_copy_460_345_70.jpg "4KRF from Broadcast RF built with Vislink Ultracoder.")
One of the missing pieces in the 4K live acquisition is being cracked with a number of options now available to send pictures wirelessly from pitchside.
Thanks to advances in IT technology and IP connectivity, sports fans are enduring less wait times for disputed plays to be reviewed and the “right call” to be made.
As UAVs continue to rapidly evolve, they will impact more conventional video and movie production devices and techniques.
The laptop computer has become integral to video production in the field — ranging from basic television news editing to high-end film production. Equipment failure or loss of a laptop on a location can bring the entire production to its knees, not to mention create nightmares over the security of footage and private information.
For all of last year’s talk about distributing 4K television to home viewers, there has been little real progress on making it a reality. The only place 4K technology is being used regularly is in some sports production and in the making of premium television programming.
Video and audio crews operate in all climates; from hot to humid to freezing to desert dry. While the crews go about their production work, many never consider how these conditions may affect their recording media.
Optical storage is popular on many fronts, especially for archival purposes. Even so, sales of the popular storage media are falling as other technologies, including spinning disks and the cloud, become more common.
_460_920_70.jpg "ATSC 3.0 preliminary list of standards. Image courtesy ATSC.")
The current digital terrestrial broadcast system, now referred to as ATSC 1.0, has been around for more than 20 years. Although it has seen widespread use and success, technologies and viewer expectations have changed dramatically since the standard was created.