Audio For Broadcast: Part 1 - The Theory, The Console, Monitoring & Metering June 21^st 2023 - 09:15 AM

Welcome to Part 1 of Audio For Broadcast - a huge 16 article audio course that explores the science and practical applications of audio in broadcast.

Delivering High Availability Cloud - Part 2 June 21^st 2023 - 09:00 AM

To deliver resilient, flexible, and scalable infrastructures broadcasters must accept failure and design their systems to recover quickly from it. Measuring success is critical to understanding points of failure in parallel and serial workflows, and in part 2 of this series, we dig deeper into measuring resilience to quantify design infrastructure…

Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 5 - Audio Over IP Basics June 20^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

How AVB, AES67 and proprietary solutions like Dante address the challenges of using asynchronous internet networks to distribute audio.

System Showcase: Mobile TV Group ‘MTVG Edge’ Flypacks With Edge Compute June 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Recognizing that a 53-foot expanding mobile unit is often out of reach financially for many tier 2 sporting events - e.g., women’s college volleyball or professional pickleball - production companies that offer such high-end resources are expanding their horizons with lower cost, highly portable and as-needed options that fit t…

Proving The Value Of Craft At Earthsound Foley June 15^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

In a world of digital samples and extensive sound effects libraries, a production company in the UK is determined to preserve the art and craft of Foley sound. Foley is the recording and performance of sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in postproduction to bring…

Motion Pictures: Part 3 - Motion & The Film Look June 14^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

To be able to see a moving object reasonably well, the eye tracks the object and the smart camera operator will pan the camera to keep it still in the frame. Eyes and cameras have in common that they can only do this for one moving object and everything else…

Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 4 - Host Configuration June 13^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

All devices on a network are referred to as ‘hosts’ and they all need to be configured correctly.

Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters: Part 8 - Building RESTful APIs June 12^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

RESTful APIs are the cornerstone of communications between users and microservices. Building efficient, flexible, and resilient interfaces relies on a deeper understanding of how internet services communicate.

The Rise And Potential Fall Of The Magnificent OLED June 9^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

In March 2023 ‘JOLED’ filed for bankruptcy protection marking yet another chapter in the troubled tale of using OLED technology for high quality displays.

Compression: Part 9 - Transforms June 8^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Image compression depends heavily on transforms and there are a number of these. The criteria for selecting a transform include appropriateness for the type of images to be coded and computational complexity.