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Loudness units relative to full scale (LUF) is the most accurate way to measure the audio level of a program or commercial.

AES Tackles Online Content Loudness November 5th 2020 - 09:00 AM

It was on December 13, 2011 that the Federal Communications Committee (FCC, the governmental body that oversees TV broadcasting in the U.S.), along with many irritated consumers, had had enough and decided to do something about the often times huge disparity in the audio level of commercials versus program content. This was after the U.S. congress passed the Calm Act bill on September 29, 2010.

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Creative Analysis: Part 10 - Cinematographer John Brawley On The Great November 3rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Cinematographer John Brawley finds himself happily amidst of an unprecedented renaissance of high-end television. The Great is a production that presents a lavish (if fictionalised) spectacle of eighteenth-century Russia, with Brawley photographing five episodes, with the remainder shot by Maja Zamojda and Anette Haellmigk. Ranging from the Royal Palace of Caserta in Italy to castles and estates all over England, the production also built extensive sets at Three Mills Studios in east London.

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The Sponsors Perspective: Monitoring Immersive Audio November 2nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Genelec Senior Technologist Thomas Lund starts down the road to ideal monitoring for immersive audio by looking at what is real, and how that could or should be translated for the listener.

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AI Based & GPU Accelerated Compression & Image Processing Are Igniting Video’s Afterburner October 30th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The impact of AI on videoconferencing bandwidth reduction couldn’t be accelerating at a more opportune time.

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The LAWO mc<sup>2</sup>56 mkIII with immersive control shown on-screen.

The Sponsors Perspective: Effectively Using The Power Of Immersive Audio October 27th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Lawo’s Christian Scheck takes a tour of console functions and features that have a special place in immersive audio production, and how they are developing.

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HDR: Part 15 - Using Vintage Stills Lenses For Digital Cinematography October 23rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

In the mid-70s, Canon released the K35 series of primes, based on its then top-of-the-line FD mount stills lenses. It wasn’t the first or last time a set of glass elements designed for stills had been repackaged for movie work, but the K35s won an Academy Award in 1977 and have since amassed a glittering resume including Barry Lyndon, Aliens and American Hustle and many others.

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Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 5 - Processing Gamma Corrected Signals October 22nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

It is unwise to pretend that gamma corrected signals can successfully be multiplied, added and subtracted in a matrix as if they represented linear light. Yet in television it is done all the time.

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Notre Dame stadium.  Photo credit Andy Fuller.

The Sponsors Perspective: Notre Dame’s IP-Based Campus Crossroads Project October 20th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Here, we take a look at the landmark installation at the University of Notre Dame that highlights one of the biggest advantages of IP-based systems - flexibility. In the past networks have required a lot of cables and interconnections, today, a single cable can deliver every signal to any endpoint in real time, and with outstanding quality, and robustness.

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