Apple technology helped bring soccer updates to millions: Macs go to the World Cup.(macbeat)
Macworld, September, 2006 by Dalrymple, Jim
Chances are pretty good that if you watched highlights from the 2006 FIFA World Cup matches on television, you witnessed Apple technology hard at work. The Host Broadcast Service (HBS)--a collection of production groups brought together specifically for the biggest event of the world's most popular sport--delivered highlight clips to 50 networks around the world as the games happened. To accomplish this, HBS used four Power Mac G5s, Gallery's PictureReady video software, and AJA Kona cards with DVCPRO HD 1080150 video recorded into a 20TB Apple Xsan.
From its master control center to the dozens of cameras at each match, the production team was responsible for everything from managing the feeds coming back to the Munich headquarters to quickly delivering...
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