WTTW-TV's analog master control and associated tape room facility from the 1960s had undergone several rebuilds in the past. However, it needed to be re-purposed for other operations, so the station decided to build a new broadcast facility. WTTW decided to use its employees in the electronic maintenance and design group, and built the facility without the help of a systems integrator. Engineering managers researched equipment, tactics and budgets and developed an overall system design, while vendors selected equipment and furnished implementation ideas.
Key technology: SeaChange Broadcast MediaCluster, Sencore stream server, Thomson Trinix video router, Thomson Venus audio router, Thomson Jupiter control system, Thomson Saturn master control switcher, 360 Systems Digicart II, Miranda Kaleido-K2 monitors, Sundance Digital FastBreak automation system
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.
