Working Videographers Offer New Solutions For Audio-Video Sync Market February 17^th 2015 - 10:55 AM

Since small format video began, videographers have been forced to invent many of the tools they needed. In one niche area — a very important one — three videographers are now competing to build the best software to automatically sync audio with video.

NEP Carries Super Bowl Responsibility Over The Line January 26^th 2015 - 08:10 AM

There are select sports which attract an audience far beyond that of the immediate game or fan base. The Super Bowl is one such event. And all things being equal, it is on track to exceed last year’s record 111.5 million viewers to become the most viewed telecast not only…

Project Parking at the Seaside November 25^th 2014 - 05:42 PM

German creative agency Seaside Productions is using Marquis Broadcast’s Project Parking to help manage its edit storage more effectively. The Munich based agency purchased Project Parking through reseller Videocation and the solution will be used on on-air promos for the ProSiebenSat.1 TV channels.

Virtual Sets Make Comeback at Cost-Cutting Television Broadcasters November 22^nd 2014 - 03:09 PM

Virtual set technology arrived ahead of its time. When the first systems for broadcasters came on the scene about 15 years ago, they got a very bad rap. So bad, the name was virtually erased from the broadcast vocabulary for over a decade.

Film preservation for 500 years on film November 10^th 2014 - 11:37 AM

Stone, papyrus, paper.. the history of recorded information suggests that a physical medium has the best chance of long term survival. It’s a problem that Hollywood studios continues to grapple with by retaining archival film prints of movies in the knowledge that, contrary to digital, optical or cloud-based formats,…

Applied Technology: Understanding the Return on Investment of Media Asset Management Systems November 6^th 2014 - 11:30 AM

Media Asset Management (MAM) systems are revolutionizing the way media enterprises manage and optimize their content life cycles by delivering revenue, efficiency, and creative gains, yet understanding how to financially justify new projects remains a challenge for many organizations.

Camera Matching in Multi-Codec and Multi-Gamut-Colour Space November 3^rd 2014 - 05:04 PM

I remember “painting” the cameras. Riding the CCU’s to make sure that the trees did not change from emerald green to grass green when the fader bar on the switcher was pulled. Colour grading in the post suite has made the crude tools we used to use outdated, but what …

Scanning for archive on the rise while feature film market shrinks October 28^th 2014 - 01:57 PM

By some estimates Kodak has produced some 3 trillion feet of film since the company’s inception in 1889, much of which remains undigitised in archives around the world. Its output is shrinking rapidly from 12.4 billion linear feet to 449 million this year, according to the Wall Street Journal, as demand for motion…

Channel Explosion Turns Broadcast Monitors On Their Head October 20^th 2014 - 09:30 AM

When most people think of broadcast video monitors, they think of a very expensive, precision television display used to view and judge the quality of broadcast images. Engineers — often nicknamed “Golden Eyes” — assess the TV signal based on years of skill, knowledge and human intuition. Such video monitors still exist, especia…

Breaking the Old Habits of Breaking News July 28^th 2014 - 07:48 PM

The new normal for producing stories outside of the newsroom walls. Over the past few years, advancements in technology and Internet connectivity have impacted nearly every facet of our lives—from how we gather and store information to how we communicate with others. And the news industry is no exception. I…