Interlace: Part 3 - Deinterlacing March 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Now that interlace is obsolete, we are left only with the problem of dealing with archive material that exists in the interlaced format. The overwhelming majority of video tapes, whether component or composite, analog or digital, would be interlaced.

Compression: Part 6 - Inter Coding March 9^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The greatest amount of compression comes from the use of inter coding, which consists of finding redundancy between a series of pictures.

Magicbox Puts Virtual Production Inside An LED Volume On Wheels March 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Virtual production studios are popping up across the globe as the latest solution for safe and cost/time-effective TV and movie production. This method replaces on location shooting and, by utilizing all-encompassing LED walls (often called “volumes”), is fundamentally changing the way motion pictures are produced.

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.

Waves: Part 6 - Wave Fronts March 1^st 2023 - 09:00 AM

Refraction is a topic that is at the heart of waves of all kinds. It affects the broadcaster in many ways, in lenses, optical fibers and in the way transmissions propagate.

Interlace: Part 2 - Vertical Resolution February 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The human eye is not fixed and so it can track moving objects in real life and on screens. The tracking action changes everything. Without an understanding of tracking everything seems peculiar. With an understanding it seems obvious why certain things don’t work. Interlace is one of them.

Super Bowl LVII To Be Available In 4K UHD And Dolby Vision For The First Time February 10^th 2023 - 09:10 AM

Fox Sports is gearing up for its live coverage of Super Bowl LVII on February 12th, which will be the first NFL Super Bowl to be televised in 4K UHD. The game will be shot in High Dynamic Range (HDR) at 1080p and upconverted for broadcast in 4K and HD…

Compression: Part 5 - Motion Estimation February 9^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Motion estimation is one of the most important enabling technologies of video compression because it allows redundancy between pictures to be identified even in the presence of motion.

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.

Artificial Inspiration – Debating The Implications Of Training AI To Create Images February 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

There is growing debate over the ethical and legal implications of using millions of images drawn from the internet to train AI powered software to create ‘new’ images. It feels like the beginning of a journey which could have profound implications for the creative industries – so it is perhaps predictable that …