Shooting Apple TV Series ‘Constellation’ With Cinematographer Markus Förderer April 18^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

We discuss the challenges of shooting the northern lights in the winter dusk and within the confines of a recreated International Space Station with cinematographer Markus Förderer.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems: Where Broadcast Meets IT April 12^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

Broadcast and IT engineers have historically approached their professions from two different places, but as technology is more reliable, they are moving closer.

Audio At NAB 2024 April 10^th 2024 - 11:37 AM

The 2024 NAB Show will see the big names in audio production embrace and help to drive forward the next generation of software centric distributed production workflows and join the ‘cloud’ revolution. Exciting times for broadcast audio.

SD/HD/UHD & SDR/HDR Video Workflows At NAB 2024 April 10^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

Here is our run down of some of the technology at the 2024 NAB Show that eases the burden of achieving effective workflows that simultaneously support multiple production and delivery video formats.

Standards: Part 7 - ST 2110 - A Review Of The Current Standard April 9^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

Of all of the broadcast standards it is perhaps SMPTE ST 2110 which has had the greatest impact on production & distribution infrastructure in recent years, but much has changed since it’s 2017 release.

Image Capture At NAB 2024 April 8^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

At the 2024 NAB Show key themes for camera vendors seem set to be software powered flexibility, simultaneous SDR/HDR workflows, cinematic production and of course, remote & ground to cloud contribution.

Comms In Hybrid SDI - IP - Cloud Systems - Part 2 April 2^nd 2024 - 09:00 AM

We continue our examination of the demands placed on hybrid, distributed comms systems and the practical requirements for connectivity, transport and functionality.

Wi-Fi Gets Wider With Wi-Fi 7 March 26^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

The last 56k dialup modem I bought in 1998 cost more than double the price of a 28k modem, and the double bandwidth was worth the extra money. New Wi-Fi 7 devices are similarly premium-priced because early adaptation of leading-edge new technology is nearly always expensive. The 6 GHz Wi-Fi band was introduced…

NAB Show 2024 BEIT Sessions Part 2: New Broadcast Technologies March 25^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

The most tightly focused and fresh technical information for TV engineers at the NAB Show will be analyzed, discussed, and explained during the four days of BEIT sessions. It’s the best opportunity on Earth to learn from and question indisputable industry experts, meet them, and swap business cards.

Standards: Part 6 - About The ISO 14496 – MPEG-4 Standard March 22^nd 2024 - 09:00 AM

This article describes the various parts of the MPEG-4 standard and discusses how it is much more than a video codec. MPEG-4 describes a sophisticated interactive multimedia platform for deployment on digital TV and the Internet.