Television broadcasters worldwide are finally migrating away from proprietary, hardware-based workflows and towards all-IT, software-based production environments, and for good reason. Running on commodity hardware, software solutions are the key to new workflow efficiencies, reduced OPEX and CAPEX, less dependence on specialized technical staff, and the flexibility to deliver more powerful and scalable production environments.
Europe’s TV standards body DVB has taken a further step towards Ultra HD TV (UHD) commercial deployment by approving UHD-1 Phase 2 at a recent meeting of its Steering Board. This second phase of the UHD commercial requirements adds support for HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Higher Frame Rate (HFR).
Security concerns dominate the discussion of adoption of cloud infrastructure in the Broadcast, Media and Entertainment space. The picture of a petulant executive declaring “I am not putting my content in the cloud!” stops many technical managers from a true investigation of the benefits and drawbacks for extending operations into cloud services.
In this Part 2 of the series, the author reviews best practices and tools needed to measure consumer’s QoE.
It is all very well being able to quantify the volume of a signal, however, what is important is how loud it is perceived to be.
Europe needs a unified approach to regulating hybrid mobile services combining satellite and ground based components, according to a recent white paper from satellite fleet owner and services provider EchoStar. The key issue is wide variation between some European Union (EU) member states over licensing regimes covering the complementary ground component (CGC) operating in the same frequencies as S-band Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) within common hybrid services.
The NASA TV channel, partially owned and powered by the latest compression technology from Harmonic and featuring programming captured and distributed in pristine UHD (2160p60) resolution, has become the first such channel available to consumers in North America. Only those with UHD-compatible televisions can view the full beauty of the breathtaking images from outer space.
Live TV field production of one-off sports events is an open invitation for surprises of all kinds. The show must go on and it’s the worst possible time for drama. It’s a good fit for passionate engineers who thrive on winning and enjoy alternating bursts of despair and adrenaline. The more adrenaline a field sports production generates, the greater the thrill. Like a magic act, the trick is keeping production secrets hidden from view.
