Training

The revolution in broadcast technologies has brought extraordinary challenges to production, operations and management professionals. Broadcast Engineering has teamed up with industry experts to provide you with the technical information you need to stay current with new technological alternatives, help you review options and make more informed decisions. Our eBooks provide a solid foundation of the basics: camera and lens technology, video compression and RF systems. Our instruction video course, presented by Al Kovalick, features the latest information on file based technology and workflow for broadcast professionals and is available as a full course, or 8 smaller modules that can be purchased individually for self paced learning.


eBooks

Digital Video Fundamentals



Whether your background is in video production, broadcast television or network playout, Digital Video Fundamentals will become your key reference manual. Practical and real-world applications and examples help you understand digital fundamentals and how to properly operate those solutions in your environment.

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Broadcast RF systems: Installation & Maintenance tips



When it comes to DTV antennas, towers, transmission lines and maintaining RF systems, few can match the expertise of Broadcast Engineering writer and consulting engineer Don Markley. Don spent almost 40 years providing consulting services to his base of worldwide clients, building some of the largest and most complex TV antenna and broadcast systems ever designed.

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Video Compression, Editing and Displays



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.

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A Broadcaster's Guide To Camera & Lens Technology



A broadcaster's guide to camera and lens technology is a highly practical and reference-oriented tutorial by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph.D. This tutorial is designed to help ENG videographers, commercial video producers and video engineers capture better video by understanding the lens and electronics inside their cameras. 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.

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Building IP Video Networks



This twenty-seven page eBook is comprised of five-chapters that will help readers better understand the basics of IP terminology along with its technology and application in media environments. The goal of the eBook is to help build a base for further training on IP and its increasing application in the media, post production and broadcast spaces.

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Instructional Videos

Al Kovalick

File-based technology and workflow: the essentials of professional networked media.

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 production.  This seminar series reviews the following essentials;

  • Introduction to file-based workflows  (file transfer, streaming, IT basics/values, new standards)
  • Storage systems for media  (SAN, NAS, virtual storage, file systems, archives, metrics)
  • Software and Services overview  (architectures, middleware, SOA, web methods)
  • Building ultra-reliable media systems using IT methods  (15 methods for reliability)
  • IT Networking for media (layer 2, 3, QoS metrics, TCP/UDP, fast file xfers)
  • Security for media systems (five tactics for secure isolation, encryption basics)
  • Media systems integration concepts (the 3 planes, file formats, MAM, system issues)
  • Essentials of cloud computing for media systems (types compared, benefits)

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