Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Captured in 4K with Blackmagic Ursa and Atem August 9^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Australian production company Avoca Blue used Blackmagic Ursa Broadcast cameras and Atem 1 M/E Production Studio 4K video live production switcher to capture the recent Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) Gala. The concert was captured in 4K, and also included a number of other Blackmagic cameras and broadcast products in the

CNN’s Anderson Cooper Full Circle uses Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro August 6^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

CNN’s new “Anderson Cooper Full Circle” Facebook Watch daily global brief is produced using Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini Pro cameras. The show is also being broadcast live using Atem 1 M/E Production Studio 4K live production switchers, Atem Camera Control Panel, Blackmagic Camera Fiber Converter, Blackmagic Studio Fiber Converter and a

Bandwidth Pricing Can Be Biggest Hurdle To REMI (At Home) Success July 26^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

There’s been a lot of talk about the resource efficiencies related to remote operations for live production, but the cost of bandwidth to connect all of the disparate locations continues to make this way of working prohibitive for most second-tier producers.

Sony Virtual Production Service Launched at Red Bull Event July 24^th 2018 - 01:50 PM

Although OTT delivery has created a mature market for on-demand scripted shows that leverages the public internet for distribution, the ever increasing and IP-enabled bandwidth available that uses public wireless networks and the public cloud, is opening a new market for live events.With their global reach, the OTTs have

Okto TV Creates A Voice For Underrepresented Communities with Blackmagic July 4^th 2018 - 12:01 PM

Since 2005, Austrian community television channel, Okto TV, has helped a wide, varied range of groups to create exciting and engaging programming to bring their ideas, interests and insights to new audiences across the country. When the time came to upgrade its standard definition infrastructure, the Okto team had to design

TSL Products and DNF Controls Announce New Strategy July 2^nd 2018 - 12:05 PM

TSL will use DNF’s products as standalone hardware and peripheral systems that complement its existing TallyMan broadcast controls solution.

Broadcast For IT - Part 10 - SDI June 11^th 2018 - 12:05 PM

In this series of articles, we will explain broadcasting for IT engineers. Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and todays broadcast formats are heavily dependent on decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s, and in this article, we look at SDI, its development, and its applications in

Resource Sharing Via IP Becoming Common Production Strategy June 11^th 2018 - 10:00 AM

The combination of the completion of the video distribution over IP standard and an increase in the cost of rights to broadcast live sporting events has led to engineers designing new ways to produce a telecast with a minimum of resources. And it’s happening around the world, in HD m

Triofilm TV Upgrades Grass Valley Live Broadcast Solutions For Its OB Van June 1^st 2018 - 12:05 PM

Düsseldorf, Germany-based Triofilm TV has upgraded its outside broadcast (OB) with new Grass Valley cameras, a switcher and a new router to handle a variety of live sporting events.

NEP UK Builds SMPTE ST 2110 Complaint OB Vans For Live Sports Production May 25^th 2018 - 01:50 PM

NEP UK has announced it is offering clients two new OB vans that are fully compliant with the SMPTE ST2110 standard. The new mobile production vehicles, named Ceres and Venus, are designed for major events, sports fixtures and other large-scale productions. Venus recently completed its first job and both trucks

UK’s Intergence Selects Custom Consoles For New NOC December 14^th 2018 - 09:00 AM

Custom Consoles has supplied several of its height-adjustable technical desks and display screen supports for Intergence Systems Ltd, a IT managed services company. The project comprised seven SystemTwoLite desks, a dual MediaPost and single MediaPost display screen supports plus 10 desk-mounting computer screen support arms. These were assembled on site in

The Combining of Video with Still Photography December 10^th 2018 - 10:00 AM

The trend began in 2008 — 10 years ago — when Nikon introduced the first DSLR camera that combined video capability with still photography. Since then the powerful combo has accelerated, now with news organizations reorganizing their staffs to employ “visual journalists” that do both.

Florida’s City of Kissimme TV Channel Produced With Panasonic Integrated Stream Studio December 6^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

The City of Kissimmee, located in central Florida, operates a 24-hour government TV channel, Access Osceola, which is supported by four AW-HN130 three-chip HD PTZ cameras and two AU-EVA1 5.7K handheld cinema cameras. The city has recently added Panasonic’s new AV-HLC100 Stream Studio for a wide range of video p

Homebrew Films Installs UHD Studio with Blackmagic November 29^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

South Africa based Homebrew Films has completed an upgrade of their facility to UHD/4K that relies on broadcast infrastructure products from Blackmagic Design, including the Ursa Broadcast and Atem 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K. Based at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town, Homebrew Films delivers a huge variety of programming,

Upgrading a Boutique Studio for Netflix November 27^th 2018 - 12:04 PM

Recently-released indie thriller, Apostle, was graded and delivered using DaVinci Resolve by Welsh boutique post facility, Cinematic. We learn more about how the team upgraded its entire studio to complete their first show for the streaming giant.

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