Avoiding Thunderbolt Cable Failure July 29^th 2015 - 07:00 AM

Do you realize that mysterious computer RAID freezes, crashed applications and dog-slow or aborted offloads can be caused by bad cables? Apple’s Thunderbolt technology is good, but when it comes to the connectors, beware.

Viewpoint: Egripment’s Commitment to Innovating Better, Safer Camera-Support Systems July 16^th 2015 - 08:01 AM

Nearly 40 years ago, camera operators needed a safe way to obtain high-camera-angle shots. At the time, the only solution was a quality camera crane available through a single rental house, and that one was not for sale. Egripment took on the challenge and developed the now well-known Tulip Crane, which…

Adventures in Broadcasting, Part 2: Say Hi to Wi-Fi July 6^th 2015 - 08:19 AM

IP video over Wi-Fi provided a solid new signal transport solution at a fraction of most wireless link costs. Wi-Fi was easy. The challenge was finding available devices to convert camera HDMI into IP for Wi-Fi transport, and decoders to convert IP back to HDMI for the production switcher.

Live Sports Broadcasts Soar to New Heights with Aerial Drones June 30^th 2015 - 10:01 AM

Amimon makes the case of UAV HD video capture in sports broadcasting. In the province of broadcasting, live sports have recently come to occupy a unique place in entertainment: they’re one of the few types of broadcasts that viewers still primarily watch live and in real time. Not only d…

Adventures In Live Broadcast, Part 1 June 24^th 2015 - 08:03 AM

Anyone who says engineering live field production is a breeze isn’t serious.

Precision Time Code and Genlock Bring Wireless Action Cameras Into Live Broadcasting June 23^rd 2015 - 08:05 AM

While it is easy to mount multiple wireless GoPro cameras around an event area.The real issue becomes how to accurately switch between them. Fortunately, there now is a solution.

The Wireless Mic Dilemma June 22^nd 2015 - 10:17 AM

Perhaps no equipment category will be more negatively affected by the upcoming FCC spectrum auction of U.S. airwaves than wireless microphones. For manufacturers of such wireless products, which have relied on a certain spectrum band to operate effectively for years, the impending channel changes have caused a slump in…

Viewpoint: IP, the fast lane to TV everywhere? June 22^nd 2015 - 08:02 AM

It is inevitable, that once content becomes separate from the carrier, a transition that has already taken place, data networks will replace baseband.With the transition to digital essentially complete, we now get to reap the benefits, and havoc, that media freed of any physical carrier brings with it.

Sharing Files And Live Streams On IP May 21^st 2015 - 12:01 PM

Bonded cellular system technology progress is marked with MoJos and IP-based live stream sharing services.

HEVC—Decoded May 18^th 2015 - 08:07 AM

High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is the latest and certainly an efficient compression standard targeted at today’s high pixel count images.