Vendor Spotlight: Chyron May 10^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Chyron’s new mantra is flexibility. Founded in 1966, Chyron’s technology has become so ingrained in the broadcast industry that its very company name has become the standard term for a caption superimposed over usually the lower part of a video image during a news broadcast.

Motion Pictures: Part 2 - Optical Flow Axis May 9^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

There is no motion in the static frames of a movie. The motion is purely in the imagination of the viewer. But how does it work?

Motion Pictures: Part 1 - Film Frame Rates April 18^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

It seems clear that there is such a thing as the “film look”. But how did it come about?

Streamlining Operations The “Cloud-Native” Way Remains Key Theme At 2023 NAB Show April 14^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

By virtualizing many of the key production tools and systems required to produce and distribute content, cloud-based production has emerged as a technology and service combination whose time has come. It’s already clear that the cost-effectiveness, flexibility, efficiency and speed of cloud-based TV productions are now a force in t…

Virtual Production Set To Be A Major Theme At 2023 NAB Show April 5^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

In the area of virtual production, the times have certainly changed. From the early days of shooting against a green screen and compositing the image in real time, the biggest productions are now using large “volume” stages where actors are filmed in front of giant wrap around LED screens to cap…

2023 NAB Show Will See Plenty Of Choice For Today’s Modern Production Control Room April 4^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

While the emergence of IP-based infrastructures has led to new ways of leveraging the traditional Production Control Room (PCR) and all of the hardware devices and software systems within, it continues to hold its important place as the center of an on-premise studio production in most content creation organizations.

The Back Of The Brain May Soon Rule The Roost March 22^nd 2023 - 10:00 AM

If industry reports are to be believed, Apple is poised to release a mixed-reality headset at some point in 2023. Of course, it’s anyone’s guess when Apple’s Reality Pro will actually see the holographic light of day, but one thing is worth noting: The advent of a mass-produced AR he…

Learning From The Experts At The BEITC Sessions at 2023 NAB Show March 21^st 2023 - 09:30 AM

Many NAB Shows visitors don’t realize that some of the most valuable technical information released at NAB Shows emanates from BEITC sessions. The job titles of all but one speaker in the conference are all related to engineering, technology, development and research.

System Showcase: Gravity Media Opens New Production Centre In London For Remote And On-Prem Projects March 16^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Production and media services company Gravity Media has just completed the first phase of technology integration at its new London Production Centre White City, located on the fifth floor of The Westworks building in London. The state-of-the-art facility, officially opened in February of 2022, is made up of production, post-production services,…

Interlace: Part 3 - Deinterlacing March 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Now that interlace is obsolete, we are left only with the problem of dealing with archive material that exists in the interlaced format. The overwhelming majority of video tapes, whether component or composite, analog or digital, would be interlaced.

Compression: Part 12 - The Evolution Of Video Compression September 27^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Having considered all of the vital elements of moving image coding this final part looks at how these elements were combined throughout coding history.

Motion Pictures: Part 5 - True Motion TV September 19^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Having looked at the traditional approach to moving pictures and found that the portrayal of motion was irremediably poor, thoughts turn to how moving pictures might be portrayed properly.

The Potential Impact Of Quantum Computing September 18^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Quantum Computing is still a developmental technology but it has the potential to completely transform more or less everything we currently assume regarding what computers can and can’t do - when it hits the mainstream what will it do to broadcast?

Network & System Orchestration Tools At IBC 2023 September 14^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

At the heart of virtually every IP infrastructure and its inherent IT network is a software layer that acts like a conductor to make sure the system is working smoothly. Some call it the orchestration layer because it instructs each device to do what it needs to do and exactly…

Virtual Production At IBC 2023 September 13^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

After several years of experimentation, movies and TV shows shot on LED wall based virtual production sets are quickly becoming the best and most economical way to create stunning virtual environments. Large stages and even mobile trailers have been outfitted with large LED displays on the floor, ceiling and of…

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