May 3, 2006 8:00 AM, News Technology Update e-newsletter
Snell & Wilcox has introduced Helios, a software-based conversion platform that uses the company’s video processing technology to deliver big-screen video quality on any viewing platform, including mobile video, VOD, IPTV, iPods and broadcast television.
Eliminating the boundaries between video formats, global standards and new media display devices, Helios makes it possible for content owners and broadcasters to master once and distribute anywhere.
Helios brings Snell & Wilcox' conversion, compression and signal processing expertise to the file-based domain. Combining the company's Ph.C motion estimation and FormatFusion technologies, Helios encompasses a complete automated solution that can convert under user control video, audio and metadata to any required format in a single “anytime” pass.
"Anytime" means Helios' intelligent job manager dynamically scales processing throughput by applying the appropriate amount of CPU power required for an individual task.
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.
