Broadcast Sports Inc Company Profile
The genesis of Broadcast Sports, Inc. (BSI) started back in 1979 when John Porter, Peter Larsson and Dave Curtis, a group of engineers at the Seven Network in Australia, began to explore new applications for the emerging portable video transmitters being developed for electronic news gathering. Parlaying early success at getting live images off yachts in the Sydney to Hobart race, the idea emerged to apply the technology to auto racing. The challenges were substantial, but the successes were compelling enough to catch the eye of a CBS executive who saw it as a perfect fit for the emerging NASCAR series. After a number of years of traveling back and forth between Australia and the US, this renegade group of entrepreneurs saw the market potential for these new systems in the US, picked up stakes and established Broadcast Sports Technologies (BST) in 1983. Over the course of the next 25 years, BST secured the reputation as the "go-to" provider of wireless point of view systems. This attention and the growing contracts surrounding our technologies allowed the development of small, rugged and more highly customized systems. In 1996, BST was purchased by WESCAM, a premier gyro-stabilized aerial camera platform provider and changed its' name to Broadcast Sports, Inc. Building on the previous success of the on-board systems for auto racing and America's Cup sailing events, BSI continued to develop innovative products that allowed expansion into extensive live golf coverage and imaging systems for NASA. BSI continues to grow and innovate. Now a part of the L-3 Communications family, BSI has a staff of over 150 people, a state of the art 55,000 square foot facility and 13 RF mobile units. From concept through design and manufacturing to turnkey service, the entrepreneurial spirit that drove the founders to make the trek halfway around the globe still persists today. Always on the lookout to develop and integrate the next cutting edge technology, BSI has the knowledge and experience to deliver.
