Did NEXTGEN TV Launch At CES? January 24^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The only major consumer electronics show in the US is the January CES. It’s where manufacturers, reps and dealers search for early clues to 2020’s best sellers. This year, nine exhibitors showed NEXTGEN TV.

Predicting Editing Performance From Games And Benchmarks: Part 2 January 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Computer game apps read compressed artificial world descriptions from a disk file. This artificial world is regenerated by the CPU and loaded into the GPU where it is displayed to the gamer. The gamer’s actions are fed back to the GPU which dynamically modifies the artificial world it displays.

Color and Colorimetry – Part 8 January 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

The derivation of the famous CIE horseshoe was explained in the previous part in terms of a re-mapping or distortion of rg color space. The derivation is somewhat abstract because the uses of color science go far beyond the applications in broadcasting. However it is equally possible to describe CIE…

ITU Adopts ATSC 3.0 January 14^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Unlike the days of incompatible PAL, SECAM and NTSC analog TV sets and expensive conversion from one standard to another, ATSC 3.0 is frame rate agnostic.

Data Recording: Error Handling II - Part 15 January 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Errors are handled in real channels by a combination of techniques and it is the overall result that matters. This means that different media and channels can have completely different approaches to the problem, yet still deliver reliable data.

EBU Welcomes Outcome Of World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 December 31^st 2019 - 09:00 AM

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has declared satisfaction with the outcome of the latest World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), but is concerned over indications that spectrum currently allocated to Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) might be handed over to fixed wireless broadband providers after 2027.

The Sponsors Perspective: Media Companies - Advance Your Security And Innovation Lifecycles December 27^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Hackers are always improving the level of sophistication and constantly finding new surface areas to attack – resulting in the surging volume and frequency of cyberattacks.

Color and Colorimetry – Part 7 – CIE XYZ December 16^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

The rg color space served to document the chromaticity gamut of the HVS, and so was a great step forward in understanding color and color vision. However, it was based on a certain set of primaries. As no set of primaries can embrace the whole of the HVS gamut, it…

Real-Time On-Air Virtual Set Production Takes Off December 13^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

The use of photorealistic technology is changing the way broadcasters are looking at virtual sets. Now it is possible to create scenes that are indistinguishable from reality, which provides excellent new possibilities for enhancing storytelling.

Apple TV Plus Puts Spotlight On Low Latency Streaming And CMAF December 3^rd 2019 - 10:00 AM

The recent launch of Apple’s TV Plus service bulked up with original TV shows costing $6 billion to produce has disrupted global attempts to unify streaming behind a common set of protocols for encoding, packaging, storing and playing back video delivered over the internet.