VR Filming: A Guide To Compromise October 28th 2015 - 12:01 PM

Virtual reality may be all the rage, but acquiring 360° degree video is all a matter of compromise. Depending on the project and the budget producers and VR camera operators will find themselves quickly having to trade off image quality against manoeuvrability against the cost of stitching video feeds in post. …

​UAVs: Production Advice Before You Fly October 26th 2015 - 01:50 PM

With the number of drone-related incidents rising in Europe and the U.S and with the U.S authorities set to tighten regulations by imposing a register for all UAV owners, the professional UAV filmmaking industry is alive to the concerns. Keen to help producers with advice on finding and…

How Much Will Your New Codec Cost? October 22nd 2015 - 11:00 AM

​The amount of video coming down the track for carriage over mobile is threatening to break the net unless encoding vendors and compression standards can keep pace. The lesson from a recent IBC panel is that this can happen - provided the industry pays for it.

UHD 2015: Confusion Continues October 21st 2015 - 08:00 AM

Bringing the new UHD television format to market is a herculean project . Not just because multiple companies and products have to be developed, but an entire infrastructure must be designed and put into place. With UHD, that means supporting H.265 and VP9 streaming. Now, Google plans to release VP10, which…