SPORTS BROADCAST
Redefined Riedel RefCams
he RefCam from Riedel Communications has marked its debut in
(DSHS), captured the game between EPG Baskets Koblenz and Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim in Koblenz. The RefCam shoots game situations from the referee’s point of view. For the Koblenz versus Kirchheim match, three RefCam units filmed everything for local recording, ready to support both live broadcasts and offline production.
“Working with scientific partners is crucial to advancing officiating standards,” argued Carsten Straube, B and C squad referee manager at DBB, explaining why innovative tools like RefCam are so valuable. RefCam’s use highlights its dual value as a tool to capture immersive game perspectives and a way to generate data that drives research.
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German professional basketball, providing referee perspectives and supporting sports research for the future. The head-mounted compact cameras, used in collaboration with the German Basketball Federation (DBB) and German Sport University Cologne
SPORTS BROADCAST
EP Europe has redesigned an outside broadcast (OB) unit to help broadcasters Scalable and SMPTE-supported live productions N
The upgrade includes a full SMPTE ST 2110 IP transition and supports growing demand for reliable, high- quality 1080p HDR productions. According to NEP, EU-03 marks an important step in the continued evolution of live production services across the region. EU-03 introduces a more software-enabled production environment to the European market,
supporting the use of licence-based broadcast tools to scale dynamically based on production requirements. Strategically based in Oslo, EU- 03 – the unit’s new name under a refreshed naming approach for NEP Europe’s fleet – will primarily serve customers in the Nordics, launching in April to cover the Norwegian Football League and other projects.
and rightsholders across Europe scale live coverage more efficiently and reliably. The modernised unit, EU-03, manages broadcast tools using a software platform, providing customers with the ability to scale up or down depending on need.
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