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University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Field Report: Building a Converged Newsroom Environment July 8th 2015 - 02:10 PM

Previously, Annenberg’s curriculum utilized closed-system software in separate news environments. The main goal of the Media Center was to get them all playing together in one sandbox. The solution proved to be a Primestream FORK production suite.

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The offshore powerboats were fast. Our private Wi-Fi video transport network was faster.

Adventures in Broadcasting, Part 2: Say Hi to Wi-Fi July 6th 2015 - 08:19 AM

IP video over Wi-Fi provided a solid new signal transport solution at a fraction of most wireless link costs. Wi-Fi was easy. The challenge was finding available devices to convert camera HDMI into IP for Wi-Fi transport, and decoders to convert IP back to HDMI for the production switcher.

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Editshare XStream EFS storage platform.

Applied Technology: Why Fast Production Storage Is Just Not Enough June 25th 2015 - 07:47 AM

UHD, 4K, 6K, 8K…the proliferation of high-resolution formats and files, along with the growing number of skillsets that can collaborate on projects, can push storage bandwidth and capacities beyond their limits. With millions of assets available to potentially hundreds of creatives, resource contention across storage and lack of sophisticated media management tools become a major issue. Efficient, reliable and high-availability media storage, normally reserved for enterprise-class applications, is fast becoming the requirement across all levels for production and post.

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M/E 4 in the Program window is a logo key. The nearly identical orange powerboats (upper right) were competing neck to neck at over 150 MPH.

Adventures In Live Broadcast, Part 1 June 24th 2015 - 08:03 AM

Anyone who says engineering live field production is a breeze isn’t serious.

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Multiple GoPro cameras can be genlocked with Vislink receivers and Timecode Systems interfaces.

Precision Time Code and Genlock Bring Wireless Action Cameras Into Live Broadcasting June 23rd 2015 - 08:05 AM

While it is easy to mount multiple wireless GoPro cameras around an event area.The real issue becomes how to accurately switch between them. Fortunately, there now is a solution.

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The SSL network bridge link MADI to AoIP systems

Professional AoIP for Broadcast June 22nd 2015 - 01:00 PM

Today’s standard industrial IT infrastructure has already overtaken the technology of AES/EBU, MADI and TDM routers in terms of performance, cost and flexibility. The rate of development of IT systems, fuelled as it is by a multi-billion dollar industry many times the size of the broadcast industry, is certain to widen this gap in the future. Over the next few years IT infrastructure will replace current broadcast infrastructure, delivering additional flexibility, better scalability and significantly lower costs.

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The FCC currently allows the use of wireless microphones on both a licensed and unlicensed basis, depending on the spectrum band.

The Wireless Mic Dilemma June 22nd 2015 - 10:17 AM

Perhaps no equipment category will be more negatively affected by the upcoming FCC spectrum auction of U.S. airwaves than wireless microphones. For manufacturers of such wireless products, which have relied on a certain spectrum band to operate effectively for years, the impending channel changes have caused a slump in business, as concerned customers are not buying for fear of their systems becoming obsolete.

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Audio Monitor Setup Guide June 17th 2015 - 12:55 PM

The right monitors, the correct setup, proper sound. In this guide to the setup of audio monitor loudspeakers, find out about the listening area, how to place monitors for the best results, and how to improve the room acoustics.

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