With virtually every large and mid-sized broadcaster deploying (or soon to be) some type of cloud-based infrastructure to help keep up with the demand for more content, Grass Valley is helping its customers migrate from SDI baseband operations cost-effectively. That’s because customer feedback has shown that in today’s cost-conscious world, fast and efficient deployment and re-purposing of systems for alternative scenarios or productions is a key requirement.
The U.S. Postal Service’s unofficial motto applies just as much to ENG crews as to mail carriers: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” will keep these dedicated professionals from their appointed tasks.
For decades, a television studio’s production team has been no further from the action than a cable can comfortably be run.
The Nine Network Australia has invested in state-of-the-art robotic camera support systems from Vinten, and Intelligent Prompting solutions from Autoscript for the Production, News & Current Affairs studios located at its new Headquarters in Sydney Australia.
With the advent of log recording and higher resolution, and large-format cameras, DOPs are increasingly entertaining the notion that just about anything can be ‘fixed’ or finished in post.
Sony has announced that the HDC-F5500 system camera, the latest entry in Sony’s HDC camera series, which boasts a highly sensitive Super 35mm frame ideal for achieving a cinematic look, on a 4K CMOS global shutter image sensor, combined with perfect integration into live production systems, will be made available in Europe from Spring 2022.
While LED monitors are increasingly showing up in news studios large and small, in many cases replacing the green screen studios of old, make no mistake that virtual sets are advancing and, in tandem with augmented reality graphics, are changing the way stories are told on air.
Whether we think of it as virtual production, or just a particularly sophisticated variation on the back projection techniques that have been used for years, direct-view LED video displays have gained a hugely positive reputation in film and television effects work.
