Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services opens training programme for female camera operators
It also aims to provide participants with the skills needed to work as camera operators during the Olympic Winter Games next year
Olympic Broadcasting Services
IBC
Opinion: how the IBC Accelerator Media Innovation Programme is powering change in the M&E space
Mark Smith, IBC innovation founder and council chair, tells TVBEurope about the organisation's Accelerator programme and its impact on the M&E industry
Live Production
OBS launches programme designed for women in sports broadcasting
Those who are selected will work during the planning phase of the broadcast operations for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
Media Consumption
Paris Paralympics on track to break audience records
Channel 4 said 7.2 million people watched its first day coverage, with a peak of 1.6 million tuning in to watch Tulley Kearney's gold-winning...
Media Management
Alibaba, OBS partner on AI-fueled OBS Cloud 3.0 for Paris 2024
OBS Live Cloud has become the main method of remote distribution to Media Rights-Holders (MRHs) for the first time in the history of the...
Artificial Intelligence
OBS, AI and Paris 2024
TVBEurope’s Matthew Corrigan sits down with Sotiris Salamouris, chief technology officer at OBS and Intel’s EMEA chief technology officer, Jean-Laurent Philippe, to hear about...
Live Production
Orange details ‘highly complex’ operation behind Olympics’ live feeds
For the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, almost 500 cameras will be used (compared to the usual 60)
Live Production
OBS to use smartphones to capture video of Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony
The high-quality HDR footage will be shared and streamed via a private 5G network powered by Orange which will install more than a dozen...
Artificial Intelligence
OBS tests AI-enhanced multi-camera replay service ahead of Paris 2024 deployment
During Paris 2024, the AI-enabled replay system will be implemented at 12 competition venues for events such as beach volleyball, tennis, judo and rugby
Artificial Intelligence
OBS concern over Olympic AI deepfakes
OBS had teamed up with Chinese retail company and Olympic sponsor, Alibaba, to use AI for 360-degree assisted replays
Live Production
Panasonic to provide 150 cameras, 31 switchers for Paris 2024
Panasonic will also be supplying PTZ cameras in 29 press rooms across the Games
Live Production
Multi-camera replay systems and first-person view drone footage planned for Milano Cortina Winter Games
At a gathering of media rights-holders, OBS provided broadcasters with an update on its plans for the Games
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services aims to give Paris 2024 big screen feel with cinematic lenses
OBS revealed plans to provide more than 11,000 hours of content from the Games, including more athlete-centric coverage and behind-the-scenes material, pre-and post-competition
Live Production
OBS: Milano Cortina Winter Games will ‘redefine broadcasting’
Last week, Olympic Broadcasting Services welcomed media rights holders to Milan to layout its plans for the Games
People
Olympic Broadcasting Services founder Manolo Romero passes away
Romero oversaw the broadcast operation for numerous Olympic Games, and is described as being "renowned for his high standards and constant drive to achieve...
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services lays out initial plans for Paris 2024
OBS said it is aiming to produce an "unprecedented" amount of content and deliver it to RHBs in a wider range of options
Media Management
Alibaba, OBS enable Olympic broadcasters to access live footage via the public cloud
OBS and Alibaba have also deployed multi-camera replay systems for frame-freeze slow motion replays during the Games
Live Production
For first time in Olympic broadcasting, as many signals will be sent via the cloud as standard delivery
OBS reveals details around its production workflows, use of 5G and AI, and how Beijing 2022 is the first Winter Games in UHD HDR
Live Production
Beijing 2022’s Main Media Centre opens its doors
The MMC incorporates both the Main Press Centre (MPC) and the International Broadcast Centre (IBC)
Media Management
Olympic Broadcasting Services hosted in the cloud for first time
Content+, OBS’ content delivery platform, is fully migrated to the cloud for delivering short-form content, content asset management and content production
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services to employ ’10 firsts’ for Tokyo 2020
Company has laid out 10 'firsts' it plans to implement across the production for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Technology
Olympic Broadcasting Services partners with Alibaba Cloud
Intel will also support new distribution service to be deployed by 2020