Since 2012 many moviegoers have been captivated by the nearly two thousand theaters throughout the world that have installed Dolby’s 3D immersive sound system called Dolby Atmos. Since then Dolby has worked to also make the technology available for live broadcasts, home theater systems and even stereo headphones.
Viewers want big displays and big displays look their best with new UHD 4K content. While the content is being developed today, producers still grapple with difficulties and challenges facing them as they create new UHD 4K images. That quality level must soon become as common the HDTV equivalent.
Olympic Broadcast Services (OBS), host broadcaster of the Rio Olympics has called 4K a “bus stop” in route to 8K.
It is well known that security breaches cause much less revenue loss or reputational damage if they are caught early. They are simply cheaper to fix at that stage.
The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has raised hopes that the first preliminary standard covering VR (Virtual Reality) will be set before the end of 2016. This follows a recent meeting in Geneva comprising some of the main standards bodies in TV, including JPEG, MPEG, DVB and EBU (European Broadcasting Union) as…
The fundamental premise of technology is that it gives us leverage. A tool gives us more power, more effectiveness, more precision, more time. But there are few tools or technologies that do this for us without some effort on our part. Just buying a lathe doesn’t make the person a…
Moving video around a broadcast or media facility is a key requirement and fundamental to the operation. When media is transported the signal is open to induced errors, typically through noise, distortion and interference. The time frame of the error may vary between a few pico-seconds and many seconds. It…
Consumers have been taught that better images come from higher pixel count. While that has sold millions of TV sets, new image improvements will be harder to market.
HFR, HDR, what role do broadcasters play?
When a potential new entertainment medium like Virtual Reality bursts onto the Hollywood scene, SMPTE tries to help us understand its implications.
Traditional broadcasting faces increased competition from heavily funded network-based channels. But now, there are new, smaller and much lower-cost ways for content makers to get their message to an audience. Enter NomadTV, a company that builds low-cost OTT services for any niche audience.