Audio At The 2023 NAB Show - IP, Remote Production, Immersive Sound And Deja Vu April 11^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

If it feels like we’ve been talking about AoIP for the last 10 years, there’s a good reason for that; we have. IP has been a focus for broadcasters for so long that there are actual grown-ups working in the industry who don’t know of a time before IP wa…

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.

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 4 - Monitoring Data For Efficiency & Forensics February 7^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Large-scale remote production systems can be complex and challenging to monitor, but IP presents many opportunities to capture and make use of rich data streams.

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 3 - Contribution & Remote Control January 31^st 2023 - 09:00 AM

A discussion of camera sources, contribution network and remote control infrastructure required at the venue.

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.

Spatial Audio: Part 2 - Approaches, Creation And Delivery January 13^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

In part one we looked at some of the reasons for the growth in adoption by next generation consumers, and how hardware and content production are combining to give more people better access to spatial content. Here we will look at some of the basics; how spatial audio is achieved,…

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 1 - Planning Is Everything January 10^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

An examination of how to plan & schedule resources to create resilient temporary multi-site broadcast production systems.

Where Are We And What Is Next For Audio? January 2^nd 2023 - 09:00 AM

Kevin Emmott shares a personal perspective on what has happened in Audio in 2022 and the new technologies which might drive what we hear next.

10 Things You Need To Know To Succeed In TV December 28^th 2022 - 09:30 AM

In television, ‘talent’ isn’t just the people in front of the camera. Everyone working at a station needs talent, dedication, initiative, and team spirit to succeed.

Waves: Part 9 - Propagation Inversion May 25^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

As a child I came under two powerful influences. The first of these was electricity. My father was the chief electrician at a chemical works and he would bring home any broken or redundant electrical parts for me to tinker with, dismantle and occasionally repair.

Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 1 - Basic Principles Of IP May 23^rd 2023 - 09:00 AM

This is the first of a series of 14 articles that re-visit the basic building blocks of knowledge required to understand how IP networks actually work in the context of broadcast production systems.

Compression: Part 8 - Spatial Compression May 3^rd 2023 - 09:00 AM

Now we turn to Spatial Compression, which takes place within individual images and takes no account of other images.

System Showcase: Belgium’s RTBF Makes First Foray Into IP Production With OB Vans April 27^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

In the Spring of 2019, Jean Vanbraekel, Head of Operations and Distribution for RTBF, was tasked with helping to move the French-speaking public broadcaster into the IP age and he was nervous. Not because he thought it couldn’t be done, but because the required production equipment was not fully tested (o…

Waves: Part 8 - Shock Waves April 26^th 2023 - 10:00 AM

Shock waves are interesting phenomena that take place in a number of different media. For an arcane physical process, they have done quite well to be adopted by the mainstream media as one of their clichés, along with Mae West life jackets and aircraft black boxes (which are orange).

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