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Stations used to broadcast this before sign-on. Viewers needed a mirror to see the picture to adjust the controls on the back of their sets.

Maintaining Digital Integrity With IP Test & Measurement October 1st 2020 - 09:00 AM

TV test and measurement gear and instrument solutions also facilitate remote production and monitoring.

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Calrec’s Type R for TV virtual mixing console can be controlled from the control room’s video production switcher and remote fader panel.

Audio Consoles Focus On Remote Mixing September 30th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Among a number of things, the pandemic has accelerated product development timelines for remote production and the migration to virtualized IP infrastructures, supporting the ability to produce content remotely and stay socially distanced. Many of these new tools were already in place but were often still in early stages, and some were cobbled together nearly on the fly as broadcasters coped with the careful return of live sports.

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The Sponsors Perspective: SpycerNode Harnesses High Performance Computing September 29th 2020 - 09:00 AM

In 2018, ​​Rohde & Schwarz announced a new multi-user shared access storage system called SpycerNode. It offers a radically different approach to coping with broadcast & media storage requirements. In this article, we take a closer look to see how its approach differs and where this might add value to broadcasters, content owners and facilities.

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HDR: Part 14 - LED TVs & Large Displays - What They Mean To DOPs September 28th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Big-screen LCD TVs are not going away any time soon. Given the economy of scale, the LCDs in our homes and studios work well enough and will continue to work well enough for several more years. But given the advances in LED display technology, especially microLED, the writing of sub-micron size pixels is literally on the wall.

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AT&T is struggling to find a buyer for its Latin American DTH business.

DTH Flounders In Latin America As 5G Set To Boom September 25th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The seismic shift in paid video away from legacy broadcast towards online services has occurred first in developed nations spearheaded by the US, but recently similar trends have been gathering force in some developing markets as well.

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The Sponsors Perspective: Storage - How To Solve 5G’s Biggest Challenge September 22nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

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.

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Creative Analysis: Part 7 - Cinematographer Chris LaVasseur On Warrior Nun September 21st 2020 - 09:00 AM

“‘Chris,’ she said, ‘it’s about an order of nuns who’re protecting the world.’”

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Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 4 - The Weber Fraction, Distortion And Noise September 17th 2020 - 09:00 AM

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.

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