The Sponsors Perspective: Unchaining Time February 21^st 2023 - 09:30 AM

What is real time? While that question doesn’t normally come up at the dinner table, asking it of a group of broadcast engineers can draw out all kinds of responses, from philosophical debates around global atomic clocks to technical dissertations on lines, frames, and permissible nanoseconds of processing delay.

Machine Learning (ML) For Broadcasters: Part 9 - Automating Workflows February 17^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Machine Learning is making an impact across all aspects of video workflow, especially personalization, QC, compliance and moderation.

Interlace: Part 2 - Vertical Resolution February 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The human eye is not fixed and so it can track moving objects in real life and on screens. The tracking action changes everything. Without an understanding of tracking everything seems peculiar. With an understanding it seems obvious why certain things don’t work. Interlace is one of them.

Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters: Part 4 - Virtualization vs. Containers February 14^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The differences between virtual machines (VMs) and containers are more than just the differences in how they utilize the underlying hardware.

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.

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 4 - Monitoring Data For Efficiency & Forensics February 7^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Large-scale remote production systems can be complex and challenging to monitor, but IP presents many opportunities to capture and make use of rich data streams.

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.