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There will be a mish-mash of equipment onsite. No one company has enough gear freed up to cover everything that's going on, so they share feeds and footage, hire local, import extra gear and operators on a contract basis, any and all of the above. And all (or nearly all) of what we see is being fed from the cameras to a central location - the same event might have a dozen different types of cameras aimed at it, all feeding to the same production facility for editing.

There is prolly some digital, more this year than ever. But remember, these guys have Ikegama cameras that cost 10-20 thousand each or more. They have several hundred thousand bucks in editing bays designed to work with the old gear they have. They are not idly tossing them out and replacing them with digital DV Cams and Final Cut Pro. (Even though you will prolly find both those items available in any production suite you visit these days!)

As for the white balance issue, if it was uniform in all the angles, it was a post-production problem. If it was just one camera angle, it was an operator error or malfunctioning equipment. Snow is hard to shoot, and time of day can make a big difference.

And the last thing is, it really doesn't matter how the video is captured, the signal from your antenna, cable provider, or dish system is going to be the weak link in the chain.