You don’t have to be a TV broadcaster for long to learn that lights, cameras and call letters can be fruitcake magnets. Several times in 2015, misfits turned local TV news into national news. This dangerous trend illustrates the escalation of illegal activities interrupting the otherwise controlled chaos of live l…
As the broadcast industry continues its calculated migration from SDI to Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructures—and all of the targeted file transfers, reduced equipment costs and resolution independence that comes with it—many of the major equipment vendors have begun forming alliances to support each other’s efforts and ensure inter…
Some who shoot RAW using a digital cinema camera claim those who shoot with a video camcorder must live with the camera’s built-in look—a look designed by engineers in Japan. They also claim when you shoot with a digital cinema camera, during color grading you are able to “desig…
PTP - Precision Time Protocol is the new “BLACK”. PTP is a more accurate version of NTP – Network Time Protocol, which controls the synchronizing and timing of data packets in the IP environment. In the world of bits and bytes, locking each bit to a slice of time must be highl…
It has long been known that video drives viewers to websites. But live streaming video was often too expensive for modest news and information outlets, forcing them to rely on video content provided by other sources. Now, the cost of streaming has fallen, making it possible for virtually anyone to…
DutchView Infostrada, part of the NEP worldwide network since June this year, has launched Cloud Production, an IP-based video production platform. It was used to produce Dutch TV show Carlo’s TV Café broadcast on RTL4, a first live broadcast to be televised using cloud-based technology. This was quickly followed by…
Professionals working in live entertainment, sports and news are challenged with capturing, preparing and distributing content in the fastest, most efficient way possible. They also must handle the explosion of new content formats and rising media standards like 4K. Implementing an effective media asset management (MAM) platform that can handle…
Television broadcasters worldwide are finally migrating away from proprietary, hardware-based workflows and towards all-IT, software-based production environments, and for good reason. Running on commodity hardware, software solutions are the key to new workflow efficiencies, reduced OPEX and CAPEX, less dependence on specialized technical staff, and the flexibility to deliver more…
Europe’s TV standards body DVB has taken a further step towards Ultra HD TV (UHD) commercial deployment by approving UHD-1 Phase 2 at a recent meeting of its Steering Board. This second phase of the UHD commercial requirements adds support for HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Higher Frame Rate (HFR).
When it comes to capturing aerial shots, nothing can beat a drone flown by an experienced pilot working along side a good photographer. Newbies to the technology benefit from learning by those already up-to-speed. Read on.
