Creative Analysis: Part 22 - Cinematographer Jonathan Furmanski On Search Party May 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

New York City has been impersonated by a lot of places, from Gangs of New York (shot in Italy) to Escape From New York (Atlanta) to Wall Street story American Psycho (Toronto), and even the toponymic 42nd Street, which was mocked up in Burbank. One production that did shoot in…

The Sponsors Perspective: How Does Flexible Access Change The Way Vizrt Serves Customers? May 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Flexible Access is our way of responding to customer needs we see in the market. At a high level, it is about putting our customer experience first and foremost. In these uncertain times, our customers need to produce more stories, better.

For Remotely Located Production Teams, Cloud Storage Is Making The Difference May 12^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

As the world went remote in 2020, many businesses turned to cloud technology to help keep content flowing, causing a massive spike in cloud adoption. As one data point, Signiant reported a more than 230% increase in data moving into and out of cloud storage using its own Media Shuttle SaaS offering.…

When Implementing 100G IP Media Networks, Professional Services Can Be Your Best Friend May 11^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

Keeping up with the rapid advancements of new technology in media production and distribution can be a daunting task for broadcasters, service providers and media companies as they try to navigate highly competitive waters and keep their businesses successful. Staffing and resources are often limited and media delivery is becoming…

Microservices For Broadcasters - Part 1 May 11^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Computer systems are driving forward broadcast innovation and the introduction of microservices is having a major impact on the way we think about software. This not only delivers improved productivity through more efficient workflow solutions for broadcasters, but also helps vendors to work more effectively to further improve the broadcaster…

HDR: Part 24 - Creative Technology - Artificial Intelligence May 10^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Every decade has had a buzzword. Watch a 1950s educational movie and realize how dated the term “atomic” sounds now, and not only because the downsides of nuclear power have since become so painfully apparent. Since then, we’ve been sold technology marked “transistor,” “digital,” and now “AI,” although sometimes it’s not quite cl…

Timing: Part 2 - The Birth Of Video Recording May 7^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The peculiarities of the motion of planet Earth are responsible for much more than seasons and the midnight sun and it took a while before it was all figured out.

Microphones: Part 1 - Basic Principles May 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

In this new series John Watkinson looks at all aspects of microphones to create a technical reference resource for professional broadcast audio engineers.

Navigating A Way Forward, Remotely May 5^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The concept of working from home was trending long before public health issues caused most of us to contribute remotely, but the past year has seen an acceleration no one could have predicted. What those in the media industry quickly learned is that it’s not that easy to take y…

Practical High Dynamic Range (HDR) Broadcast Workflows - Part 2 May 4^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

There is a school of thought that suggests increasing the brightness through the contrast control on a television will give a higher dynamic range. However, this doesn’t necessarily increase the contrast ratio. Quantization noise is the enemy of dynamic range and increasing brightness in a system with a low b…