UK HPA Tech Retreat Report - Day 3 July 21^st 2017 - 01:30 PM

Tuesdays HPA Tech Retreat was all about 360 and VR, and Wednesday focused on the versioning explosion. On the final day, delegates were given a summary of the current state of the industry, and the influences of artificial intelligence on media and broadcasting.

UK HPA Tech Retreat Report - Day 2 July 20^th 2017 - 01:30 PM

Yesterday’s 2017 HPA Tech Retreat in Oxford, UK, was all about VR and 360, and on Wednesday, they moved to the thorny issue of the versioning explosion. As broadcasters seek wider audiences over different platforms, localisation has become a big issue. Making hundreds of versions of a single film is not

UK HPA Tech Retreat Report - Day 1 July 19^th 2017 - 01:30 PM

Set in the idyllic surroundings of Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire - UK, this year’s Hollywood Professional Association Tech Retreat was brimming with innovation, demonstrations and expert industry speakers. VR and 360 dominated day one with production and technical speakers battling out the pros and cons of this controversial addition to the

Timeline Shoots Speedway in 4K for BT July 6^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

Timeline covered the Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup in 4K for BT Sport.

Slovakian Broadcaster Covers Dancing and Disasters with New HD OB Vehicle June 27^th 2017 - 08:00 AM

Televizia Markiza, a leading commercial television broadcaster in Slovakia, is now fully high definition after adding a new outside broadcast truck to its fleet. Its latest HD vehicle was built by German systems integrator Broadcast Solutions working with Slovakian company ELEKONIKA and is designed for both general location production and

Timeline Secures Multi-Site Connectivity For ITV’s “Love Island” June 23^rd 2017 - 09:00 AM

The production of ITV Studios’s popular reality TV show “Love Island” is no small feat considering it utilizes two locations separated by 3 km (roughly 2 miles) on the island of Majorca, Spain. To establish reliable connectivity between the two sites, veteran systems integrator Timeline Television was called in to provide

Grass Valley Upgrades St. Louis Blues’ Video Control Room June 22^nd 2017 - 12:05 PM

Just in time for the start of this recently past 2016-2017 season, Scotttrade Center, home to the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team, upgraded the video control room that supports the center-hung video score board with a full complement of broadcast production solutions from Grass Valley.

Report: Ooyala, The Business Benefits of IP Production June 21^st 2017 - 01:30 PM

Making IP work in a broadcast facility is an engineering problem to be solved. Understanding why we need IP in the first place requires deep understanding of the business benefits.

Applied Technology: Studer’s DIOS Simplifies Integrating Audio Into IP Facilities June 16^th 2017 - 10:00 AM

Connecting a standard microphone into an IP facility should be easy, but often it can become a hair-pulling experience. A good solution is to use Studer’s DIOS to simplify the interface.

ITV’s Phoenix Rises Again With Pixel Power’s Factory June 9^th 2017 - 09:00 AM

UK commercial television network ITV has deployed the second phase of its ongoing on-air promotions management project, Phoenix. The ITV Phoenix platform is now running with an automated production system based on Pixel Power’s Factory technology to handle multiple versions of trailers and promos every month.

Understanding IP Networks - Audio Integration June 6^th 2017 - 12:05 PM

In the previous articles, we investigated IP from a broadcast engineers point of view as it helps us understand IP. In this article, we start to look at audio integration, and how we make IP work with audio signals, and the challenges we need to overcome.

2017 NAB Show Review May 26^th 2017 - 09:00 AM

Two major developments that stood out for me this year - the acceptance that IP won’t solve all problems, and that Imagine Communications is making source code available to their clients.

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