PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 1 September 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Timing accuracy has been a fundamental component of broadcast infrastructures for as long as we’ve transmitted television pictures and sound. The time invariant nature of frame sampling still requires us to provide timing references with sub microsecond accuracy.

Creative Audio - Noise Reduction With Bob Bronow September 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Dialogue is king in television. Let’s face it, you don’t watch an episode of your favorite police procedural or reality show just to listen to the sound design or the incidental music. But whether the content is scripted or unscripted, delivering intelligible dialogue can be a real challenge for…

The Leading Edge Cuts Both Ways September 10^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

An October NAB Show in Las Vegas feels about as awkward as forgetting to bring business cards.

EU-Funded Group Looking To Productize 5G For Broadcast Production And Distribution September 9^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

For the past year an international group of technology companies, funded by the European Union (EU), has been looking into the use of 5G technology to streamline live and studio production in the hopes of distributing more content to (and from) viewers faster and more efficiently. Due to the restrictions…

IP KVM - Delivering For Broadcasters - Part 2 September 7^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

In the last article in this series we looked at how KVM improves control, reliability, security and integration for multiple devices and cloud systems. In this article, we look at how latency is addressed so that users have the best quality of experience possible.

HDR: Part 32 - Creative Technology - Film Scanning September 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The film and TV business is a prominent producer of things that were once very expensive, but which have become much more affordable as developments overtook them. That’s never clearer than when browsing everyone’s favorite auction website, which has recently seen Spirit telecines, once seven figures, selling for les…

Creative Audio - Broadcast Crowd Sound September 3^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

When televised sports events began to return after the initial coronavirus lockdown in 2020, U.S. broadcasters faced a dilemma. With no spectators in attendance, what do you do about the lack of crowd noise? This is the fascinating story of how a team of award-winning creative audio engineers set about…

Timing: Part 6 - Synchronization September 2^nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

The need for synchronization rears its head in so many different endeavors that it has to be accepted as one of the great enabling technologies.

Microphones: Part 5 - The Variable Directivity Microphone September 1^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

The variable directivity microphone is very popular for studio work. What goes on inside is very clever and not widely appreciated.

IP KVM - Delivering For Broadcasters - Part 1 August 31^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

Having a collection of PCs and MACs stacked under a desk to facilitate the multitude of operational requirements not only proves difficult to operate but challenges our modern ideas around security and makes maintenance almost impossible.