Super Bowl LVII To Be Available In 4K UHD And Dolby Vision For The First Time February 10^th 2023 - 09:10 AM

Fox Sports is gearing up for its live coverage of Super Bowl LVII on February 12th, which will be the first NFL Super Bowl to be televised in 4K UHD. The game will be shot in High Dynamic Range (HDR) at 1080p and upconverted for broadcast in 4K and HD…

Compression: Part 5 - Motion Estimation February 9^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Motion estimation is one of the most important enabling technologies of video compression because it allows redundancy between pictures to be identified even in the presence of motion.

The Sponsors Perspective: Combining Hardware And Software Creates A Graphical Experience To Remember February 8^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Providing an immersive video experience for fans while not detracting from the on-field action on game days is the ultimate goal.

Artificial Inspiration – Debating The Implications Of Training AI To Create Images February 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

There is growing debate over the ethical and legal implications of using millions of images drawn from the internet to train AI powered software to create ‘new’ images. It feels like the beginning of a journey which could have profound implications for the creative industries – so it is perhaps predictable that …

Waves: Part 5 - Maintaining Climate Efficiency February 2^nd 2023 - 09:00 AM

Waves are an important topic, not least because all life on Earth depends upon them. The Earth depends totally on the radiation from the Sun, which is a ceaseless blast of energy spread over a vast range of wavelengths.

Ten Years Later: NBC Sports’ Stamford Facility Grows With The Times January 30^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

It was ten years ago, in the fall of 2012, that NBCUniversal opened a new international broadcast center in Stamford Connecticut, as the home for NBC Sports. It served as a way to consolidate its growing employee base and the production activities of a number of physical assets the network owned…

Capturing Nitin Sawhney’s Ghosts In The Ruins January 27^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

The 2022 City of Culture festival concluded with a performance created by Nitin Sawhney CBE. Filmed on the URSA Broadcast G2, an edited broadcast of Ghosts In The Ruins aired on the BBC.

The Compromises In Long Zoom Lenses Are Still There But Viewers See Fewer Of Them January 26^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Fox Sports’ broadcast of the 2022 Baseball World Series was a real eye-opener, and it wasn’t just because the Houston Astros handily defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. After all, for those in the know, the Astros were the heavily favored team so the outcome shouldn’t have been too s…

Machine Learning (ML) For Broadcasters: Part 8 - AI And ML Drive TV UX Innovation January 25^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

AI, primarily Machine Learning (ML), is driving progress in the evolution of the UI (User Interface) for TV’s and other consumer devices, alongside other aspects of the overall UX (User Experience).

Inside Amazon Studios Huge New VVC Virtual Production Studio On Historic Culver City Lot January 23^rd 2023 - 09:30 AM

Exciting new types of on-premise and cloud-based feature film and episodic television production and post workflows are now being experimented with and deployed at Amazon Studios’ recently opened virtual production stage, dubbed Stage 15, in Culver City, Calif.