Digital Audio: Part 4 - ADC’s & The Mathematics Of Quantization & Dither October 15^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Digital audio relies completely on the accuracy of quantization and it is important to see how it works.

IBC 2020 Conspicuous By Its Low Impact October 14^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Now that the virtual IBC 2020 has passed with hardly a whimper on the world broadcasting stage, paradoxically vendors, service providers and content producers are counting the indirect cost of the real event’s absence.

The Sponsors Perspective: Manage Standardized Connections For Essences/Network Flows - ST2110/AES67 October 13^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

With the release of the core parts of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite, the confusion around different transport standards for audio and video over IP is settled. However, the adoption of these solutions for day-to-day use is still far from easy. While there are more and more pure IP facilities and…

TV Production Resumes, With Strict Protocols In Place October 9^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

As TV and movie production studios begin to slowly resume operations, they are doing so very carefully and with a number of government-mandated protocols for safe working in place. Some say these operational restrictions—limited crew, remote control when possible, non-essential personnel are not allowed—are significantly adding to the tim…

Creative Analysis: Part 8 - Making A Name By Cinematographer Li Qihang October 7^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

With the population of China approaching 1.4 billion, it’s perhaps no surprise that it is fast becoming the biggest market in the world for theatrical film exhibition, with the largest number of cinema screens of any single country. Directors such as Wong Kar-Wai and the stars of Chinese cinema – names lik…

The Sponsors Perspective: The Paths To Streaming Distribution - A Tale Of Two OTT Use Cases October 6^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The consumer video market is growing fiercely competitive between content creators and content aggregators and OTT live and OTT VOD formats are growing increasingly fragmented. Consumers are benefiting from the tremendous choice of content and sources for that content while their tolerance for a negative Quality of Experience (QoE) continues…

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 24 - Message Integrity October 5^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Once upon a time, the cause of data corruption would be accidental. A dropout on a tape or interference picked up on a cable would damage a few bits. Error correction was designed to deal with that.

KABB’s Chief Meteorologist Shares His Successful Broadcasting From Home Formula October 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

When the pandemic began shutting down TV stations in the spring of this year, journalists and producers were left to figure out how to work from home and set up technical systems they were very unfamiliar with. In many cases panic set in.

Maintaining Digital Integrity With IP Test & Measurement October 1^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

TV test and measurement gear and instrument solutions also facilitate remote production and monitoring.

Audio Consoles Focus On Remote Mixing September 30^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Among a number of things, the pandemic has accelerated product development timelines for remote production and the migration to virtualized IP infrastructures, supporting the ability to produce content remotely and stay socially distanced. Many of these new tools were already in place but were often still in early stages, and…