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Creative Analysis: Part 19 - Cinematographer Angus Hudson BSC, On The Life Ahead March 15th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Spending a few weeks in southern Italy is a popular idea. For cinematographer Angus Hudson, BSC, an opportunity to soak up the Puglian sun would come in the form of The Life Ahead (in Italian, La vita davanti a sé), a film directed by Edoardo Ponti and starring Sophia Loren in her first role since 2010.

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Comprimato JPEG2000 Integrated In Interra Baton March 12th 2021 - 11:00 AM

Using Comprimato’s JPEG2000 SDK, Interra Systems will include automated testing for 4K content in the next release of its file-based automated QC product, Baton.

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Spectra Logic And OpenDrives Partner For Data Storage Solution March 12th 2021 - 10:00 AM

The combined solution integrates OpenDrives’ high-performance, low-latency primary storage with Spectra Logic’s StorCycle Storage Lifecycle Management software for workflow productivity and business efficiencies.

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Most retired engineers I’ve known loved every minute of it but never came back unless free food was involved.

The Trouble With TV March 12th 2021 - 09:00 AM

TV stations are great places to work, and talented technical people like the stability. The longer they work at a station, the more difficult they are to replace when they retire.

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Creative Technology Use Quicklink Studio-in-a-Box March 11th 2021 - 10:00 AM

Creative Technology, owned by NEP, have used Quicklink’s ST500 to help deliver virtual events for their clients.

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QxL chosen for its leading IP and 4K/UHD test and measurement capabilities.

InSync Upgrades To PHABRIX QxL For ST 2110 Signal Generation And Analysis March 11th 2021 - 09:00 AM

InSync Technology has selected PHABRIX’s QxL 25G IP ST 2110 rasterizer for UHD SDI and IP video and audio signal generation and analysis. Since its inception in 2003, InSync has specialized in the development of highly efficient signal processing hardware and software products, with a focus on motion compensated frame rate and format conversion.

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Encoding, decoding, compression, distance and switch hops all add latency along the distributed signal path.

Latency Remains Thorn In Side Of Live Sports Remote Production March 11th 2021 - 09:00 AM

After years of trial and error designed to reduce operating cost and (more recently) keep crews safely distanced, remote production has found its niche in live production and will remain the de facto method for producing events over a distributed network infrastructure. However, a big hurdle left to overcome for successful deployment of such networked workflows is latency. In live production, video latency refers to the amount of time it takes for a single frame of video to transfer from the camera to a processing location (on premise or in the cloud) and back to the display—wherever that display might be.

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Built at the home of the Racing TV channel, at Ealing Studios. Photo credit Tom Aizenberg.

Timeline TV Delivers New Studio For Racing TV March 10th 2021 - 11:00 AM

The studio’s design is intended to take viewers as close to the racecourse action as possible. The new studio will work as a hub by bringing in all of Racing TV’s race-day feeds, with reporters at every course, creating a ‘watch together’ racing community experience.

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