New interactive Sportsnet Studios debuts

TORONTO — Hockey fans will get their first look at Sportsnet’s new interactive NHL production studio tonight, as Sportsnet Studios officially debuts on Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey at 7 p.m. ET. Announced in June, the new immersive broadcast studio (pictured above) “was built to provide the foundation for the network’s reimagined approach to the traditional hockey broadcast, content production and distribution,” reads a Rogers Sports and Media press release. “As a new ‘sandbox’ for broadcasters and production teams to play in, the state-of-the-art technology, data capabilities and increased in-broadcast versatility allows the NHL on Sportsnet team to create interactive, immersive...