New technology is often leveraged to provide viewers with more exciting play action for live sports. Whether it’s football goal-line cameras, basketball hoop cameras or field graphics for soccer, getting the viewer ever closer to the action is always better. This article examines some of the challenges faced in providing streaming capability for a mobile production unit to cover the French Golf Open.
During Super Bowl LIII, the football action will be on the field. But a lot of the action will be enhanced by incredible new graphics, some virtual, that CBS is using to super charge the screen.
This year’s Super Bowl LIII telecast on CBS will be produced and broadcast into millions of living rooms by employing the usual plethora of traditional live production equipment, along with a few wiz bang additions like 4K UHD and an 8K camera for replays, and specially equipped wireless handheld cameras supporting augmented reality graphics and motion tracking on the field. The network said that 115 cameras would be used, 86 for the main broadcast alone, giving viewers an unprecedented television viewing experience.
As broadcasters aim to deliver superior-quality video content for live news and event coverage, data costs are spiraling out of control. Yet, technological advancements have been made that significantly reduce the bitrates typically associated with broadcasting high-quality video in real time over bonded cellular and the public internet. This article will explain how live HD interviews and events can be streamed, stored, and recorded content forwarded, even in the midst of unpredictable and unmanaged network conditions using bonded cellular technology. The benefits of a bonded cellular approach will be discussed, including lowering cellular data consumption without compromising on video quality.
LiveU’s 2018 ‘State of Live’ report says HEVC now represents 25% of worldwide traffic. In addition to growing HEVC adoption, data also indicates a 55% increase in live transmission hours and emergence of 4K resolution in live broadcasting.
Many wireless carriers and VoIP providers now offer improved voice quality using what is commonly referred to as HD Voice, or Wide-Band Speech technology. How do you harness this improved audio signal for news field reports and interviews?
The trend began in 2008 — 10 years ago — when Nikon introduced the first DSLR camera that combined video capability with still photography. Since then the powerful combo has accelerated, now with news organizations reorganizing their staffs to employ “visual journalists” that do both.
As accomplished DoPs striving to do our best work, we can all achieve a lot more creatively if we insist less on perfect lenses. Veteran cinematographers have long understood that lenses have distinct personalities, with a very specific look and feel. In the same way an actor imparts his or her own interpretation on a film’s story, the camera lens contributes its own unique character and flare towards the most compelling visual story possible.
