Nine Pitfalls Of Relying On FTP To Move Large Media Files October 17^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

Broadcasters are continuing to adopt and take advantage of IT working practices as they transition to file-based workflows. However, some seemingly effective solutions are outdated, have not kept pace with advances in computing power, and are unable to efficiently transfer large media files. FTP, for example, is tried and trusted…

Security State Mentality Takes Over Apple’s Macintosh October 17^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Apple’s new Mac OS Catalina is perhaps the most problematic major upgrade in the company’s 35-year history, forfeiting traditional ease of use and convenience in exchange for a bunker-like security state mentality.

Color and Colorimetry – Part 5 October 15^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

In a multi-disciplinary subject such as color space, it is hard to know where to start. John Watkinson argues that the starting point is less important than the destination.

Esports Expands Audiences Using Broadcast IP Production & Distribution – Part 2 – The IP Technology October 7^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Esports viewership worldwide is on a steep upward trajectory and will soon begin to challenge traditional sports broadcast audience figures. As the esports and traditional sports communities converge, what can traditional broadcasters learn from the remote production workflows being pioneered by one of esports’ major game developers? In part 2 of t…

Now We Know. NEXTGEN TV Is A Go October 3^rd 2019 - 12:30 PM

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has unveiled “NEXT GEN TV” as the go-to-market name and logo for all ATSC 3.0-Enabled Tech Devices.

Broadcasting 8KTV, Because You Can October 2^nd 2019 - 09:00 AM

The broadcast industry is mired in a state of resolution confusion. HD is the format du jour, 4K UHD is emerging quickly and proponents of 8K refuse to stay quiet. For a broadcast engineer, it’s enough to make your head spin.

Ultra HD Forum Factors High Frame Rate Into Latest Infrastructure Guidelines September 27^th 2019 - 12:05 PM

The Ultra HD Forum has given a stimulus to UHD deployments with the release of its latest 2.1 guidelines that give proper weight to all the ingredients constituting next generation A/V (Audio/Video).

What Does PCI 4.0 Offer? September 26^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

When, in May 2019, AMD announced their Ryzen Zen 2 architecture, beyond the amazing performance offered by the new Series 3000 microprocessors, they announced the new chips would support PCI 4.0. Although I was pretty confident the step from 3.0 to 4.0 meant 2X greater bandwidth, I decided it was time to learn more about the…

Esports Expands Audiences Using Broadcast IP Production & Distribution – Part 1 – The Business Case September 25^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Esports viewership worldwide is on a steep upward trajectory and will soon begin to challenge traditional sports broadcast audience figures. As the esports and traditional sports communities converge, what can traditional broadcasters learn from the remote production workflows being pioneered by one of esports’ major game developers? In part 1 of t…

Shooting HDR: A More Efficient Way September 24^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

As High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (i.e.BT.2020) are increasingly mandated by major industry players like Netflix and Amazon, DOPs in the broadcast realm are under intense pressure to get it right during original image capture. We all know (or learned the hard way) that the…