3D HDTV COVERAGE FOR IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 FINAL GAMES (19/05/2008) |
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In a ground-breaking trial, the final games of the 2008 IIHF World Championship, which took place in Canada, were covered live in 3D HDTV. There was 3D trial coverage of the semi-finals on 16 May, the 3rd place game on 17 May and the Final on Sunday 18 May 2008, which took place at the Quebec Colisée. This is the first time that a major ice hockey tournament has been produced in 3D. This 3D production was incorporated into the overall host broadcast, which was carried out under the supervision of Infront Production and Host Broadcast Services (HBS). “The rapid development of 3D creates a strong demand for content and we believe that 3D HDTV programming of major sports events will be one of the future winners in the entertainment market. 3D creates new exciting viewing opportunities and a viewer experience which is very similar to actually being at the game,” said Francis Tellier, Head of Infront’s Production Unit and CEO of HBS. This 3D production helps establish 3D sports coverage as a future distribution option for major sports events. |
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HOST BROADCAST SERVICES (HBS) WINS TENDER FOR HOST BROADCAST OF LIGUE 1
(02/04/2008) |
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Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Infront Sports & Media, has been announced as the winner of a tender for the role of host broadcaster for the first division of the French Football League (Ligue 1).
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) said that HBS will handle the host broadcast operation for the four upcoming seasons up to 2011. As one of the world’s most popular leagues Ligue 1 is amongst the top ten professional leagues by attendance and generating significant international broadcast coverage. HBS will build a dedicated team of specialists to handle the host broadcast of Ligue 1. It will work closely with the LFP, the clubs and the domestic rights-holders – Canal + and Orange – as well as the international broadcasters to provide all the production refinements and services that will be needed, including a feed dedicated to mobile phones. Philippe Blatter, President & CEO of the Infront Group said: “This appointment by LFP adds a new dimension to Infront’s production business. Our belief in the value of an independent and a highly specialised host broadcast organisation will, for the first time, be demonstrated in the context of a professional football league. Our aim is to deliver significant value and the highest quality to the LFP and its broadcast partners worldwide.” Francis Tellier, a French national, CEO of HBS, said: “We are proud and delighted to have won this tender. We all look forward to the challenge of producing the host broadcast of Ligue 1, in a time when convergence has become reality, for a League historically known for its broadcast innovations.” |
BROADCAST ACADEMY LAUNCHED (07/11/2007) |
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HBS, the Host Broadcaster of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups™, and Media Passport, a company specialising in providing assistance and training in the fields of communication and media, are proud to inaugurate the BROADCAST ACADEMY. The Broadcast Academy, a 50/50 joint venture between HBS and Media Passport, is already operational and has signed several training contracts throughout the world. The academy, strengthened by HBS and Media Passport’s expertise, currently has a team of over 50 international trainers, experts who are able to offer customised instruction in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese). The two companies have separately trained more than 10,000 people to date, including students as well as experienced veterans, in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The Broadcast Academy is the only Broadcast and Media training company to use the world’s first-ever LIVE professional sports broadcast simulator: the Live TV Simulator. Up until today there was no practical training solution allowing sports directors to redo their broadcasts at will. But now directors of televised sports broadcasts and their teams have a professional simulator, as well as a convenient and accelerated method for practicing and perfecting their technique, without any of live television's constraints: it is all at once a football pitch, 22 players and their ball, the referee and linesmen, the ball-boys, enthusiastic spectators, an OB van and its cameras, kilometres of cabling, tons of equipment and an entire team of camera operators and technicians all contained in two rack bays (fitted into five small flight cases) designed to be transported by plane and quickly installed within the customers’ workplace, thereby bypassing any travel expenses for trainees.
 Additionally, the Broadcast Academy offers television professionals, technicians, managers and high-ranking sports officials a catalogue containing more than 25 modules organised in three categories: TV Broadcasting, TV Rights/Marketing & Sports Events, and Media & New Technologies. All of these courses can be customised and are taught in the host country according to the human and technological means available, allowing the trainees to work in utterly realistic conditions. Click here for further information. |
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