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Lightbridge CRLS C-Drive And C100 Kits Now Available At MSE December 1st 2021 - 09:00 AM

Matthews Studio Equipment announces the end of extended wait times for the much-anticipated Cine Reflect Lighting System CRLS 2.0 C-Drive and C100 Kits.

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AGITO Trax Adds To The Emotion Of “Adele One Night Only” TV Special November 30th 2021 - 11:00 AM

Motion Impossible’s AGITO Trax modular dolly system helped bring about the emotion of the singer’s performances for the recently aired two-hour CBS special.

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Apple’s Next Generation Processor Is All About Power… Consumption November 29th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The last twenty years has seen a lot of film and TV hardware turn into software that runs on workstations and servers. With Apple’s move away from Intel, though, and several other recent attempts to popularize alternative designs, anyone looking at new equipment finds a field in flux.

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URSA Broadcast G2.

​Blackmagic Debut URSA Broadcast G2 With 6K Sensor November 26th 2021 - 09:30 AM

The Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 features dual gain ISO up to +36dB, H. 265 and Blackmagic RAW file formats.

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AJA Video Provides Flexible Bridge From SDI To NDI And Back Again November 26th 2021 - 09:30 AM

As broadcast facilities and other organizations that use media to educate and inform continue to carefully make the move to video over IP, they currently face two main options, with a range of others in the wings. ​They may opt for a full SMPTE ST 2110 design that leverages uncompressed pristine quality video for higher profile productions or lightly compressed NDI networking, which brings with it less costs and easy access to an expanding ecosystem of compliant products and systems.

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Cellphone Apps Put Control And Monitoring In The Palm Of Your Hand November 26th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Due to the flexibility and virtually unlimited access of the Internet Protocol, manufacturers of broadcast and production equipment have for years provided customers with the remote ability, via an HTML 5 browser interface, to monitor and control hardware devices via a smart phone, tablet or laptop. Vendors have now begun to take that access one step further and have developed dedicated applications for mobile phones—which have been optimized for the reduced scale of a phone screen—that put this control in the palm of your hand.

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Creative Audio - Mixing Live Music For TV With John Harris - Part 2 November 25th 2021 - 09:00 AM

“You need to be very predictable with the broadcast at all times. When I started doing this you had to be really careful with 5.1; there was no standardization,” he says. Indeed, for a long time, as broadcasters began to switch to HDTV across the U.S., it was not unusual for audio channels to be mixed up during transmission, or for audio processors to be incorrectly set or configured.

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Cinematographer John Matysiak with Tiffen filter.

Tiffen Filters And New Lenses Give “Old Henry” Its Unforgiving Western Look November 24th 2021 - 10:00 AM

Reaching for a historic lens is an almost instinctive choice for modern cinematographers, especially those keen to transport an audience back in time. On Old Henry, cinematographer John Matysiak took a different approach to creating a realistically harsh and unforgiving world for director Potsy Ponciroli’s western.

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