Improving Compression Efficiency With AI April 23^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

A group of international technology vendors and broadcasters is working on developing and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) standards to improve video coding. Calling itself MPAI (Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence) they believe that machine learning can improve efficiency of the existing Enhanced Video Coding standard by…

ATSC 3.0 : Right Place, Right Time April 9^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Many people and cultures celebrate special New Year dates. Organizations designate fiscal years. Broadcasters traditionally mark their new technology year mid-April, at annual NAB Shows. Old habits die hard.

Apple’s M1 ARM For Broadcast Infrastructure Applications: Part 2 April 7^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

In part 2 of this investigation, we look at why Apple’s new M1 processor benefits broadcasters.

Apple’s M1 ARM For Broadcast Infrastructure Applications: Part 1 March 22^nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

Apple’s M1-based MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini have been the focus of computer news for the last half-year because of their surprisingly high-performance.

2021 HPA Tech Retreat Goes Virtual On Remote Production And More March 10^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

As one of the last industry events to be held in person last year, the HPA Tech Retreat is going virtual for this year’s gathering of an elite group of broadcasters, production, and post-production professionals. The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) holds this event every year and it has become o…

FCC Expands Caption Mandate As Automated Processing Takes Center Stage February 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

On October 27, 2020 The Federal Communications Commission issued an order to expand its captioning mandate for broadcasters to include audio description requirements for 40 designated market areas (DMAs) over the next four years. The move came after the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) directed stations in the top 60…

TV Leaps Into 2021 At Virtual CES January 28^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

In modern consumer electronics history, every new year begins with an early January Consumer Electronics Show, followed by the April NAB Show, both in Las Vegas. Significant new home and broadcast video and audio technologies are often rolled out at both shows, targeted for near-opposite markets wanting to enjoy or…

Object-Based Audio Mixing: A New Way To Personalized Listening January 18^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

With the advent of immersive audio mixing using codecs like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X (the successor to DTS HD) professionals now have the ability to create interactive, personalized, scalable and immersive content by representing it as a set of individual assets together with metadata describing their relationships and associations.

Tech + Media Predictions 2021 - Part 2 January 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The industry experienced futureshock head-on in 2020. The impact will take a long time to unwind but it’s already clear that some changes will be profound and not all of them bad. In part 2 we look at what sports and sportscasters need to do to change the live experience to m…

IT-Centric Technologies Will Continue To Alter Traditional Video Production January 5^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

After a year like 2020, predicting the future is scary business. However there are several leading-edge technologies—many borrowed from the IT and consumer-facing industries—that certainly look to make a significant impact on video production and broadcasting in 2021. Here are some, in no particular order, that will see continued implementation and…