus hours of programming — including the first multicamera Olympics-event coverage — to more than a half million viewers within a 50-mile radius of London. Sixty-four years later, the Games have returned to London, and the BBC has once again taken a giant leap forward in the evolution of Olympic television production.

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcasting organisation in charge of the London 2012 Olympic Games, appointed EVS to provide technology solutions and support services to guarantee the high standing production of Olympic international broadcast feeds, as well as a multitude of media exchange and service delivery for the international broadcast community.

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.

KIT digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITD), a leading video management software and services company, announced that its European-based Broadcast Systems Integration arm (BSI), previously known as Megahertz Broadcast Systems, has completed the build out of a new tapeless high-definition (HD) broadcast production facility for Timeline TV at Ealing Studios in London. Timeline TV, a leading broadcast facilities provider, will support multiple broadcast customers in its new HD facilities, including Racecourse Media Group (RMG).

Live sports are a crucible for new production techniques, but the competition to win ratings remains fierce. With exclusive behind-the-scenes analysis of the London Olympics and a preview of FIFA World Cup 2014, IBC kicks off debate surrounding the technical, economic, and creative challenges facing international sports broadcasters in the year ahead.