The FAA just released its long-awaited rules for legally operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for both commercial and personal use. While there are restrictions, some are applauding that the FAA’s decision to drop a requirement for a pilot’s license, requiring instead a test-based special certificate.
Virtual Reality may be one of most hyped trends of 2016, but in the real world many players from a wide range of industries are now furiously working to make VR a media format for the future. But so far — with the technology’s strong support — all of the efforts add up to a big experiment.
Laws are different in different countries and I can’t possibly know all the legislation, so what I have to say here should not be taken as a final word on anything. The purpose of this article is to alert the reader to what he or she will need to find out before operating a drone.
Once upon a time, video storytellers had to have the backing of deep-pocketed television networks or film studios to do their work. Not anymore. Today, low-cost GoPros, iPhones and drones have democratized video storytelling — spanning platforms from the internet to broadcast television.
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Olympic Broadcast Services (OBS), host broadcaster of the Rio Olympics has called 4K a “bus stop” in route to 8K.
Consumers have been taught that better images come from higher pixel count. While that has sold millions of TV sets, new image improvements will be harder to market. HFR, HDR, what role do broadcasters play?
Anyone can buy and fly a UAV-drone. All the exhibits at this year’s NAB show made that obvious. What was typically glossed over were the finer points of the flight science that makes them work—and why drones can make a less-than-perfect camera platform. Helicopter and UAV pilot John Watkinson reviews some of the science that makes drones both easy—and risky to fly.
When it comes to sports broadcasting, IP technology is changing the game with winning results. The use of IP has the potential to simplify sporting applications making them more cost effective and operationally efficient. From major global sporting events, to the coverage of smaller, niche sports, broadcasters can overcome a number of challenges, including issues surrounding scalability, and tackling the high level of cost and complexity associated with remote production, through the introduction of IP.
