Virtual Production For Broadcast: Principles, Terminology & Technology July 13^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

A broad look at the technology and techniques of virtual production, from the camera back through the video wall, processors, and rendering servers.

Virtual Production For Broadcast: Part 1 - The Foundations Of Virtual Production June 29^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Welcome to Part 1 of Virtual Production For Broadcast - a major 12 article exploration of the technology and techniques of LED volume based virtual production approached with broadcast studio applications in mind.

The Peril Of HDR: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should May 29^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

There is a disturbing and growing consensus among viewers that many movies and TV shows today are under illuminated or simply too dark. As DOPs, we surely share some of the blame, but there is plenty of blame to go around.

The Back Of The Brain May Soon Rule The Roost March 22^nd 2023 - 10:00 AM

If industry reports are to be believed, Apple is poised to release a mixed-reality headset at some point in 2023. Of course, it’s anyone’s guess when Apple’s Reality Pro will actually see the holographic light of day, but one thing is worth noting: The advent of a mass-produced AR he…

Learning From The Experts At The BEITC Sessions at 2023 NAB Show March 21^st 2023 - 09:30 AM

Many NAB Shows visitors don’t realize that some of the most valuable technical information released at NAB Shows emanates from BEITC sessions. The job titles of all but one speaker in the conference are all related to engineering, technology, development and research.

Celebrating BEITC At NAB Show March 2^nd 2023 - 09:30 AM

As we approach the 2023 NAB Show in the NAB centenary year, we celebrate the unique insight and influence of the Broadcast Engineering & IT Conference that happens alongside the show each year.

Artificial Inspiration – Debating The Implications Of Training AI To Create Images February 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

There is growing debate over the ethical and legal implications of using millions of images drawn from the internet to train AI powered software to create ‘new’ images. It feels like the beginning of a journey which could have profound implications for the creative industries – so it is perhaps predictable that …

Capturing Nitin Sawhney’s Ghosts In The Ruins January 27^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

The 2022 City of Culture festival concluded with a performance created by Nitin Sawhney CBE. Filmed on the URSA Broadcast G2, an edited broadcast of Ghosts In The Ruins aired on the BBC.

The Compromises In Long Zoom Lenses Are Still There But Viewers See Fewer Of Them January 26^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Fox Sports’ broadcast of the 2022 Baseball World Series was a real eye-opener, and it wasn’t just because the Houston Astros handily defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. After all, for those in the know, the Astros were the heavily favored team so the outcome shouldn’t have been too s…

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 2 - Connecting Remote Locations January 24^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

A discussion of how to create reliable, secure, high-bandwidth connectivity between multiple remote locations, your remote production hub, and distributed production teams.

An Introduction To Network Observability May 23^rd 2024 - 09:00 AM

The more complex and intricate IP networks and cloud infrastructures become, the greater the potential for unwelcome dynamics in the system, and the greater the need for rich, reliable, real-time data about performance and error rates.

2024 BEITC Update: ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Positioning Systems May 15^th 2024 - 10:00 AM

Move over, WWV and GPS. New information about Broadcast Positioning Systems presented at BEITC 2024 provides insight into work on a crucial, common view OTA, highly precision, public time reference that ATSC 3.0 broadcasters can easily provide.

Next-Gen 5G Contribution: Part 2 - MEC & The Disruptive Potential Of 5G May 14^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

The migration of the core network functionality of 5G to virtualized or cloud-native infrastructure opens up new capabilities like MEC which have the potential to disrupt current approaches to remote production contribution networks.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems: Addressing & Packet Delivery May 7^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

How layer-3 and layer-2 addresses work together to deliver data link layer packets and frames across networks to improve efficiency and reduce congestion.

Next-Gen 5G Contribution: Part 1 - The Technology Of 5G April 29^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

5G is a collection of standards that encompass a wide array of different use cases, across the entire spectrum of consumer and commercial users. Here we discuss the aspects of it that apply to live video contribution in broadcast production.

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