Tech + Media Predictions 2021 - Part 1 January 4^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. These changes include remote workflow permanency, virtual production shifts from exotic to routine and genuine efforts to save t…

The Year That Changed TV December 29^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

This time last year, had anyone predicted or suggested what is now normal in live TV news, sports and entertainment, such as fake fans, laugh track-style crowd noise and regular live news reporting and interviews from reporter’s homes, they would have been laughed out of the industry. Who would h…

KVM-Over-IP Comes Of Age December 24^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

With many production personnel working from home these days, gaining access to computers and systems back at the studio can be tricky, both logistically and due to obtaining the right security authorization. In many cases, a network- or software-based solution is not adequate because the available bandwidth might run out,…

2020 In Review: Industry Bruised But Not Beaten December 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s no way to sugarcoat it: The pandemic has had a highly disruptive effect on video production and distribution in 2020 and many agree it will be felt for several years. The inability for people to gather safely has made it impossible for full-scale video production to go ahead as i…

No More Flying Blind In The Cloud December 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Migrating live and file-based video services to the cloud holds the promise of huge flexibility in deployment architectures, geographical backhaul possibilities, virtually limitless peak provisioning, pay per use pricing, access to machine learning and other advanced intellectual property on-demand, and much more. This migration is still in its infancy and…

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 7 - HLG And PQ December 21^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

The legacy gamma adopted in 709 and 240M has recently been supplanted by two more approaches to applying non-linearity to luminance, namely the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) system developed by the BBC and NHK and the Perceptive Quantizer (PQ) developed by Dolby.

Streamers Turn To LCEVC For Live Encoding December 17^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC), otherwise known as MPEG-5 Part 2, has emerged as de facto codec of the year after adoption by a number of broadcasters and technology companies, as well as promotion to MPEG/ISO final draft international standard in November 2020.

Computer Security: Part 2 - Understanding Why Computers Work The Way They Do December 16^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

To see how to make computers secure, we have to go way back to see how they work.

Digital Audio: Part 6 - Noise Shaping December 15^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Noise shaping performs an important role in digital audio because it allows hardware to be made at lower cost without sacrificing performance, and in some cases allowing a performance improvement.

Sinclair’s Qligent Vision Integration December 11^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Standardized QoS/QoE monitoring systems ensure that Sinclair operators can seamlessly aggregate, analyze and troubleshoot all broadcast performance data groupwide. It also builds a solid foundation for future automation.