Post-Production

Only one in five TV stations are connected to the cloud

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:28:00 +0000

Desmond Chaskelson Co-Founder & Research Director SCRI Research International

TV stations are the lowest percentage of current adopters, but that may belie higher growth ahead.

Cable stations and production/post facilities are the early adopters of cloud technology.

Yomiuri TV upgrades workflow with Grass Valley file-based solution

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000

Yomiuri TV, Japan builds complete file-based workflow with Stratus and Edius solutions

Deployment includes EDIUS, K2 SAN with K2 Summit 3G, HDWS turnkey workstations with Storm 3G Elite, and GV STRATUS, and the largest roll-out of K2 SAN systems in Japan.

Stock images help make stories more visually appealing

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:03:00 +0000

Ned Soseman

Stock images from Shutterstock provide economical impact for Bellum’s "On the Spot" series.

Harmonic presets optimized for Netflix

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:31:00 +0000

Ned Soseman

The new collaborative transcoding presets for ProMedia Carbon provide content operators greater assurance when delivering content to Netflix.

ChyronHego introduces Mosaic broadcast graphics platform

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:40:00 +0000

Built on the latest Intel and NVIDIA architecture, Mosaic’s graphics engine is well-suited for live news, sports, entertainment and OB productions.

Brainstorm showcases Aston 3D graphics creation system at NAB

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Aston 3D is a complete and comprehensive graphics system built to be the center of any design department.

NewTek’s TriCaster delivers online results

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:11:00 +0000

Ned Soseman

The UK National Lottery Online has only one chance to get it right.

ToolsOnAir modernizes media workflow in Boston

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:04:00 +0000

Ned Soseman

BATV implements ToolsOnAir as part of a 21st century workflow.

Color grading

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Richard Duvall

Waveform monitors and vectorscopes are vital tools in colorists’ palettes.

Being a brilliant editor and colorist doesn’t mean much if no one will air your product. Waveforms and vectorscopes can help produce a legal, color-balanced product, without any unwanted color cast.

VDS’ Streamliner

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Larry Mincer

The graphics system’s rules engine enables ad and program replacement in live second-screen streams.

VDS has developed an enhanced version of its Promotor system for automating broadcast graphics. This new system, called Streamliner, uses an internal rules engine and robust interface-to-station automation to send standard or custom SCTE104 messages to a VANC inserter, with the messages interpreted downstream by a streaming encoder/splicer.