Acquisition

Is Gamma Still Needed? - Part 4

Now the CRT is history, we have to justify the retention of gamma on its performance as a perceptual compression codec. That requires its effect on human vision to be considered.

Creative Analysis - Part 6 - The Middle Man With DOP John Christian Rosenlund

Director of photography John Christian Rosenlund has at least a three-decade history with director Bent Hamer. Their most recent collaboration, The Middle Man, depicts a town in the northern United States during a post-industrial depression. It’s perhaps not a subject instinctively associated with Rosenlund and Hamer’s Norwegian roots, though when we learn that the production is based on a book by Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen, the link becomes clear.

DOPs & Post Production: Is This Our New Livelihood?

Before pandemics and the downsizing at traditional, broadcast news operations, many news and non-fiction DOPs were already assuming a significant role in post-production. Whereas frame rates, f-stops, and the character of our lenses, once formed the backbone of our expertise and practice, DOPs in the non-theatrical realm increasingly find ourselves in a different kind of ditty bag, as correspondent, writer, director, and ersatz editor – all rolled into a one-person-can-do-anything-and-everything…

HDR - Part 13 - Cameras And The Zero-Sum Game

For a long time, selecting camera gear has been fairly easy. For twenty years, digital cinema cameras have never quite had everything we wanted, and the choice often boiled down to comparing the compromises. That’ll always be true to a degree, but for the last year or two it’s felt like we’re arriving somewhere. We can’t have anything, but we can have more than enough, and those compromises are boiling…

Production & Post

Is Gamma Still Needed? - Part 4

Now the CRT is history, we have to justify the retention of gamma on its performance as a perceptual compression codec. That requires its effect on human vision to be considered.

The Sponsors Perspective: SRG-SSR, R&S - Virtualized Multiviewers At Revolutionary Production Centre

Rohde and Schwarz has evolved a heritage in the broadcast and media industry stretching over 70 years. Throughout this period, the company has developed a reputation as one of the leading developers of hardware-based technology solutions worldwide. However, recent years have seen Rohde & Schwarz placing far more emphasis on its software development skills.

Creative Analysis - Part 6 - The Middle Man With DOP John Christian Rosenlund

Director of photography John Christian Rosenlund has at least a three-decade history with director Bent Hamer. Their most recent collaboration, The Middle Man, depicts a town in the northern United States during a post-industrial depression. It’s perhaps not a subject instinctively associated with Rosenlund and Hamer’s Norwegian roots, though when we learn that the production is based on a book by Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen, the link becomes clear.

DOPs & Post Production: Is This Our New Livelihood?

Before pandemics and the downsizing at traditional, broadcast news operations, many news and non-fiction DOPs were already assuming a significant role in post-production. Whereas frame rates, f-stops, and the character of our lenses, once formed the backbone of our expertise and practice, DOPs in the non-theatrical realm increasingly find ourselves in a different kind of ditty bag, as correspondent, writer, director, and ersatz editor – all rolled into a one-person-can-do-anything-and-everything…

Hardware Infrastructure

The Sponsors Perspective: SRG-SSR, R&S - Virtualized Multiviewers At Revolutionary Production Centre

Rohde and Schwarz has evolved a heritage in the broadcast and media industry stretching over 70 years. Throughout this period, the company has developed a reputation as one of the leading developers of hardware-based technology solutions worldwide. However, recent years have seen Rohde & Schwarz placing far more emphasis on its software development skills.

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.

National ATSC 3.0 datacasting networks could be a significant and personality-independent new revenue stream for TV broadcasting.

Local TV Looks Beyond TV

Local broadcasters are used to mission-critical because everything is mission-critical. Moving critical data may be the right move.

Could personalized HRTFs be the next big step change for both the consumer and professional immersive headphone experience?

The Sponsors Perspective: The Personal HRTF - An Aural Fingerprint

HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Function and, simply put, is a catch-all term for the characteristics a human head imparts on sound before it enters the ear canal. Everything from level tonal changes caused by our head, shoulders, and pinna (external ear parts), to arrival-time differences (Interaural Time Difference, or ITD) between the two ears have an effect on our perception of the direction and distance of sources.

Software Infrastructure

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.

While Amsterdam’s RAI remained empty, IBC 2020 buzz was conducted along virtual corridors.

Encoding Shines At Virtual IBC 2020

Had IBC 2020 taken place as usual, some of the liveliest discussions would have centered around encoding, after an eventful year leading up to the virtual event that took place over the same time slot.

The Sponsors Perspective: The Personal HRTF - An Aural Fingerprint

HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Function and, simply put, is a catch-all term for the characteristics a human head imparts on sound before it enters the ear canal. Everything from level tonal changes caused by our head, shoulders, and pinna (external ear parts), to arrival-time differences (Interaural Time Difference, or ITD) between the two ears have an effect on our perception of the direction and distance of sources.

Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding Edges Towards Final Approval

Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC) is gaining traction faster than any other video compression standard as it approaches final approval by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).

Audio

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.

Digital Audio - Part 3

Digital audio relies completely on sampling and no treatment of the subject can be complete without looking at how it works.

The Sponsors Perspective: The Personal HRTF - An Aural Fingerprint

HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Function and, simply put, is a catch-all term for the characteristics a human head imparts on sound before it enters the ear canal. Everything from level tonal changes caused by our head, shoulders, and pinna (external ear parts), to arrival-time differences (Interaural Time Difference, or ITD) between the two ears have an effect on our perception of the direction and distance of sources.

Immersive audio is bringing a whole new panning experience - 3D panning on a Lawo MC<sup>2</sup>66

The Sponsors Perspective: Deep Dive Into Immersive Audio For All

The familiar “Faster, Higher, Stronger” motto is not just for Olympic athletes but also applies to the common man (and woman): The first black-and-white television sets were considered a sensation until color TV came along, opening a whole new dimension to the viewing audience. In parallel, cinema screens grew ever taller and wider. This went hand in hand with the switch from mono to stereo and a stunning series of…

Playout & Transmission

OTA TV Transmission Technology Update

Like the broadcasters they serve, the Las Vegas 2020 NAB Show and annual Amsterdam IBC events were forced to go virtual. Show or no shows, TV shows go on, and 2020 OTA TV transmission technology is moving faster than ever. Here’s some of what leading TV RF experts hoped to share with exhibit visitors in person.

Is Gamma Still Needed? - Part 4

Now the CRT is history, we have to justify the retention of gamma on its performance as a perceptual compression codec. That requires its effect on human vision to be considered.

Digital Audio - Part 3

Digital audio relies completely on sampling and no treatment of the subject can be complete without looking at how it works.

Local TV Looks Beyond TV

Local broadcasters are used to mission-critical because everything is mission-critical. Moving critical data may be the right move.

Distribution & Delivery

Is Gamma Still Needed? - Part 4

Now the CRT is history, we have to justify the retention of gamma on its performance as a perceptual compression codec. That requires its effect on human vision to be considered.

The Sponsors Perspective: SRG-SSR, R&S - Virtualized Multiviewers At Revolutionary Production Centre

Rohde and Schwarz has evolved a heritage in the broadcast and media industry stretching over 70 years. Throughout this period, the company has developed a reputation as one of the leading developers of hardware-based technology solutions worldwide. However, recent years have seen Rohde & Schwarz placing far more emphasis on its software development skills.

Changing Architecture In The New IP World

The Cloud is the future of live TV production.

The Sponsors Perspective: Deep Dive Into Immersive Audio For All

The familiar “Faster, Higher, Stronger” motto is not just for Olympic athletes but also applies to the common man (and woman): The first black-and-white television sets were considered a sensation until color TV came along, opening a whole new dimension to the viewing audience. In parallel, cinema screens grew ever taller and wider. This went hand in hand with the switch from mono to stereo and a stunning series of…

Test, QC & Monitoring

Is Gamma Still Needed? - Part 4

Now the CRT is history, we have to justify the retention of gamma on its performance as a perceptual compression codec. That requires its effect on human vision to be considered.

The Sponsors Perspective: SRG-SSR, R&S - Virtualized Multiviewers At Revolutionary Production Centre

Rohde and Schwarz has evolved a heritage in the broadcast and media industry stretching over 70 years. Throughout this period, the company has developed a reputation as one of the leading developers of hardware-based technology solutions worldwide. However, recent years have seen Rohde & Schwarz placing far more emphasis on its software development skills.

Digital Audio - Part 3

Digital audio relies completely on sampling and no treatment of the subject can be complete without looking at how it works.

Creative Analysis - Part 6 - The Middle Man With DOP John Christian Rosenlund

Director of photography John Christian Rosenlund has at least a three-decade history with director Bent Hamer. Their most recent collaboration, The Middle Man, depicts a town in the northern United States during a post-industrial depression. It’s perhaps not a subject instinctively associated with Rosenlund and Hamer’s Norwegian roots, though when we learn that the production is based on a book by Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen, the link becomes clear.

Services

The Sponsors Perspective: SRG-SSR, R&S - Virtualized Multiviewers At Revolutionary Production Centre

Rohde and Schwarz has evolved a heritage in the broadcast and media industry stretching over 70 years. Throughout this period, the company has developed a reputation as one of the leading developers of hardware-based technology solutions worldwide. However, recent years have seen Rohde & Schwarz placing far more emphasis on its software development skills.

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.

The Sponsors Perspective: The Personal HRTF - An Aural Fingerprint

HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Function and, simply put, is a catch-all term for the characteristics a human head imparts on sound before it enters the ear canal. Everything from level tonal changes caused by our head, shoulders, and pinna (external ear parts), to arrival-time differences (Interaural Time Difference, or ITD) between the two ears have an effect on our perception of the direction and distance of sources.

Changing Architecture In The New IP World

The Cloud is the future of live TV production.