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…

Red Giant’s Studio 12.5 Covers All the Bases October 24^th 2014 - 09:00 AM

Want to feel old? Recall how many decades you have been editing using a non-linear editor. If one excludes VTR edit controllers implemented on a PC, it’s possible you might have begun editing 25 years ago with LightWorks. LightWorks was released 25 years ago — and amazing is now available for Windows, O…

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…

Vitec Videocom Acquires Autocue Group Ltd October 10^th 2014 - 10:08 AM

Vitec Videocom, a division of the Vitec Group plc, acquires Autocue.

Data drives on-air sports analysis October 7^th 2014 - 12:21 PM

Advances in processing power and high-performance graphics cards are affording broadcasters more possibilities than ever to devise stunning virtual sets and on-air graphics, but it is the power of data which is driving most innovation. Nowhere is this more evident than in live sports. Ratings sky rocket during major league…

Low-Cost Flat Panel Displays & News Channels Expansion Drive the Increased Use of Teleprompters October 6^th 2014 - 01:30 PM

Teleprompters go back to the earliest days of television. The idea came from an actor named Fred Barton Jr. who conceived the teleprompter as a means of helping television performers who had to memorize long dramatic scripts in a short amount of time.