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Like many, Game Creek Video has established strict rules for keeping the on-site truck compound and crews safe from infection.

Careful Planning Is Key To Restarting Sports And Keeping Crews Safe August 17th 2020 - 09:00 AM

As live sports broadcasts resume in the U.S., the industry is grappling with how to keep its crews safe by following strict COVID-19 guidelines—established by the U.S. government and the industry itself—while maintaining the high production quality viewers expect. Safety precautions now being employed include keeping onsite crews to a minimum and sanitizing trucks before and after events.

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Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 3 - The Program Chain, Surround Brightness Ratio (SBR) & The HVS August 14th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There are two components of gamma that have quite different purposes. One of them is always necessary because displays and their surroundings are never equally as bright as the original scene. The other one is a compression technique.

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Digital Audio: Part 2 - The Historical Evolution Of Digital Audio Systems August 13th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Digital audio has a remarkably short history, but apart from a few enthusiasts of legacy technology, the takeover has been total.

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Broadcasters are building the transmission infrastructure and market transition models for NextGen TV.

NextGen TV Lifts Off August 12th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Several licensed experimental ATSC 3.0 stations have been on the air for some time. Now, the first commercial ATSC 3.0 stations have signed on in Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Salt Lake City and Phoenix.

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Netflix series Turn Up Charlie, available with Dolby Atmos sound.

The Sponsors Perspective: Sound All Around At The Farm August 11th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The Farm is a leading full-service post production group that started in Soho, London, subsequently opening facilities in Manchester and Bristol in the UK, and West Hollywood in Los Angeles. The Farm is well known for its ground-breaking creative approaches and its willingness to embrace all that technology has to offer to further that cause. The Farm team has been responsible for some of the most popular television projects of the last 20 years and has an array of awards to prove it.

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Creative Analysis: Part 4 - Shooting Commercials From Petitteville And Yeung August 10th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Steeven Petitteville’s background in cinematography begins with the sort of story that many people would like to be able to tell. Petitteville didn’t finish studying at the ESRA film school in Paris, having become too busy working in the camera department to do so. After ten years as a camera assistant, he arrived in Los Angeles to shoot a commercial. Seven years later, he’s still there.

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The Sponsors Perspective: Delivering OTT With The MediaKind Universe August 6th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The MediaKind Universe represents our portfolio of solutions and services, designed to offer the best of media technology to cater to the needs of our customers’ workflows. Content owners, broadcasters, service and pure OTT providers will discover how our solutions can enable them to engage the consumer. Our broad portfolio of market-leading and award-winning offerings continues to evolve and adapt to shifts in the media landscape.

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Data Recording and Transmission: Part 22 - Reed Solomon Codes August 5th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The Reed Solomon codes are defined by what the decoder expects to see and the encoder has to be configured to suit that.

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