New scalable multichannel audio solutions
In order to compete with high-resolution formats, broadcasters are increasingly pressured to deliver an experience that is not currently available through standard broadcast systems, such as offering scalable surround options with their programming....
CanWest Global Toronto
A desire to increase offer increased live news coverage sent CanWest Global on a search for a new digital console. The station chose a TV-80 console from Wheatstone and now produces between six and 10 live remotes in each half-hour program....
Saving shot data
The complexities of shooting with modern professional video cameras are exposing the limitations of traditional slates and may soon make them obsolete....
Control room acoustics
Find out what it takes to design an acoustically correct control room....
Disk-based news
Explore how advances in technology help newsrooms increase flexibility, improve workflow and lower costs....
Project Jupiter: The digital solution for BBC News
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The aim is to create an architecture that offers a service-orientated solution capable of handling future expansion and increased functionality....
NFL Films' expansion
You'd be hard-pressed to name any single facility outside of Hollywood that offers as wide a range of audio services as NFL Films. Today, the NFL Films complex stands as one of the recent achievements in facility design, a stunning architectural and technical display....
A modular approach to virtual monitoring
Many broadcasters are seeking new methods to monitoring the health of their signals and discovering the benefits of expanding beyond the traditional fixed monitor approach....
HD and SD scopes
From the general-purpose oscilloscope, manufacturers have adapted a specialized version, the “waveform monitor,” to simplify its use for video and TV — and now, for digital TV....
EPG updates from automation at ABC Asia Pacific
The EPG data, whether it takes the form of PSIP or DVB, tells DTV receivers important information about the signal originator, the program schedule and the content that is being shown....
Microphone options
Image plays a big part in which mic studio owners choose. High-end clients don't want to see inexpensive equipment in the rooms they use. As a result, companies like Studio Projects are correctly eyeballing the project-studio market....
Video file sharing
This article compares SAN and NAS file-sharing architectures and dispels some popular NAS myths....
Sony’s new production switcher series
The Sony MVS-8000 production switcher offers multi-format signal handling and simultaneous, parallel handling of SD and HD signals through advanced operator interfaces....
APVI manages data with Avalon
We set out to build a data management system that would leverage what has been learned in global commerce about process management, supply chain and multi-site collaboration and distribution....
Audio FX for video
Most video productions need sound effects to create an aural environment or to complement the action. This article offers some insights for enhancing your production by using sound effects from libraries or by creating the effects yourself....
Database design for broadcasters
Databases are pervading numerous aspects of the broadcast environment. Find out how to create a database that can serve as the foundation for a sophisticated asset-management system....
PSIP and data broadcasting: Keys to making the ATSC A/90 standard work
An in-depth look at the DTV program and system-information protocol and its role in data broadcasting for digital television....
Systems Design Showcase: Acoustics issues for studio design
Careful orchestration of the mechanical system with the architectural design is essential to achieving acoustic goals....
Resolution coexistence: The way forward for graphics
Today there is a veritable morass of scanning standards, not only in television, but also in other areas where digital technology has been applied to images — digital cinema and computers, for example....
Production Clips: Aspect ratio conversion
As the transition to digital television continues in the United States, aspect ratio conversion has become one of the most confusing and critically important production issues facing television program producers and broadcasters....
Production Clips: DVD production: Planning the facility
This article focuses on the more robust and hardware-driven systems currently joining traditional broadcast machinery in the racks at video production firms....
Production Clips: Digital audio workstations
Despite the recent demise of a number of long-standing digital audio workstation (DAW) manufacturers, there are still plenty of products to suit virtually every budget and application....
BIG screen values come to the small screen
HD broadcasts over DTV channels hold the promise of delivering vastly improved pictures and sound, along with data that can augment the linear video medium in an age of hypermedia....
Computers & Networks: Networking for post production
Most post-production facilities have been moving pictures over networks for years. Why did post get an early start?...
The 2002 World Cup
The world's biggest international sports event, the World Cup, this year presents a unique challenge to broadcasters. The matches are under way this month from two countries, Korea and Japan, that have no common border, nor a common language....
