July 2011
Features
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The making of a stereo 3-D lensJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY THOM CALABRO Despite the impressive number of movies and TV sports events produced in stereo 3-D, stereoscopic 3-D production remains a specialized, niche application.... |
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FACE timeJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY PAULA CARRILLO AND AKIRA OSAMOTO In video compression algorithms, the quantization parameter is typically adapted based on overall bit usage and relative complexity of the region in the... |
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Audio formatsJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MATT BELL Since the early days of cinema and broadcast, the business of audio capture, production and post production has always been the recipient of less attention,... |
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Building IP-centric media data centersMar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Luc Andries As broadcasters transition to file-based media production, large disk-based storage systems are becoming the fundamental media service of the production... |
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Ethernet in broadcastFeb 1, 2011 12:00 PM, By Steve Lampen Broadcast facilities should be properly outfitted for 3Gb/s speeds.... |
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DVB-S2 and spectral efficiencyMay 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY RUSS VAN DER WERFF Industry experts and vendors alike recognize that DVB-S2 satellite modulation offers significant technical advantages.... |
Beyond the Headlines
True-peak amplitude
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY SIMON PEGG
Thanks to the ITU-R BS.1770 multichannel loudness algorithm, audio is the new Cinderella. As broadcasters and content producers seek to comply with legislation...
CALM Act approved
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY HARRY C. MARTIN
The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act), which the president...
Workflow automation
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY
The concept of broadcast automation was first developed for the control of robotic cart machines. Such machines as the Sony Betacart and LMS, Panasonic...
Building an HD system
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DAVID PHILLIPS
Although many HD systems have been built, success still hinges on the right decisions being taken before plans are committed to purchase orders. Over...
Digital Handbook
Mobile video technology
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ALDO CUGNINI
Mobile DTV is continuing to roll out in the United States. The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) recently projected that the new service will reach more...
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User authenticationJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BRAD GILMER System security is like the weather; lots of people worry, but no one actually does anything about it. The January Computers & Networks column Media network... |
Brand your channel
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY EVAN SIROF
It is no secret that weather is a critical lure for local TV audiences. With that in mind, WRAL-TV in Raleigh-Durham, NC, has spent years strengthening...
Mobile broadcast
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY PHILIP HUNTER
The graveyard of mobile communication history is littered with failed broadcast standards, even predating cellular telephony itself, culminating with...
System Integration
Anytime, anywhere
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BOB VASSAR
You don't need to look far in most TV stations and network facilities to find piles and drawers full of recorded video cassettes. Somebody saved them...
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Creative PACKAGINGJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL GROTTICELLI Spacious, roomy and warm are not terms used to describe the working environment onboard a typical HD mobile production truck, but virtually everyone that... |
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STN: the story of a Slovenian teleportJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY A visit to Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) is more like calling in on family friends rather than a big corporation. There is a good reason... |
New Products & Reviews
Grass Valley's 3G Transmission
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MARCEL KOUTSTAAL
In most live sports and entertainment productions, transmitting camera signals from designated camera positions (either fixed or roving) back to the on-site...
Small Tree's ST-FCoE
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY STEVE MODICA
For many broadcasting entities and creative agencies with multiple users moving large files across a network, Fibre Channel was a sensible alternative....
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NewTek's TriCasterJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY PHIL KURZ Over the past few years, MTV and the MTVN Music Group have leveraged online video streaming and social media to complement linear programming and further... |
Biamp Systems' AudiaFLEX and Sona
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BOB LEDO
When the NCAA decided to move the Final Four portion of its national collegiate basketball championship to Ford Field in Detroit three years ago, the...
Production switching
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF
Product categories evolve over time, not unlike the natural world. Things that make a product distinct and useful tend to show up in similar ways in other...
NEW PRODUCTS
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM
PanasonicAJ-SF110 Ingest software supports archiving P2 files to LTO, Blu-ray or other storage devices; features proxy creation, as well as metadata preview...
NEW PRODUCTS
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM
Radial Engineering’s H-Amp Speaker-to-headphone converter allows two sets of headphones to be driven directly from a speaker connection or amplifier output and more...
Departements
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Let TV dieJul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Brad Dick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR A May 2011 report titled If a TV station broadcasts in the forest, written by Thomas W. Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University... |
Migrating from the Moviola
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDITOR
While I was attending the Broadcast Asia show in Singapore, a major product release happened. It was not at the show, but the news was all over the blogosphere;...
TV: the original social network
Jul 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ANTHONY R. GARGANO
Welcome to yet another installment of what I refer to as Broadcast Engineering's Andy Rooney segment. It's fun to be given the final page of this great...
