Post Lockdown in Italy, almost ready to restart: some views from tv production services (part 1&2)

TV shooting market in the entertainment and sports areas has closed in on itself in recent years, producing, in practice, a certain concentration of forces in the hands of a few highly specialized production companies. In addition to rather contracting in number, the production services that physically carry out the filming of sporting events from the venues, in these months of widespread pandemic and due to the stop and cancellation of live matches, have suffered greatly, preparing themselves in the best way for a longed “re-start".

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The new 4K UHD ob-van by Aret for the "Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center"

The client who commissioned the latest OB-Van from the Italian company Aret Video & Audio Engineering, Zibido San Giacomo, on the outskirts of Milan, is called "Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center". At the time of writing, the new 9 meter long vehicle is ready for delivery, does not yet have a "stage name" and is also awaiting external graphic customization.

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Sky Italy and Coronavirus pandemic. Riccardo Botta, Senior Director Production Broadcast and Creative Hub, interview.

What was SKY’s strategy to guarantee business continuity during the Covid-19 crises? Protecting our people has been, at all times during this emergency, our number one priority.  While doing that, we have been working to continue to provide our customers with the best content experience. Sky has put almost all of its employees in smart working since February 24^th, two weeks ahead of the government-imposed lockdown on March 8^th. From that day, the area of Content Tech and Operations that I manage has 90% of its people working from home.

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Professional Show and One TV launch a pre-fitted OB-VANs plan

With a small aerospace metaphor we could say that up to "yesterday" IP technology was rather "parked" on a slow but progressive development orbit, which followed a course of regular, constant diffusion, without particular accelerations.

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NDI and SMPTE-2010: video over IP

A part of the Broadcast world is heading towards the SMPTE 2110 format, a well-known standard proposed by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers - above all- because it was created with the aim of sending digital video over an IP network. The novelty compared to the past is in the fact that the video data are conveyed on IT infrastructure in an uncompressed format and the video, audio and ancillary data travel on different and separate streams.

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Marco Tinnirello interview with Roberto Landini, SVG Europe

What were the main reasons for creating Eurovision Services?

One of the key reasons for establishing Eurovision Services was the need for flexibility. We are owned by the EBU, which is a public-funded organisation and quite rightly has strict rules on governance. But to operate as a commercial entity, we needed the flexibility and agility to be able to take our own decisions without, for example, needing to wait for one of the EBU’s two annual general meetings to approve them.

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Qatar Moto2 race stays on air with One-TV POD remote production team

The emergency concerning the spread of coronavirus has had a dramatic impact on the world of sport. The scheduled season-opening MotoGP race in Qatar on 8 March was cancelled due to the closure of the country’s airports and the inability of riders and technicians to reach the Losail circuit.

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4K UHD in style for the women's Super G and Giant Slalom in LaThuile.

Ski World Cup 2020 in Aosta Valley, 29 February - 1 March.  From February 29th to March 1st, one of the last stages before the finals of the Ski World Cup 2020 takes place in the Aosta Valley precisely in La Thuile, with three women's races on "Franco Berthod" slope: two Super G and a combined downhill slalom.

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Eurovision Services in Antholz-Anterselva at the "Mecca of Biathlon".

The BIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 edition is being held in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, from 12th to 23rd February resulting in 10 days of the highest level sporting action. Coordinated by the EBU, which is celebrating 70 years of activity involving 116 organizations in 56 countries, here in Trentino Alto Adige the live broadcasts from the Biathlon Arena are distributed by Eurovision Services to over 18 European members plus other broadcasters worldwide, including America and China.

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Allo stadio del Biathlon di Anterselva grazie alla EBU e SVG.

Allo stadio del Biathlon di Anterselva grazie alla EBU e SVG.  Eurovision Services, il principale fornitore di soluzioni mediatiche per le federazioni sportive internazionali, è l'host broadcaster e gestisce la distribuzione internazionale del segnale per i campionati mondiali IBU di biathlon ad Anterselva, dal 12 al 23 febbraio 2020.

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All football passes through Netco Sports Italy

Record customisation and response times Three years after the official entry into the pan-European Euro Media Group, Netco Sports Italy can rightly be defined today as an absolute reference for sports graphics based on the management of data processing and the proposition of multi-language content. More generally we can talk about "multi platform and multi device implementations with high graphic contents".

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Women's Ski World Cup "on the rocks".

Global Production team makes the difference in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. The Alpine Ski World Cup returns to Sestriere with the Female Giant Slalom on January 18th and the Special Parallel Women's Slalom on January 19th.

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The new AC Milan app: the heart on the move is growing.

The development of Milan's strategies for the "digital world” starts from the decision to implement new integrated platforms with different purposes and subsequently renew the website www.acmilan.com. The club has decided to undertake the process of creation, development and publishing of content destined for digital channels by putting in place a structured plan. The plan required a careful analysis of market benchmarking, project planning and, among many objectives, that of achieving a very high standard of effectiveness and efficiency in fan engagement and communication processes.

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The great production adventure of the Ski World Cup.

Global Production: with frozen hands along the tracks.
The 2019/2020 season of the Ski World Cup opened at the beginning of November with Skipass, the Fair of Tourism and Winter Sports at ModenaFiere, with the snowboard and freestyle competition from the ski jump.

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Discovery Italia / Eurosport, the “Casa del Basket”.

Remote Production for Italian Serie A Basketball. About two and a half years ago, Discovery Italia acquired the rights to Basketball matches which include the entire Serie A, Italian Cup, Super Cup, Euro Cup, Champions, and Euroleague championships.

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The 2019 International Swimming League makes a stop in Naples.

A great swimming show produced by Global Production for EMG. Naples hosted the television production of a new format invented by the American IMG for the International Swimming League. The event took place from 10th to 13th October at the Felice Scandone pool, where four international teams faced each other in mixed swimming competitions in a 25 metre short pool.

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Attenzione: deadline 12 Novembre, FutureSPORT 2019 di SVG Europe

Sponsorizzato da Telstra, si chiude martedì prossimo (12 novembre) la possibilità di iscriversi al FutureSports di SVG.  FutureSPORT 2019 si svolgerà allo stadio Stamford Bridge del Chelsea FC a Londra martedì 26 novembre.  La conferenza presterà particolare attenzione alla contribuzione e alla distribuzione nell'ambito delle trasmissioni sportive.

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Ferrari Challenge, the Finals at Mugello, with Global Production

From the 24th to the 27th of October the final of the “Ferrari Challenge” trophy, or “Corse Clienti”, was held. 
The Corse Clienti is a single-brand motor championship created in 1993 and which now includes three official championships in the United States, Asia-Pacific and Europe. The competitors gathered at the annual event of the World Finals at the Mugello Circuit Italy, the automotive and motorcycle circuit of Scarperia and San Piero, owned by Ferrari.

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Euro Media Group for "XXX Summer Universiade", Naples

The recognised ability of Euro Media Group to design and implement every service required by the entire production chain in today's audio and video world is the technological-operative heart that allowed the production of all the audiovisual content for the recent Universiade, thirtieth edition, "XXX Summer Universiade", held in Naples last July. The French company, with headquarters in Saint Denis has a multinational reach thanks to companies in seven countries, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy.

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L'Opera Broadcast Video Service and their new OB7, 14-meter truck with 28 4K UHD HDR cameras.

L'Opera Broadcast Video Service was born 35 years ago in Foggia, following the intuition that, in order to survive in the South of Italy and in a difficult working situation, it was necessary to differentiate from the qualitative point of view by creating a strong profile.

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