Applied Technology: Understanding the Return on Investment of Media Asset Management Systems November 6^th 2014 - 11:30 AM

Media Asset Management (MAM) systems are revolutionizing the way media enterprises manage and optimize their content life cycles by delivering revenue, efficiency, and creative gains, yet understanding how to financially justify new projects remains a challenge for many organizations.

Maverick new wireless camera-to-cloud workflow November 5^th 2014 - 04:02 PM

Wireless streaming is not just for ENG. Producers of high-shoot ratio and unscripted reality shows and ob-docs are also experimenting. Indie production company Maverick TV, part of All3Media (owned by Discovery and Liberty Global) has done just this for 4x 60 minute ob-doc Born Naughty? commissioned by UK broadcaster Channel 4 a

Camera Matching in Multi-Codec and Multi-Gamut-Colour Space November 3^rd 2014 - 05:04 PM

I remember “painting” the cameras. Riding the CCU’s to make sure that the trees did not change from emerald green to grass green when the fader bar on the switcher was pulled. Colour grading in the post suite has made the crude tools we used to use outdated, but what

Scanning for archive on the rise while feature film market shrinks October 28^th 2014 - 01:57 PM

By some estimates Kodak has produced some 3 trillion feet of film since the company’s inception in 1889, much of which remains undigitised in archives around the world. Its output is shrinking rapidly from 12.4 billion linear feet to 449 million this year, according to the Wall Street Journal, as demand for motion

Red Giant’s Studio 12.5 Covers All the Bases October 24^th 2014 - 09:00 AM

Want to feel old? Recall how many decades you have been editing using a non-linear editor. If one excludes VTR edit controllers implemented on a PC, it’s possible you might have begun editing 25 years ago with LightWorks. LightWorks was released 25 years ago — and amazing is now available for Windows, O

Channel Explosion Turns Broadcast Monitors On Their Head October 20^th 2014 - 09:30 AM

When most people think of broadcast video monitors, they think of a very expensive, precision television display used to view and judge the quality of broadcast images. Engineers — often nicknamed “Golden Eyes” — assess the TV signal based on years of skill, knowledge and human intuition. Such video monitors still exist, especia

Field Report: Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve August 28^th 2014 - 11:45 AM

In this field report on the Blackmagic Design Resolve colour grading system, colourist Joseph Bicknell relates his experience with the new version 11 of Resolve. Bicknell is a freelance colourist, based in London, grading commercials, music promos, documentary and feature films. He uses DaVinci Resolve every day, and finds it a

Breaking the Old Habits of Breaking News July 28^th 2014 - 07:48 PM

The new normal for producing stories outside of the newsroom walls. Over the past few years, advancements in technology and Internet connectivity have impacted nearly every facet of our lives—from how we gather and store information to how we communicate with others. And the news industry is no exception. I