Acquisition

Birmingham 2022 will be the biggest sports event in the UK since London 2012.

Preparing To Broadcast Commonwealth Games Birmingham

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest sports event on UK shores since London 2012 with around 1.5 billion global audience expected to watch over the 11 day event beginning July 28. Bidding for the host broadcast contract began in summer of 2019 with the award announced for Sunset + Vine in April 2020. Here’s what S+V plan with a special focus on one of its OB partners, Gravity…

Camera Lenses Part 3: MTF And Depth Of Field

All lenses suffer from various imperfections that reduce sharpness. However, even if the lens elements were ideal and caused no loss of resolution, lenses still can’t focus to a perfect point.

Orbital Virtual Productions - New Large Scale Virtual Production Stages In Downtown LA.

Nobody’s risking much, in 2022, by assuming we’re living through the genesis of virtual production. There are enough high-profile productions happening to lend the technique some legitimacy, and while the surge in both interest and the provision of facilities makes it hard to say how demand and supply are matching…

The State Of Film

On one hand, film might seem dead. On the other, the last few months have seen a flurry of activity which is emblematic of a wider interest in the field that’s continued ever since the technology fell out of mainstream use. It’s been suggested that photochemical origination is settling into…

Production & Post

Preparing To Broadcast Commonwealth Games Birmingham

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest sports event on UK shores since London 2012 with around 1.5 billion global audience expected to watch over the 11 day event beginning July 28. Bidding for the host broadcast contract began in summer of 2019 with the award announced for Sunset + Vine in April 2020. Here’s what S+V plan with a special focus on one of its OB partners, Gravity…

Orbital Virtual Productions - New Large Scale Virtual Production Stages In Downtown LA.

Nobody’s risking much, in 2022, by assuming we’re living through the genesis of virtual production. There are enough high-profile productions happening to lend the technique some legitimacy, and while the surge in both interest and the provision of facilities makes it hard to say how demand and supply are matching…

HDR: Part 3 - Grading

Almost since photography has existed, people have pursued ways of modifying the picture after it’s been shot. The “dodge” and “burn” tools in Photoshop are widely understood as ways to make things brighter or darker, but it’s probably less widely understood that they refer to techniques for exposure control that…

Today’s sports graphics include a range of statistics and analysis, like activity heatmaps (pictured), team line ups and many other things.

Data-Driven Sports Graphics Tell A Better Story

Once relegated to lower-thirds and corner score bugs, today’s sports graphics are now used for a lot more than just reporting the score, they are helping tell the story of the game in highly creative ways. In fact, many sports outlets, in an effort to distinguish themselves from the pack,…

Hardware Infrastructure

Preparing To Broadcast Commonwealth Games Birmingham

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest sports event on UK shores since London 2012 with around 1.5 billion global audience expected to watch over the 11 day event beginning July 28. Bidding for the host broadcast contract began in summer of 2019 with the award announced for Sunset + Vine in April 2020. Here’s what S+V plan with a special focus on one of its OB partners, Gravity…

For broadcasters, the new D2M broadcast system will increase customer reach and enhance the ability to monetize the available spectrum.

India Spotlights The Importance of Converged “Direct-To-Mobile” Broadcasting In Today’s Mobile Video

As the U.S. continues to roll out NextGen TV services in markets large and small across the country, 5G wireless technology is being considered (and tested) to augment the OTA signal and provide a fast and accurate backchannel to users. Many say this strategy is a less expensive way of…

IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 9 - NMOS Security

NMOS has succeeded in providing interoperability between media devices on IP infrastructures, and there are provisions within the specifications to help maintain system security.

Look Like A Million For Less

Every TV viewer compares live content with what they regularly see on TV, with multimillion-dollar talent with more multimillions in technical equipment and support.

Software Infrastructure

IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 9 - NMOS Security

NMOS has succeeded in providing interoperability between media devices on IP infrastructures, and there are provisions within the specifications to help maintain system security.

The Lil Nas X Roblox concert attracted 37 million viewers over one weekend. Image courtesy Roblox via YouTube.

NAB22 BEIT Sessions: ATSC 3.0, Web 3.0, And The Metaverse

What we’ve seen as ATSC 3.0 deploys and develops is just the tip of the NextGen TV iceberg.

Transforms: Part 5 - OFDM

Thus far we have looked at transforms from a somewhat abstract viewpoint. In contrast, here we look at an application where transforms take center stage.

In functions within the Sinclair App, program content is squeezed and overlays a html page that can be updated live. Courtesy NAB.

The Evolving Landscape Of NextGen TV At The NAB 22 BEIT Sessions

Broadcasters are experimenting with many new TV business models to monetize new NextGen TV technologies.

Audio

Broadcast Audio For Coachella With American Mobile Studio

For the past 15 years, Chris Shepard, chief engineer and owner of American Mobile Studio, has been responsible for the music mixes broadcast over a variety of streaming platforms from some of the biggest festivals in the United States, including Coachella, Stagecoach, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. His intention is simple: “It’s so important for it to sound exciting,” he says.

IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 9 - NMOS Security

NMOS has succeeded in providing interoperability between media devices on IP infrastructures, and there are provisions within the specifications to help maintain system security.

Baking A Cake With The Audio Definition Model

The trouble with Next Generation Audio is its versatility and the wide array of devices which need to deliver the enhanced immersive experience for the consumer. The Audio Definition Model may hold the key.

Information: Part 3 - Applying Statistics

We are not done with statistics yet. In a sense we will never be done with it and it is better to know how to deal with it than to ignore it. It is better still to know how others commonly fail to deal with it and reach conclusions that…

Playout & Transmission

Linear vs D2C: The Future Of Sports Media & Fan Engagement - Part 2

Our sports media COO featured in this article continues to reflect on how the D2C business opportunity drives their decisions about where content is made available, how content is created and produced for different audiences, and how the “D2C Bundle” is critical to media businesses.

India Spotlights The Importance of Converged “Direct-To-Mobile” Broadcasting In Today’s Mobile Video

As the U.S. continues to roll out NextGen TV services in markets large and small across the country, 5G wireless technology is being considered (and tested) to augment the OTA signal and provide a fast and accurate backchannel to users. Many say this strategy is a less expensive way of…

IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 9 - NMOS Security

NMOS has succeeded in providing interoperability between media devices on IP infrastructures, and there are provisions within the specifications to help maintain system security.

Linear vs D2C: The Future Of Sports Media & Fan Engagement - Part 1

This is a story about the COO of a media business, that shines a light on the thinking underway at the leading edge of the media industry, where the balance shift from Linear Broadcasting to D2C Streaming is firmly underway.

Distribution & Delivery

Preparing To Broadcast Commonwealth Games Birmingham

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest sports event on UK shores since London 2012 with around 1.5 billion global audience expected to watch over the 11 day event beginning July 28. Bidding for the host broadcast contract began in summer of 2019 with the award announced for Sunset + Vine in April 2020. Here’s what S+V plan with a special focus on one of its OB partners, Gravity…

Linear vs D2C: The Future Of Sports Media & Fan Engagement - Part 2

Our sports media COO featured in this article continues to reflect on how the D2C business opportunity drives their decisions about where content is made available, how content is created and produced for different audiences, and how the “D2C Bundle” is critical to media businesses.

India Spotlights The Importance of Converged “Direct-To-Mobile” Broadcasting In Today’s Mobile Video

As the U.S. continues to roll out NextGen TV services in markets large and small across the country, 5G wireless technology is being considered (and tested) to augment the OTA signal and provide a fast and accurate backchannel to users. Many say this strategy is a less expensive way of…

IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 9 - NMOS Security

NMOS has succeeded in providing interoperability between media devices on IP infrastructures, and there are provisions within the specifications to help maintain system security.

Test, QC & Monitoring

HDR: Part 3 - Grading

Almost since photography has existed, people have pursued ways of modifying the picture after it’s been shot. The “dodge” and “burn” tools in Photoshop are widely understood as ways to make things brighter or darker, but it’s probably less widely understood that they refer to techniques for exposure control that date all the way back to the earliest days of darkroom image processing. Bring moving images into the mix and…

Working Smarter End-to-End

As an industry, the need to work smarter has long been a talking point, however, trying to keep content flowing during a global pandemic accelerated and accentuated this need. Broadcasters now understand the value of enabling production, playout, and creative staff to work from any location, and they see the…

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Information: Part 3 - Applying Statistics

We are not done with statistics yet. In a sense we will never be done with it and it is better to know how to deal with it than to ignore it. It is better still to know how others commonly fail to deal with it and reach conclusions that…

Transforms: Part 5 - OFDM

Thus far we have looked at transforms from a somewhat abstract viewpoint. In contrast, here we look at an application where transforms take center stage.

Services

Linear vs D2C: The Future Of Sports Media & Fan Engagement - Part 2

Our sports media COO featured in this article continues to reflect on how the D2C business opportunity drives their decisions about where content is made available, how content is created and produced for different audiences, and how the “D2C Bundle” is critical to media businesses.

IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 9 - NMOS Security

NMOS has succeeded in providing interoperability between media devices on IP infrastructures, and there are provisions within the specifications to help maintain system security.

Look Like A Million For Less

Every TV viewer compares live content with what they regularly see on TV, with multimillion-dollar talent with more multimillions in technical equipment and support.

Linear vs D2C: The Future Of Sports Media & Fan Engagement - Part 1

This is a story about the COO of a media business, that shines a light on the thinking underway at the leading edge of the media industry, where the balance shift from Linear Broadcasting to D2C Streaming is firmly underway.