Protected Transport Bolsters Signal Monitoring For Live Broadcasts Over IP November 25^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Any experienced master control operator or quality control manager will tell you that monitoring hundreds of feeds requires that each individual channel is delivered reliably, on time and to the exact location it was meant to go. When these signals are distributed over the public internet, strict protocols must be

Maxon Upgrades Cinebench Benchmarking Platform November 23^rd 2020 - 10:30 AM

Maxon, a developer of professional 2D/3D digital content creation and composing systems, has upgraded its Cinebench industry-standard cross-platform benchmarking application used by developers, analysts and users to evaluate hardware performance.

Fairlight Desktop Console Sports 12 Faders November 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Portable audio control surface with 12 flying faders, full channel status LCDs, automation control plus HDMI audio status and metering.

DaVinci Resolve Given Major Update November 19^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Over 100 new features and 200 improvements including HDR grading, AI magic mask, improved Fairlight usability, improved editing in v17 of Blackmagic’s finishing software.

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 6 - Analyzing Gamma Correction In The Frequency Domain November 19^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

To date, the explanations of gamma that are seen mostly restrict themselves to the voltage or brightness domain and very little has been published about the effects of gamma in the frequency domain. This is a great pity, because analysis in the frequency domain produces interesting results.

CTV’s OB 12 IP Truck Goes Live With Leader At PGA European Tour November 18^th 2020 - 11:00 AM

CTV Outside Broadcast’s OB 12 mobile production truck hit the road recently for coverage of the PGA European Tour following an upgrade to fully modular SMPTE 2110 IP-based operation.

Digital Audio: Part 5 - The Mathematics Of Oversampling November 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Oversampling is a topic that is central to digital audio and has almost become universal, but what does it mean?

Creative Analysis: Part 11 - Cinematographer Stephen Whitehead On An Elephant’s Journey November 17^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s a famous saying about working with children and animals. During production of An Elephant’s Journey, cinematographer Stephen Whitehead would encounter both, and face the challenge of depicting the vast African landscape in a manner befitting a story from the grand tradition of children’s adventure writing.

HDR: Part 16 - Creative Technology - LED Vs HMI November 16^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Big movies still demand big setups, no matter what anyone tells you about the battery-powered light they’re trying to sell. Battery-powered lights are wonderful, of course, even if we only use the battery power for long enough to walk a light in and set it up, but popular ideas a

New Compliance Tools Bring New Revenue Opportunities November 13^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Compliance solutions have rapidly transformed a once operator-intensive legal necessity into suites of automatic processes for new revenues.