Operating a broadcast facility using microservices and containers may well deliver exceptional flexibility, scalability, and resilience. However, the hardware the microservices architecture it is running on will always have its limits, whether in terms of physical resource or cost. Monitoring not only improves our understanding of the limits but helps us build more efficient infrastructures to make the best of the available resource and budgets.
The latest addition to the glamourous area of Downtown Dubai is Soul Sound Music Art Production, a new recording facility that has been created to be the go-to space for young artists to experiment. At the heart of the studio is a Genelec Smart Active Monitoring system which was selected due to its exceptional audio quality and accuracy.
Broadcast and IT engineers take very different approaches to network speed and capacity - it is essential to reach a shared understanding.
Riedel’s Bolero 2.4-gigahertz (GHz) wireless intercom system has been used for the first time in a large-scale live event in China.
Synchronizing is a vital process in all television systems and the use of compression adds extra constraints.
Virtual Production For Broadcast is a major 12 article exploration of the technology and techniques of LED volume based virtual production approached with broadcast studio applications in mind. Part 2 examines production planning, designing virtual worlds and virtual lighting.
Part 2 of Audio For Broadcast is a collection of four articles which discuss microphone technology, mic selection, wireless systems, I/O and recording devices.
Wireshark is an invaluable tool that enables engineers to examine network traffic in detail.
