The Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) is a 100-year-old annual event that pits the best of Italy’s football teams in a knock-out competition which culminates in a much loved, much debated and much watched final game. This year the final match featured teams coming from the two largest cities in northern Italy – Milan’s “Inter” and Turin’s “Juventus”. These teams have faced each other only two other times with Juventus winning both previous games. This year’s match up promised to be very exciting.

EZCast, a leading innovator of wireless display devices technologies, has announced its new CatchU, a universal video capture and streaming box designed for gamers. Whether gaming on a smartphone, the latest consoles, PC or Mac, EZCast CatchU can capture, save and stream the gaming action all at once via its versatile interface. EZCast CatchU makes sharing streams and simultaneous recording easier than ever, leveling up your content for fans.
 

There’s a live stream for nearly everything today from high school sports matches to the International Space Station, cat shelters, and even rare plant blooms like that of the Amorphophallus titanum. Commonly known as the “corpse flower,” the endangered plant takes up to ten years to cultivate in captivity. In blooming, it can grow up to 6 inches a day, and emits an unforgettable putrid scent. Public interest in watching these rare blooms online has grown in recent years, and botanical gardens and university greenhouses have risen to the occasion with live bloom broadcasts. Simple Thought Productions recently produced a live corpse flower bloom stream on YouTube for Rollins College in Florida using a camera and an AJA HELO H.264 streaming and recording device.

Long-time LiveU user and UK-based production company Over Exposed, turned to LiveU once again to create dynamic, viewer-engaging and highly cost-effective, 5G remote production coverage of the recent, iconic Vitality London 10K run. The run also integrated the British 10K Championships.
 

Expanding on its 30-year relationship with Calrec to satisfy its complex audio needs, OB and technical services provider EMG UK has turned to the company to equip its latest Remote Operations Centre (ROC) in Stratford, London. The installation means that EMG UK continues to use Calrec equipment in all of its UK-based outside broadcast work.

• Three new operation modes Sync Mode, Cue Mode, and Optics Auto Adjust, allow crews to work and cooperate faster and smarter
• Includes new languages, additional preinstalled gel filters, and network enhancements  
   

Haivision Systems Inc. (“Haivision”) (TSX: HAI), a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and networking solutions, today announced the introduction of SRT video streaming support in Aviwest IP video contribution solutions bringing broadcasters more options than ever before for contributing real-time content for coverage of premium live events, news, and sports.   
 

TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, today announced that it is providing full support to customers and broadcasters for the 2022 Football Championship in Qatar. TVU Media Services is uniquely positioned to assist broadcasters covering the tournament with live transmission options, remote production capabilities and 24/7 on-site support.

Gravity Media, the world leading global provider of complex live broadcast facilities and production services has officially launched its debut multi-functional Outside Broadcast truck, Sirius, based in France.

TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, today announced the adoption of its cloud-based instant replay system by the athletic department at Syracuse University (SU). Starting with the upcoming fall season, the Orange will use TVU Replay to monitor all calls during home games of “Olympic” sports, such as volleyball, field hockey, soccer, softball, and Lacrosse. TVU Replay is a multi-camera control app empowering officials to instantly review plays from their phones or tablets.

For more than 50 years the world's most successful broadcasters have relied on Calrec. They still do. As our industry adapts to new viewing habits and evolving commercial environments, Calrec is helping broadcasters to stay ahead as they switch to IP infrastructures; to achieve efficiency with remote broadcasting; to save money with virtualised production. Calrec’s radio-focussed and flexible Type R can adapt to a variety of requirements including virtualized workflows, and Calrec has expanded its range of consoles, from the cost-effective Brio consoles, to the IP-enabled ImPulse core. For flexible working, integrated networks and reliable audio, Calrec has it covered.

Leading broadcast solutions specialist ES Broadcast has taken delivery of the UK’s first Sony HDC-F5500 rental units – and will showcase the camera’s impressive creative capabilities at a technology and networking event in London next week.

Following the growing development of virtual production, Supreme Studio, the Thailand-based all-in-one video production studio, has constructed an unmatched LED wall with extended reality in mind. Supported by ROE Visual, the advanced technology for film studios can create realistic imagery in an immersive environment, heightening the quality of the production.
 

Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader in broadcast media technologies, has played a leading part in an exciting public demonstration of the latest in mobile content delivery: 5G Broadcast. The presentation was made by Danish broadcasters DR and TV2, with special mobile devices provided by Qualcomm.

VAR technology in football is an extra set of eyes for the officiating crew on the pitch. Video match officials (VMO) monitor the game “through the camera lenses”, check any controversial or missed moments, and provide the main referee with the opportunity to review it in detail.