Microphones: Part 4 - Microphone Technology - The Diaphragm August 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Most microphones need a diaphragm in order to follow some aspect of the air motion that carries the sound.

Timing: Part 5 - NTSC Frame Rates August 5^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The conversion of monochrome TV to color was quite a trick, but it came at a cost.

TDM Mesh Networks: A Simple Alternative To Leaf-Spine ST2110. Pt1 - Balancing Technical Requirements August 4^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

IP is well known and appreciated for its flexibility, scalability, and resilience. But there are times when the learning curve and installation challenges a complete ST-2110 infrastructure provides are just too great.

Multiviewers For Flexible Operations - Part 1 August 3^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

IP and COTS infrastructure designs are giving us the opportunity to think about broadcast systems in an entirely different manner. Although broadcast engineers have been designing studio facilities to be flexible from the earliest days of television, the addition of IP and COTS takes this to a new level allowing…

The Sponsors Perspective: Broadcast Transformation In The Cloud August 2^nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

We live in fascinating times: increasingly, we live in the era of cloud-based broadcast operations.

Digital Audio: Part 14 - Disk Based Editing July 28^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Previously a basic record/play system using a hard drive was considered. This relied on a table linking time codes in the recording with physical addresses so that the drive would access audio data blocks in the right sequence slightly ahead of when they were needed. In that way a…

The Liberation Of Broadcast Technology - Part 2 July 27^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Building optimized systems that scale to meet peak demand delivers broadcast facilities that are orders of magnitude more efficient than their static predecessors. In part 2 of this series, we investigate how this can be achieved.

HDR: Part 29 - Promoting The Three-Dimensional Illusion July 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

When composing and lighting scenes, DOP’s usually seek to maximize texture and perspective. The rationale is simple: We live in a world that is unmistakably three-dimensional, so DOPs seeking to faithfully represent the natural world exploit a range of ways to promote the three-dimensional illusion.

Olympian Effort: Tokyo 2020 Host Production Upgrades To UHD, IP And Cloud July 23^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) the host broadcaster for the Games was founded twenty years ago and has arguably gone through its hardest and most intense period of digital transformation for Tokyo 2020.

NBCU Decentralizes Resources To Produce And Distribute Olympic Games Live July 21^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

Aside from being the first Summer Olympics to be delayed a year due to a pandemic—shifting technical plans and causing strict work-arounds to comply with health restrictions—this year’s live coverage by NBCUniversal (NBCU) is noteworthy for its move to all-IP operations within the International Broadcast Center (IBC) onsit…