The final numbers are in, and SVG’s third-annual DSports Conference, dedicated to all things Internet, mobile, and beyond, drew 170 attendees during an informative Tuesday in New York City. In an age in which developments related to delivery of sports content over the Web and via mobile devices occur seemingly every minute, the event was an opportunity to reflect on where the industry is today.

The Dallas Cowboys’ colossal new stadium is renowned for many things, including the world’s largest HD video screen suspended 90 ft. above the playing field. But the first screens the crowds see as they approach the glittering venue are some of the eight new Daktronics LED displays that tower over the outdoor plazas.

Specialty cameras are now so widely used in sports broadcasting that cynics might think they’re no longer that special but as productions become ever more demanding new approaches to camera technology continue to appear. Case in point? Camera Corps and Polecam.

Among the horde of major-league stadia that have sprung up in the past few years, concert-grade PA systems have become the norm, matching monster HD video screens. Now that trend is manifesting itself in the minor leagues.

Fairlight has reorganized its corporate structure as Tino Fibaek has replaced John Lancken as general manager. “Our new management structure enables us to capitalize on current growth levels, expand into new territories, and deliver even better technical solutions and service to our discerning customer base,” says Fairlight Investor Director George Kepper.

The New York Giants broke in the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, last Sunday night with a last-second victory over the hometown Dallas Cowboys, helping NBC earn the best overnight ratings for a primetime National Football League game in 11 years while crushing the ratings for the Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS.

After learning that Arco Arena is considered unsuitable to host a major college-basketball tournament, Mayor Kevin Johnson said this week that Sacramento, CA, could lose the Kings if efforts for a new arena aren’t stepped up: “If we don’t have a clear path to an arena in the not too distant future, then we as Sacramentans need to know that [the Kings] very well may look elsewhere.” The mayor made his comments after finding out the NCAA had bypassed Sacramento’s bid for hosting the regional round of the men’s basketball tournament. Arco Arena has hosted the money-making event four times since 1994. Most recently, in 2007, fans filled the arena, and the event injected $4 million into the local economy, officials said…

At IBC09, T-VIPS launched major new products, presented papers, and entertained more visitors than ever before. Of most interest to the sports market is the company’s launch of the TVG450 JPEG2000-based video transport solution. T-VIPS is particularly pleased to launch its next-generation JPEG2000 solutions while its first-generation products are still market leaders.

Panasonic Broadcast said its new AG-HMR10 AVCCAM compact field recorder/player and ultra-slim AG-HCK10 remotely controlled 3-MOS HD camera head will ship in October, at suggested list prices of $2,600 and $1,800, respectively.

JVC Professional Products, a division of JVC USA, launched its new SR-HD1500 and SR-HD1250 Blu-ray disc and HDD recorders, the first standalone Blu-ray recorders in the United States with a built-in hard-disk drive for easy duplication and disc authoring without a PC.

JVC Professional Products added the ability for .MP4 files to be recorded onto the SDHC card for its GY-HM700 ProHD camcorder, along with .MOV files, when the KA-MR100 SxS adapter is not attached, and the company improved the camcorder’s digital noise reduction.

Txtstation is pleased to announce the hiring of its newest team member, Jay Blistan. Jay joins Txtstation after three years with Velocity Sports & Entertainment in Norwalk, CT.

At the recent IAB MIXX Awards in New York City, the NBA received top honors as the Gold Winner in the Interactive Video Category for the “NBA.com Create Your Own Amazing Playlist presented by Cisco,” which was featured on the league’s site throughout the 2009 NBA Playoffs. The NBA finished ahead of Silver Winner Vaseline, Bronze Winner TrueBlood (HBO), and runner-up American Express.

ESPNcricinfo launched the new version of its mobile site, which allows users to follow matches by including ball-by-ball commentary, the complete scorecard, and match bulletins all on the same page, as well as to filter by events such as Wickets, Fours, and Sixes.

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia and The Comcast Network will team up to present 73 HD Philadelphia Flyers National Hockey League games, as well as pregame shows, postgame shows, and weekly magazine show The Orange Line.

Mr. October will host The Pride of October for TBS. Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson will host a series of one-on-one interviews to air throughout the network’s exclusive television coverage of all four of the league’s Division Series and the National League Championship Series, set to debut during pregame show MLB On Deck Wednesday, Oct. 7.

ESPN’s third local site is set to launch Monday, Sept. 28, this one for the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, area. ESPNDallas.com will feature exclusive original content, content from contributors familiar with Texas, and original locally relevant content created from ESPN’s multiple platforms, branded programming, and contributors.

Cowboys Stadium, the brand-new home of the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys, has earned its share of press for the huge center-hung video display inside the stadium, but fans outside of the facility were not left in the dark, thanks to Daktronics.

When watching National Football League games, fans are used to seeing advertisements for beer, cars, and trucks. But jet engines?

The Fantasy Files commercials that air exclusively on NFL Network have provoked much discussion, writes Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times.

Tennis Channel and Cablevision Systems finally settled their dispute over carriage terms, but far too late for any of the cable operator’s New York-area subscribers to enjoy any of the network’s coverage of the 2009 U.S. Open, reports Richard Sandomir of The New York Times.

Is DirecTV soaking its National Football League fans? DirecTV subscribers who already pay $10 per month for HD service and an additional fee for the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package must also pony up $100 to receive those games in HD, Richard Sandomir of The New York Times writes.

When Target Field, the new ballpark for Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins, opens its doors for the 2010 season, it will be equipped with more than 200 all-weather LCD TVs from SunBriteTV, reports Greg Tarr of TWICE.

Cris Collinsworth did a solid job replacing John Madden in the booth for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, but it was the new Cowboys Stadium that stole the show, Richard Sandomir of The New York Times writes.

Rio de Janeiro will get some high-powered backing in its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, as Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will fly to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the Oct. 2 vote by the International Olympic Committee, which will choose between Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Tokyo, and Madrid, reports George Vescey of The New York Times.

NASCAR fans will get to decide when gentlemen can start their engines for next winter's Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway.

USA Today’s Michael Hiestand believes ESPN’s Jon Gruden is the best newcomer to the National Football League television scene, while counterpart Michael McCarthy cast his vote for NBC’s Rodney Harrison.

The sale of the Chicago Cubs by Tribune to the family of Joe Ricketts moved one step closer to conclusion, as a federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware approved the $845 million transaction, reports Richard Sandomir of The New York Times.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post is a fan of the no-huddle offense, as he writes that the quick pace set by the National Football League’s Indianapolis Colts Monday night prevented ESPN from analyzing and over-analyzing every single play on Monday Night Football.

In a rare occurrence due to a rescheduling for the Yom Kippur holiday, the National Football League’s New York Giants and New York Jets will both play at 1 p.m. Sunday, and Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News believes the Jets will win the competition for ratings.

HBO scored a pay-per-view knockout with Saturday night’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Juan Manuel Marquez bout, won by Mayweather in a unanimous decision, as the network recorded more than 1 million buys, R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News reported.

Kings Ransom, one of ESPN’s 30 on 30 films, will look at the trade that brought National Hockey League legend Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings, Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times reports.

The Denver Broncos visit the Oakland Raiders Sunday to revisit a historic rivalry, but Raiders fans who aren’t attending the game will have to visit a sports bar to watch, as the contest is blacked out in the Oakland area, Mike Klis of The Denver Post reports.

Boston-area sports fans will spend a lot of time watching Fox this weekend, as the network will air Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees Saturday afternoon and the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots Sunday afternoon, reports Chad Finn of The Boston Globe.

Most of Vermont, all of Connecticut, and portions of western Massachusetts and New Hampshire will get the New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers National Football League game Sunday, instead of the Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots, reports Eric Wilbur of The Boston Globe.

Kraft Sports Group owns the National Football League’s New England Patriots, and the company is selling local advertising for ESPNBoston.com. Is there a conflict of interest?

Turner Sports reached a deal to create a NASCAR page on social-networking service MySpace, which will offer news, photos, videos, and a link to NASCAR.com, Kristi E. Swartz of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.