Acquisition

Creative Analysis: Part 9 - Cinematographer Cathal Watters On Alienist: Angel Of Darkness

Recreating a period New York in Hungary might seem an unreasonable challenge until it becomes clear that the country has become a hub for international production with at least two large-scale backlots for just that purpose. In the summer of 2019, these facilities were leveraged by The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, based on Caleb Carr’s book of the same name. Produced for TNT by a consortium led by Paramount Television,…

The best part about virtual trade shows is no lines, no tipping, comfortable chairs and instant replays.

Bonded Cellular Links Move Forward Without Shows

Changing TV station dynamics, new markets, and new technologies are driving wireless remote broadcasting link solution innovations.

Creative Analysis: Part 8 - Making A Name By Cinematographer Li Qihang

With the population of China approaching 1.4 billion, it’s perhaps no surprise that it is fast becoming the biggest market in the world for theatrical film exhibition, with the largest number of cinema screens of any single country. Directors such as Wong Kar-Wai and the stars of Chinese cinema – names like Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi – have long been enjoying international attention, but the grass roots of Chinese…

KABB Chief Meteorologist Alex Garcia on air from his living room green-screen wall.

KABB’s Chief Meteorologist Shares His Successful Broadcasting From Home Formula

When the pandemic began shutting down TV stations in the spring of this year, journalists and producers were left to figure out how to work from home and set up technical systems they were very unfamiliar with. In many cases panic set in.

Production & Post

Creative Analysis: Part 9 - Cinematographer Cathal Watters On Alienist: Angel Of Darkness

Recreating a period New York in Hungary might seem an unreasonable challenge until it becomes clear that the country has become a hub for international production with at least two large-scale backlots for just that purpose. In the summer of 2019, these facilities were leveraged by The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, based on Caleb Carr’s book of the same name. Produced for TNT by a consortium led by Paramount Television,…

Popular TV Shows like ABC’s “The View” now shoot with no audiences and lots of safety procedures to adjust to.

TV Production Resumes, With Strict Protocols In Place

As TV and movie production studios begin to slowly resume operations, they are doing so very carefully and with a number of government-mandated protocols for safe working in place. Some say these operational restrictions—limited crew, remote control when possible, non-essential personnel are not allowed—are significantly adding to the time it typically would take to complete a project. For starters, all shared equipment, microphones, and other TV production tools must be…

Creative Analysis: Part 8 - Making A Name By Cinematographer Li Qihang

With the population of China approaching 1.4 billion, it’s perhaps no surprise that it is fast becoming the biggest market in the world for theatrical film exhibition, with the largest number of cinema screens of any single country. Directors such as Wong Kar-Wai and the stars of Chinese cinema – names like Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi – have long been enjoying international attention, but the grass roots of Chinese…

KABB’s Chief Meteorologist Shares His Successful Broadcasting From Home Formula

When the pandemic began shutting down TV stations in the spring of this year, journalists and producers were left to figure out how to work from home and set up technical systems they were very unfamiliar with. In many cases panic set in.

Hardware Infrastructure

Notre Dame stadium. Photo credit Andy Fuller.

The Sponsors Perspective: Notre Dame’s IP-Based Campus Crossroads Project

Here, we take a look at the landmark installation at the University of Notre Dame that highlights one of the biggest advantages of IP-based systems - flexibility. In the past networks have required a lot of cables and interconnections, today, a single cable can deliver every signal to any endpoint in real time, and with outstanding quality, and robustness.

MediorNet MicroN nodes in Riedel’s IP Laboratory.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and OB trucks now in service, they take significant time to set up and are only practical when a single…

The Sponsors Perspective: The Paths To Streaming Distribution - A Tale Of Two OTT Use Cases

The consumer video market is growing fiercely competitive between content creators and content aggregators and OTT live and OTT VOD formats are growing increasingly fragmented. Consumers are benefiting from the tremendous choice of content and sources for that content while their tolerance for a negative Quality of Experience (QoE) continues to fall. Providers find themselves in the stark reality of having to balance getting to market faster, with greater unit…

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 24 - Message Integrity

Once upon a time, the cause of data corruption would be accidental. A dropout on a tape or interference picked up on a cable would damage a few bits. Error correction was designed to deal with that.

Software Infrastructure

The Sponsors Perspective: The Paths To Streaming Distribution - A Tale Of Two OTT Use Cases

The consumer video market is growing fiercely competitive between content creators and content aggregators and OTT live and OTT VOD formats are growing increasingly fragmented. Consumers are benefiting from the tremendous choice of content and sources for that content while their tolerance for a negative Quality of Experience (QoE) continues to fall. Providers find themselves in the stark reality of having to balance getting to market faster, with greater unit…

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 24 - Message Integrity

Once upon a time, the cause of data corruption would be accidental. A dropout on a tape or interference picked up on a cable would damage a few bits. Error correction was designed to deal with that.

The Sponsors Perspective: Storage - How To Solve 5G’s Biggest Challenge

The arrival of 5G brings both opportunities and challenges to communications, media and entertainment companies, as well as the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) working to support them.

The Magic Leap One mixed reality headset.

The Sponsors Perspective: Mixing Realities - Feeding The Immersive Markets

Will alternative immersive channels create an imperative for broadcasters? Veronique Larcher, Director of AMBEO Immersive Audio, Sennheiser, explores immersive content outside of the commercial broadcast space, including virtual, augmented, and mixed realities.

Audio

The Sponsors Perspective: Notre Dame’s IP-Based Campus Crossroads Project

Here, we take a look at the landmark installation at the University of Notre Dame that highlights one of the biggest advantages of IP-based systems - flexibility. In the past networks have required a lot of cables and interconnections, today, a single cable can deliver every signal to any endpoint in real time, and with outstanding quality, and robustness.

Digital Audio: Part 4. ADC’s & The Mathematics Of Quantization & Dither.

Digital audio relies completely on the accuracy of quantization and it is important to see how it works.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and OB trucks now in service, they take significant time to set up and are only practical when a single…

The Sponsors Perspective: The Paths To Streaming Distribution - A Tale Of Two OTT Use Cases

The consumer video market is growing fiercely competitive between content creators and content aggregators and OTT live and OTT VOD formats are growing increasingly fragmented. Consumers are benefiting from the tremendous choice of content and sources for that content while their tolerance for a negative Quality of Experience (QoE) continues to fall. Providers find themselves in the stark reality of having to balance getting to market faster, with greater unit…

Playout & Transmission

The World Of OTT: Part 1 - The Principles & Terminology Of The OTT Ecosystem

OTT is becoming more and more prevalent in the world of video consumption. Some people would say that it will become the dominant form of video delivery in years to come as the underlying technologies expand, develop or mature, and consumer behaviour continues to revolve around convenience, flexibility and personalization. Recent OTT launches and refreshes from major media businesses like NBC, Disney, Warner Media, CBS, RAI, BBC, ITV, SRG and…

The Sponsors Perspective: Notre Dame’s IP-Based Campus Crossroads Project

Here, we take a look at the landmark installation at the University of Notre Dame that highlights one of the biggest advantages of IP-based systems - flexibility. In the past networks have required a lot of cables and interconnections, today, a single cable can deliver every signal to any endpoint in real time, and with outstanding quality, and robustness.

Digital Audio: Part 4. ADC’s & The Mathematics Of Quantization & Dither.

Digital audio relies completely on the accuracy of quantization and it is important to see how it works.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and OB trucks now in service, they take significant time to set up and are only practical when a single…

Distribution & Delivery

The World Of OTT: Part 1 - The Principles & Terminology Of The OTT Ecosystem

OTT is becoming more and more prevalent in the world of video consumption. Some people would say that it will become the dominant form of video delivery in years to come as the underlying technologies expand, develop or mature, and consumer behaviour continues to revolve around convenience, flexibility and personalization. Recent OTT launches and refreshes from major media businesses like NBC, Disney, Warner Media, CBS, RAI, BBC, ITV, SRG and…

The Sponsors Perspective: Notre Dame’s IP-Based Campus Crossroads Project

Here, we take a look at the landmark installation at the University of Notre Dame that highlights one of the biggest advantages of IP-based systems - flexibility. In the past networks have required a lot of cables and interconnections, today, a single cable can deliver every signal to any endpoint in real time, and with outstanding quality, and robustness.

Pluto TV first came to Europe late in 2018 through a deal with Sky.

ViacomCBS Pluto TV Launches In Spain As AVoD Momentum Grows

The ViacomCBS Pluto TV AvoD (Advertising VoD) service has launched in Spain, increasing its European orbit to five countries.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and OB trucks now in service, they take significant time to set up and are only practical when a single…

Test, QC & Monitoring

Creative Analysis: Part 9 - Cinematographer Cathal Watters On Alienist: Angel Of Darkness

Recreating a period New York in Hungary might seem an unreasonable challenge until it becomes clear that the country has become a hub for international production with at least two large-scale backlots for just that purpose. In the summer of 2019, these facilities were leveraged by The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, based on Caleb Carr’s book of the same name. Produced for TNT by a consortium led by Paramount Television,…

Digital Audio: Part 4. ADC’s & The Mathematics Of Quantization & Dither.

Digital audio relies completely on the accuracy of quantization and it is important to see how it works.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and OB trucks now in service, they take significant time to set up and are only practical when a single…

Creative Analysis: Part 8 - Making A Name By Cinematographer Li Qihang

With the population of China approaching 1.4 billion, it’s perhaps no surprise that it is fast becoming the biggest market in the world for theatrical film exhibition, with the largest number of cinema screens of any single country. Directors such as Wong Kar-Wai and the stars of Chinese cinema – names like Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi – have long been enjoying international attention, but the grass roots of Chinese…

Services

The World Of OTT: Part 1 - The Principles & Terminology Of The OTT Ecosystem

OTT is becoming more and more prevalent in the world of video consumption. Some people would say that it will become the dominant form of video delivery in years to come as the underlying technologies expand, develop or mature, and consumer behaviour continues to revolve around convenience, flexibility and personalization. Recent OTT launches and refreshes from major media businesses like NBC, Disney, Warner Media, CBS, RAI, BBC, ITV, SRG and…

The Sponsors Perspective: Notre Dame’s IP-Based Campus Crossroads Project

Here, we take a look at the landmark installation at the University of Notre Dame that highlights one of the biggest advantages of IP-based systems - flexibility. In the past networks have required a lot of cables and interconnections, today, a single cable can deliver every signal to any endpoint in real time, and with outstanding quality, and robustness.

Virtual IBC struggled to recapture the clamor of its previous real auditoriums.

IBC 2020 Conspicuous By Its Low Impact

Now that the virtual IBC 2020 has passed with hardly a whimper on the world broadcasting stage, paradoxically vendors, service providers and content producers are counting the indirect cost of the real event’s absence.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and OB trucks now in service, they take significant time to set up and are only practical when a single…