Adrian Pennington

AT&T is offering customers live coverage of all 64 games on its IPTV service U-verse TV, AT&T Mobile TV and online via ESPN3.com.

Riedel Communications’ MediorNet is installed in five HD OB trucks equipped by Alfacam for World Cup production.

Ericsson is outfitting ESPN with a range of DTH and contribution products ahead of ESPN 3D’s premiere of the World Cup.

Spectators and journalists will be able to keep up to speed on developments from more than 600 Sony monitors installed throughout the 10 host stadiums.

Spidercam is supplying four of its aerial cameras and 30 MovieTech cranes for the host broadcast of the World Cup.

Sony’s MPE-200 gives broadcasters comprehensive control of stereo camera pairs.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is packaging all programming, including interactive content, from the ground in South Africa.

Audiences at more than 500 cinemas in 15 countries will be able to receive 3-D broadcasts of the World Cup, making it one of the largest worldwide live event transmissions of 3-D to date.

Al Jazeera, ESPN, France 3, Chile’s Channel 13, Paraguay’s Telefutura, Sky News and Sky Sports are using Input Media’s broadcast facilities in Cape Town.

SIS Live is providing OB and uplink facilities for the UK broadcaster.

The broadcast director of the World Cup Final spoke exclusively to Broadcast Engineering about his preparations.

Technicolor provided playout services to CANAL+ for its live, 3-D broadcast of World Cup matches.

Integrated Microwave Technologies, a Vitec Group brand, offered a free equipment service to customers.

For the third consecutive FIFA World Cup, deltatre is providing official technology and operational solutions for data gathering and management.

Broadcasters, particularly those with significant commitments to full channels rather than one-off events, are under pressure to bring costs in line with 2D.

For many broadcasters, live sports coverage ranks as their premium content, a source of event television for capturing and retaining audiences. For this

The lean operating budgets of small broadcasters and boutique channels could become harder pressed as the analog spectrum is auctioned off around Europe.