Broadcast systems are renowned for their high speed and high capacity data demands. Up to recently, they relied on bespoke hardware solutions to deliver the infrastructure required for live real-time uncompressed video. But new advances in IT data storage have now opened the doors for broadcasters to take advantage of…
Super Bowl 2019 will raise the bar for live broadcasting technology with innovations in augmented reality (AR) and use of at least one 8K camera, while also highlighting past innovations that have fallen out of favor.
Evertz EXE IP routers will be linked together in NEP’s SSCBS and Game Creek’s Encore mobile units to provide at least 2,000 inputs and 4,000 outputs for this year’s Super Bowl coverage.
While the consumer electronics industry focuses on bigger displays and ever higher resolution, there are pioneers developing a more compatible technology, augmented reality television. How close is it and what are the benefits?
Like many professional football players themselves, CBS Sports Lead television director Mike Arnold tries to treat the Super Bowl as he would a regular season game, calling the same shots and camera angles—albeit with many more cameras at his disposal, augmented reality graphics on the field and virtually every p…
Everyone in pro audio is in the listening business. Whether using speakers or headphones, whether in a studio or on the road, listening is a key to all audio production and post.
Behind the more than 100 television cameras and an arsenal of the most advanced broadcast technology ever assembled, the anchors reporting the 53rd Super Bowl will concentrate on the ancient art of storytelling.
Whether driven by the industry, by consultants, or by clients, the deployment of IP video routing switches at the heart of media facilities is a rapidly growing trend. One result is that many more projects are converting what used to be largely copper cabled broadcast-centric rack rooms into hybrid datacenter-type…
After focusing on the best video mobile app in the United Kingdom, and on the best OTT apps for Apple TV in the US, Witbe’s third QoE study looked at the video apps of four Canadian mobile operators; Bell Mobility, Fido, Telus Mobility and Videotron.
New technology is often leveraged to provide viewers with more exciting play action for live sports. Whether it’s football goal-line cameras, basketball hoop cameras or field graphics for soccer, getting the viewer ever closer to the action is always better. This article examines some of the challenges faced in…
