Welcome to Part 2 of ‘Live Sports Production’ - This multi-part series uses a round table style format to explore the technology of live sports production with some of the industry’s leading system designers. It is a fascinating insight into what is being done every day around the world.
Part 2 is an examination of the state of evolution of network infrastructure design. Here we discuss the progression from SDI to IP and why hybrid systems remain a popular approach. As production infrastructure, processing resources and the underlying networks required become ever more complex, powerful tools are required to plan, deploy and monitor so we discuss the need for Broadcast Controllers and Orchestration systems. We also discuss backhaul and the technology and services required to get content reliably and securely from venue to studio.
Matrox Video, a global leader in innovative video technology and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) member, proudly announces the successful completion of the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) for Matrox ORIGIN.
Solid State Logic continues to expand its powerful lineup of plug-ins and software for its SSL 360° platform, this time announcing its new Meter Pro plug-in whilst also updating its renowned SSL 360° software to v1.9. The new pro metering plug-in provides users with real-time, precise analysis for a variety of audio tasks, seamlessly integrating and controllable via SSL’s UF1 DAW controller. Additionally, the SSL 360° V1.9 update brings even more power and capabilities to owners of UF1, UF8, and UC1 controllers.
Here we look from the state of the art in microphones, to what the future may bring with the enticing theoretical potential of microphone arrays built using MEMS technology.
nxtedition, the Swedish company behind the leading integrated platform for news and program production, and TASCAM, the iconic Japanese manufacturer of professional audio equipment, have successfully integrated their respective technologies using the Ember+ control protocol. This milestone marks a new step toward greater automation, modularity, and operational control in fast-paced broadcast environments.
NUGEN Audio launches its new speech intelligibility plug-in, DialogCheck. A mono, stereo and multichannel dialog clarity meter, the software provides an objective measure of speech audio intelligibility. DialogCheck is ideally suited for use in film, television, radio, podcasting and game audio production, as well as post-production environments.
During the Belgium Cup Final, Sony, NEP Europe and Citymesh set up the first 5G broadcast test in the country, providing media group DPG Media an in-depth proof of concept on network-based workflows.
Here we begin to build on the foundations of the incredibly well received ‘Broadcast Standards – The Book’ with the next phase of our exploration of standards used in broadcast.
As we proceed, we will focus on a number of key topic areas; the growth of new ‘cloud’ (private & public) based infrastructures, the convergence of OTA broadcast with streaming services & multi-format broadband delivery, emerging new immersive formats, and initial ISO/MPEG work on AI. But first we pause to take a look at each of the different relevant organizations that create standards, assess what they provide and summarize some of their ongoing work.
