Portable news systems: Smaller, lighter and smarter
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The advent of IP-based technology is the next step in the evolution of newsgathering tools...
Fujinon's Precision Focus Assist system
A key distinction between focusing in SD or HD lays the difference in depth of field between the two lens types...
XVD's CamCast Professional wireless digital streaming system
More HD or SD content can be processed and distributed within the same network bandwidth...
Affordable HD at NAB
Coming into NAB2005, the HDV format was the big buzz...
The future of satellite news gathering
The latest generation of flyaway systems enables fewer boxes to be shipped and smaller vehicles to be used with compact, roof-mounted uplinks...
HDTV lens design: Management of light transmission
This month’s article looks at light transmission, including transmission, aperture control, relative light distribution and spectral transmittance...
Fiber-optic systems
he march of technology to wider bandwidths continues to put increasing pressure on copper infrastructure and make fiber more attractive...
The Optibase/ADI streaming platform
Key to the encoding and decoding process is the ability to maintain broadcast standards throughout the IP video contribution chain...
On safari WITH HD
One photographer’s journey in Africa to capture native life in HD...
Using HDV cameras in the HD workflow
Production teams are always looking for new equipment that can assist the shooting in difficult conditions or at remote locations...
SHOOTING in 24p for local TV
New technologies enable stations to shoot and edit 24p video for local production. What are the advantages...
Surviving the 2GHz transition
The biggest impact of the relocation will be on ENG equipment and operations. However, fixed links also must be moved in a seamless manner...
HDTV lens design: Management of MTF
Understanding key differences in SD and HD lenses can improve your images...
Microphones: What to look for
It is important to choose a microphone that
has low handling noise as well as low
cable-induced noise...
Professional video and film file formats
MXF, when combined with Descriptive Metadata Scheme 1 (DMS-1) is a powerful enabling technology...
NYI News goes tapeless with Panasonic's P2 recording system
While NY1’s transition to P2 continues, it has been impressed with the newfound speed and efficiencies of the format...
Will 2005 be the year of HDTV worldwide?
The number of countries outlining plans for HDTV services is growing...
HDTV lenses, MTF and picture sharpness
Find out why the modulation transfer function is the best predictor of an HDTV lens' performance...
Evertz MVP monitors KQED-TV
KQED-TV in San Francisco has migrated to a fully digital multichannel system that transmits four simultaneous SD channels at any time or one HD plus one SD stream during prime time...
NBA goes HD
In today's crowded field of sports broadcasting, it's not easy to stand out. But, with a series of significant carriage deals on direct-broadcast satellite...
Surround sound micing techniques
As broadcasters move into 5.1 and surround broad-casting, the importance of remote audio has increased greatly. It's no longer adequate to hand a couple...
Surround sound micing techniques
As broadcasters move into 5.1 and surround broad-casting, the importance of remote audio has increased greatly. It's no longer adequate to hand a couple...
Portable news links
The war in Iraq was marked by a phenomenal increase in the mobility of live news reports, with reporters and cameramen filing anywhere, from tanks and...
Portable news links
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Journalists are using the latest technology to deliver breathtaking, live reports from the field. Find out which equipment will work best for you....
SPECIAL REPORT: High definition
With competition heating up, stations are going digital in a big way. After years of complacency marked by stations begrudgingly installing digital transmitters...
