Broadcasting famously relies on rigid standards, but cloud computing has developed more around open source and de-facto protocols than it has around ratified standards.
As demand for more complex live sports coverage grows, Balkan broadcast specialist MVP has upgraded its flagship HD1 progressive OB truck with the installation of a Calrec Argo M console.
In part 1 of our ‘Essential Guide: Machine Generated Content’, we focused on the technical challenges of real-time rendering and the different approaches for automating their creation. Part 2 outlines how Generative AI can play its part, the implications and risks of using it, and why it might not always be the best approach.
It’s never been a better time to be a sports fan. Sports coverage is no longer just about live broadcasting. Today, fans have access to increasingly interactive, personalized, and re-packaged content that delivers an even more immersive experience and gets us closer to the action.
Machine generated content covers a wide landscape from metadata driven sports statistics and graphics superimposed on action replays, to footage synthesized entirely by AI systems.
This article is part 1 of our ‘Essential Guide: Machine Generated Content’ and focuses on the various types of machine-generated content used in broadcasting, looks at the technical challenges of real-time rendering, and identifies different approaches for automating their creation.
Continuing a longstanding collaboration, Riedel Communications and Nordic media technology company Media Tailor have once again joined forces to deliver a state-of-the-art broadcast, AV, and communications infrastructure aboard Royal Caribbean International’s newest vessel, Star of the Seas.
Converting cinema cameras for broadcast was just the beginning. As demand has grown, manufacturers have responded with cameras designed from the ground up to combine large sensors with established broadcast workflows.
From sports statistics and weather graphics to AI-synthesized video footage, machine generated content does a lot of heavy lifting in modern broadcast and media production.