Category Archives: News 2012

UEFA Europa League Cup Final

SIS LIVE cover Europa Cup Final 2012

On Wednesday 9th May, the National Arena in Bucharest, Romania opened it’s doors to over 52,000 Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid fans, travelling from all over the world to see their clubs compete in the final of the 2011/12 UEFA … Read more

SIS LIVE at NAB 2012

MD Dave Meynell talks about DriveForce, ManPak, uPak and uPod

Now the dust from NAB 2012 has settled over Las Vegas and the various SIS LIVE representatives and equipment have returned safely to home soil, now may be a good time to round up our experiences from the exhibition.

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SIS LIVE BAFTA Nomination

SIS LIVE nominated in categories

We are delighted to announce that the Royal Wedding coverage which SIS LIVE played a major role in over a year ago has been nominated at this year’s BAFTA Television Craft Awards in not one but two categories.

The first … Read more

50 million viewers in just 4 days

Wales v France in the Six Nations 2012

If you were watching TV last weekend there is a strong likelihood that you were watching SIS LIVE in action. It sure felt like a busy week here and we have the figures to prove it. We’ve calculated that between … Read more

SIS LIVE in the Middle East

SIS LIVE at CABSAT 2012

At the end of Feb representatives from SIS LIVE’s commercial and engineering teams were sent out to Dubai to man the SIS LIVE stand at CABSAT exhibition. This was our first exhibition in the Middle East and represented an interesting … Read more

SIS LIVE at the Carling Cup Final

Liverpool 3-2 Cardiff City (on penalties)

The lights of the Wembley stadium glow, the crowd is hushed, breathlessly expectant. A solitary figure in blue walks slowly from the centre circle to take his shot. His cousin in red looks on from the centre circle – waiting, … Read more

Cross Country Skiing – Extreme RF

SIS LIVE Comms team delivery RF connectivity in extreme conditions

From January to March 2012 SIS LIVE are covering the high endurance Cross Country Skiing races in the Ski Classics series for IEC in Sports.

Evolving from the broadcast of the Swedish Vasaloppet race in 2007, Ski Classics was launched … Read more

The SIS LIVE in-flight movie

At the Filming of Bomber Command TV programme

The SIS LIVE special cameras team were recently involved in the creation of a very special programme, which would see the actor Ewan McGregor and brother Colin exploring one of the remarkable stories from World War 2. The 90min pre-recorded … Read more

SIS LIVE mingle with the stars

SIS LIVE at BBC Stargazing 2012

In January 2012 SIS LIVE was stationed near the diverse cities of Macclesfield and Cape Town providing outside broadcast and uplink facilities for BBC Stargazing LIVE 2012. Between 16th and 18th Jan, three shows of one hour each, presented by … Read more

SIS behind you!

SIS LIVE at the PriceWaterhouseCooper Panto 2012

Although Christmas may be a distant memory to many of us, the merry spirit of generosity is still alive and well at SIS LIVE, and among those involved in this annual pantomime.

PwC, one of the world’s largest professional … Read more

The Great Edinburgh Cross Country

Kiprop wins the BUPA Great Edinburgh X Country Race 2012

SIS LIVE was at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh to provide OB and uplink services for a series of international cross country races featuring some of the world’s top athletes On the 7th January.

The 90min broadcast featured three live races … Read more

SIS LIVE bring you 2012, in full HD

SIS LIVE cover New Year's Eve 2011

Happy New Year to everyone, and here’s to 2012 which looks like being an exciting year for the broadcast world.

Did you happen to catch the BBC’s coverage of the London New Year celebrations? No prizes for guessing who was … Read more