Maverick new wireless camera-to-cloud workflow November 5^th 2014 - 04:02 PM

Wireless streaming is not just for ENG. Producers of high-shoot ratio and unscripted reality shows and ob-docs are also experimenting. Indie production company Maverick TV, part of All3Media (owned by Discovery and Liberty Global) has done just this for 4x 60 minute ob-doc Born Naughty? commissioned by UK broadcaster Channel 4 a…

Camera Matching in Multi-Codec and Multi-Gamut-Colour Space November 3^rd 2014 - 05:04 PM

I remember “painting” the cameras. Riding the CCU’s to make sure that the trees did not change from emerald green to grass green when the fader bar on the switcher was pulled. Colour grading in the post suite has made the crude tools we used to use outdated, but what …

Rogers multi-million dollar look for multi-billion dollar hockey November 3^rd 2014 - 12:29 PM

Having spent $5.2 billion to secure the exclusive National Hockey League rights for the next 12 years Canadian broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet could hardly stint on its presentation. The new Hockey Central Studio located on the 10th-floor at CBC in Toronto, gives Rogers a fresh set of studio visuals costing $4.5m and centred…

Workflows in the Cloud: A Heavenly Solution for Broadcasters’ CAPEX and Video Processing Goals November 1^st 2014 - 04:35 PM

While cloud computing isn’t new, only recently has it begun to play a critical role in the video workflow process as broadcasters seek new ways to reduce the costs of their video processing and quality control (QC) needs. The immediately available processing infrastructure of the cloud is naturally appealing t…

Back9Network Gets Two Studios In One October 30^th 2014 - 10:23 AM

To coincide with its launch on DIRECTV, U.S lifestyle golf channel, Back9Network, gave itself an onscreen makeover mixing virtual and hard set designs. Versatility and variety had to be key components in the studio set to accommodate different elements, different talent, and quick turnarounds. FX Design Group started…

Scanning for archive on the rise while feature film market shrinks October 28^th 2014 - 01:57 PM

By some estimates Kodak has produced some 3 trillion feet of film since the company’s inception in 1889, much of which remains undigitised in archives around the world. Its output is shrinking rapidly from 12.4 billion linear feet to 449 million this year, according to the Wall Street Journal, as demand for motion…

Blurring the real and the virtual live October 27^th 2014 - 11:57 AM

The capture of depth information in scenes is an increasingly rich field of development but it has so far remained on the fringes of TV production because of the need to either use physical markers on objects or to render the output in post. Start-up company Zinemath aims to change…

Sky Italia outfits studio with Vinten robotics October 23^rd 2014 - 12:19 PM

Sky Italia has equipped a new virtual and augmented reality studio in Milan with a range of robotic camera support systems from Vinten Rademec. The project began in February in the studio which was originally used to cover the Winter Games in Sochi. One month after the Games ended, Vinten…

Sony collaborates with Evertz on IP interoperability October 22^nd 2014 - 01:30 PM

Sony and Evertz flesh out details of IBC announcement, with the promise of making live studio and sports broadcasts more efficient and less expensive. The collaboration leverages Sony’s Network Media Interface and Evertz’s Software Defined Video Network.

Channel Explosion Turns Broadcast Monitors On Their Head October 20^th 2014 - 09:30 AM

When most people think of broadcast video monitors, they think of a very expensive, precision television display used to view and judge the quality of broadcast images. Engineers — often nicknamed “Golden Eyes” — assess the TV signal based on years of skill, knowledge and human intuition. Such video monitors still exist, especia…