In 1986 Betacam was superseded by the upgraded Betacam SP that used metal-formulated rather than ferric oxide tape. But this series of articles is about cameras rather than formats, so what is crucial ...

Broadcast camcorders based on the Betacam SP tape format started at about $10,000 for the cheap “industrial” model, increasing to more than $30,000 for the ones the TV news camera ops were running ...

For the past ten years the NFL has used Sony’s analog Betacam SP format. The Betacam SX gear adopted by the NFL includes the DNV-5 recorder/player; DNW-9WS camcorder; DNW-A25 laptop editor/recorder ...

Beta SP came in two cassette sizes, with the smaller version providing 20 minutes of recording on a professional, shoulder-mounted camcorder. Sony later introduced BetaSX, an MPEG-2 digital format, ...

Here’s how it works. The European Commission has fined Sony, Fuji and Maxell nearly 75 million euros ($109.8 million) for fixing prices on Betacam SP and Digital Betacam cassettes for professional use ...