Automatic microphone mixing, long a staple of commercial sound installations, has moved to professional dialogue recording for film and television production. This is the story of that journey over the past half century.
The summer of 2016 has long been expected to be a breakthrough moment in the evolution of live streaming. Many experts believe the 2016 Summer Olympics is where that will happen.
In Part 1 of this two-part series on powering LED lighting, we looked at switching power supply basics, dimmers and system efficiency. In this concluding article, we examine Power Factors, Energy Efficiency Standards and LED fixture selection.
In today’s highly competitive television broadcast landscape, the on screen presentation of a broadcaster’s programming can mean the difference between ratings success and failure. That’s why many have embraced virtual sets as a cost-effective way of improving their on-air look by either replacing an existing physical studio set o…
Over The Air broadcasters are no longer the only game in town when it comes to delivering content to viewers. A whole new range of competitors and technologies are lining up to bring content to viewers.
The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has included two enhanced versions of HD among four alternative profiles for broadcasters to adopt on the road way towards future immersive services that incorporate all aspects of full Ultra HDTV (UHDTV). These are detailed in a new technical report, Video System Requirements for UHDTV…
The microphone preamplifiers in most low-cost audio mixers and recorders are now optimized for high-output condenser microphones. However, dynamic and ribbon microphones produce output levels that are too low for normal use by these devices. There is now a simple solution to this problem.
The Olympic Games may look the same this summer. But the technology behind the scenes is the latest available.
Migration from linear to on-demand viewing is in full swing across Europe with the one big exception of premium live sports, which is booming across all video outlets. This has been confirmed by various surveys, with a report from UK media regulator Ofcom finding that overall TV viewing in the…
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has weighed into the continent’s debate over net neutrality by calling for stronger guidelines with no fast lanes. The EBU has responded to a call for consultation from the Bureau of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) by insisting that net neutrality should be a…
