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Timing: Part 3 - Early Synchronization June 4th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Synchronizing became extremely important with the growth of AC power systems, which ended up being used to synchronize all sorts of equipment, from Radar to television.

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Improving Headset Comms At Extreme Events:  Part 1 - Ergonomics And Practicality June 2nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

Core to any successful television production is the effective application of clear and precise communications. Camera operators, sound assistants, playout, slow-mo operators, and floor managers all need to hear direction from the production teams. Without comms, the production would soon degenerate into a chaotic cacophony of incoherent images and sounds.

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The pandemic has not only affected TV production but also the sales of equipment used to support it.

With Easing Restrictions, Tech Companies Hoping For Quick Recovery May 26th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Over the past year, as broadcasters and production companies have expended great effort to reconfigure their workflows and develop new ways of working amid strict safety protocols, so too have the manufacturers of the technology and systems they rely on.

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HDR: Part 25 - Creative Technology - Displaying Contrast May 24th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Several things are widely held to be true about HDR. Subjectively, it looks nice; most people instinctively like it. Also, it’s often described as being about higher brightness, and while that’s rather missing the point, it’s still very common to specify displays solely on the basis of their peak light output. More power is good, right?

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Creative Analysis: Part 22 - Cinematographer Jonathan Furmanski On Search Party May 14th 2021 - 09:00 AM

New York City has been impersonated by a lot of places, from Gangs of New York (shot in Italy) to Escape From New York (Atlanta) to Wall Street story American Psycho (Toronto), and even the toponymic 42nd Street, which was mocked up in Burbank. One production that did shoot in its purported home town, though, and which has enjoyed a four-season, forty-episode run, is Search Party.

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The Sponsors Perspective: How Does Flexible Access Change The Way Vizrt Serves Customers? May 13th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Flexible Access is our way of responding to customer needs we see in the market. At a high level, it is about putting our customer experience first and foremost. In these uncertain times, our customers need to produce more stories, better.

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HDR: Part 24 - Creative Technology - Artificial Intelligence May 10th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Every decade has had a buzzword. Watch a 1950s educational movie and realize how dated the term “atomic” sounds now, and not only because the downsides of nuclear power have since become so painfully apparent. Since then, we’ve been sold technology marked “transistor,” “digital,” and now “AI,” although sometimes it’s not quite clear how key those things are to the success of a technology.

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Timing: Part 2 - The Birth Of Video Recording May 7th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The peculiarities of the motion of planet Earth are responsible for much more than seasons and the midnight sun and it took a while before it was all figured out.

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