Too Few Crew To Meet The Post Pandemic UK Production Surge July 4^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

There has been an almost inevitable surge in TV production in the UK as the pandemic recedes. The way the sector has rapidly hit production capacity highlights some long-term issues with how the industry attracts and trains new talent.

Orbital Virtual Productions - New Large Scale Virtual Production Stages In Downtown LA. June 21^st 2022 - 09:00 AM

Nobody’s risking much, in 2022, by assuming we’re living through the genesis of virtual production. There are enough high-profile productions happening to lend the technique some legitimacy, and while the surge in both interest and the provision of facilities makes it hard to say how demand and supply are mat…

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 2 May 2^nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

With fewer exhibits and smaller crowds, the 2022 NAB Show aisles were easier to navigate and exhibitors had more time to speak with visitors.

ENG In A Remote World March 7^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

ENG and EFP cameras continue improving and adding IP features as the industry continues its transition to more remote operation.

Transporting Super Bowl LVI February 11^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

“It’s great for all of us, the fact that we can have the two biggest events in all of sports in the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics really on top of each other. It’s a great opportunity. And as I said to the team and as you and I…

Winter Olympics Infrastructure Challenges February 9^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

“We’ll start off in Beijing, we’ll have that great opening week of Beijing in the Winter Games, and then smack dab in the middle of the Winter Olympics we have the Super Bowl. And I think we’ll be able to talk about the Olympics during the Super Bowl, w…

News Studio Camera Robotics Snapshot February 8^th 2022 - 09:30 AM

Robotic camera systems have revolutionized news studios because they consistently provide steady shots and never call in sick.

Cellphone Apps Put Control And Monitoring In The Palm Of Your Hand November 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Due to the flexibility and virtually unlimited access of the Internet Protocol, manufacturers of broadcast and production equipment have for years provided customers with the remote ability, via an HTML 5 browser interface, to monitor and control hardware devices via a smart phone, tablet or laptop. Vendors have now begun to…

AI Assisted Talent Tracking Trims Robotic Shots Without An Operator October 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to invade the video production space, and more specifically the unmanned robotic camera studio, the addition of automated shot correction/facial tracking and recognition software technology is helping to computerize tasks previously performed by a human operator in the control room and making life easier…

Improvements In Efficiencies And Performance Help Lights Shine For Better Video Production July 30^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

This has been a year in which we all—reporters, producers and station engineers—had to learn the basics of good lighting, particularly the three-point setup pioneered by famed lighting inventor Ross Lowell for in-home studios. However, lighting fixtures and kits in general got lighter and easier to use, even for…

Too Few Crew To Meet The Post Pandemic UK Production Surge July 4^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

There has been an almost inevitable surge in TV production in the UK as the pandemic recedes. The way the sector has rapidly hit production capacity highlights some long-term issues with how the industry attracts and trains new talent.

Transforms: Part 6 - The Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) July 1^st 2022 - 09:00 AM

The Fourier Transform is complex in the mathematical sense, which means that each coefficient is represented by complex number.

HDR: Part 4 - Surviving Modern Colorimetry June 29^th 2022 - 09:55 AM

Most people are aware that any color can be mixed from red, green and blue light, and we make color pictures out of red, green and blue images. The relationship between modern color imaging and the human visual system was recently discussed by John Watkinson in his series on color.…

Preparing To Broadcast Commonwealth Games Birmingham June 27^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest sports event on UK shores since London 2012 with around 1.5 billion global audience expected to watch over the 11 day event beginning July 28. Bidding for the host broadcast contract began in summer of 2019 with the award announced for Sunset + Vine in April 2020. Here’s what…

Camera Lenses Part 3: MTF And Depth Of Field June 23^rd 2022 - 09:00 AM

All lenses suffer from various imperfections that reduce sharpness. However, even if the lens elements were ideal and caused no loss of resolution, lenses still can’t focus to a perfect point.

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