At 2022 NAB Show Industry Demos Value Of 8K Production May 10^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

It was in December 2018, during the Rugby World Cup hosted by Japan, that national broadcaster NHK began testing what it called its “Super Hi-Vision” 8K system, broadcasting images via satellite at up to 16x greater than that of HD—with a complementary 22.2-channel audio scheme. At the time NHK, working with …

Grass Valley Shakes Up Playout Category By Offering Cloud-based AMPP Module For Free May 9^th 2022 - 10:00 AM

As head of NewTek and later its NDI subsidiary for decades until last year, Dr. Andrew Cross was a big advocate of making technology accessible and affordable to a wide range of people. It just made good business sense to create an ecosystem and then allow users to experience some…

Transforms: Part 4 - Discrete Fourier Transforms May 4^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

As we saw earlier when discussing transform duality, when something happens on one side of a transform, we can predict through duality what to expect on the other side.

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 2 May 2^nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

With fewer exhibits and smaller crowds, the 2022 NAB Show aisles were easier to navigate and exhibitors had more time to speak with visitors.

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 1 April 29^th 2022 - 12:30 PM

Many annual NAB Shows have become milestones in TV broadcasting history. The presence of the 2022 NAB Show marked the first Las Vegas NAB Show since 2019.

Information: Part 1 - What Is Information? April 28^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Although we are said to live in an information society, the more that is considered, the less likely it appears. A good place to start is to consider what information is.

NAB 22 BEIT Conferences Detail TV Engineering Progress April 20^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

People visit NAB Shows for many reasons. Some are there to investigate and examine new solutions. Some are shopping with a budget ready to spend. Others visit to gather ideas and figures for next year’s budget. Many visit to accomplish all this and make time to learn the latest r…

Virtual Production Strains Into Overdrive April 14^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Virtual production capabilities are advancing at pace and will also start to become integrated into regular production schedules to reduce production times and costs. What’s more VP is being seen as a way to get productions that have been stifled under Covid restrictions to move quickly into production while p…

Electricity: Part 1 - Basic Principles April 13^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

In this new series, John Watkinson looks at all aspects of electricity.

Transforms: Part 3 - Superhet Analyzers April 7^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Here we dip a toe into spectrum analysis. The water’s warm.