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by Raechelle Jackson Issue 94 - October 2014 The third year level of BSc Television and Broadcasting has become infamous. Students know it will be a hard year long before they join the level, and now I am in that position, I sense both the crackle of fear and anticipation. So if there is anybody reading this expecting to see comments about hating e...

Submitted by Raechelle Jackson

Published 01 November 2014

The Latest in Ultra Slow Motion Live streaming and Replay

Issue 94 - October 2014We have seen the technological progress from slow motion to super and ultra slow motion and the added value, interest and analysis it has brought to the viewing of sport, natural history and other areas. These clever systems have been coming in the form of normal broadcast camera size packages but now German company Live Moti...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 01 November 2014

Exposed to ideas

by Dick Hobbs Issue 94 - October 2014 I did not get the chance to attend much of the IBC conference this year. But I did make sure I was there for the interview with Professor Brian Cox, which was excellent. He is witty, charismatic and exceptionally clever. Once a keyboard player in a rock band, Cox is now a particle physicist and one of the leade...

Submitted by Dick Hobbs.

Published 01 November 2014

Move and Deliver

Issue 93 - September 2014 In an industry that hands out a lot of awards, it can be easy to take the revelation of each golden statuette or glass embossed brick with a pinch of salt. When NATAS hands out a Technology and Engineering Emmy, however, people sit up and take notice. This month Video Services Forum, Media Links, Nevion, DVBlink, Inc, Harr...

Submitted by Will Strauss#

Published 01 October 2014

#TVFUTURES

Issue 93 - September 2014TV-Bay has featured a number of stories from the University of Portsmouth course BSc Television and Broadcasting over the last 12 months, and the course is relatively unusual for operating an actually television channel in tandem with the curriculum, and for producing weekly live professional TV programmes. The course has r...

Submitted by Larry Jordan#

Published 01 October 2014

Fashionable Live Streaming

by Katie Phibbs Issue 93 - September 2014 For the launch of their Autumn Winter 2014 collection, Ted Baker called on London studio 3xScreen Media to provide an ambitious production and live streaming solution. The brief was to provide catwalk coverage via four simultaneous live streams viewed in a player designed and built for purpose. The fashion...

Submitted by Kate Phibbs

Published 01 October 2014

In the Field

by Robin Brown Issue 93 - September 2014 Traditionally teleprompters were seen solely as a studio staple, but for more than two decades they have been consistently supporting talent in the field in a variety of locations around the globe. The numerous step changes in technology, which have had such a dramatic impact on all types of television equip...

Submitted by Robin Brown

Published 01 October 2014

Making the invisible visible

by Charlie Watts Issue 92 - August 2014 September 2014 will see a brand new communication and televisual experience unleashed for University of Portsmouth students within the newly opened Eldon Building. Catherine Harper, Professor and Dean of the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) Faculty, and Gary Bown, Principal lecturer, have both made it t...

Submitted by Charlie Watts

Published 01 September 2014

Israels i24news

by Jason Danielston Issue 92 - August 2014 Israeli international news channel i24news went on air in July 2013. Broadcasting from Jaffa port, Tel Aviv, it airs international news on three channels in three languages: English, French, and Arabic. The channel provides news content and magazine pieces to 800 million households around the world on cabl...

Submitted by Jason Danielson#

Published 01 September 2014

Vision for the future of TV

Issue 92 - August 2014During the Commonwealth Games BBC Research and Development took the opportunity to unveil a range of new trials and public demonstrations as part of its Games showcase. These experiments brought together a wide range of industry partners and are helping to shape BBC R&D’s vision for the future of TV, and included a number of b...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 01 September 2014

The Challenges of streaming media

by Larry Jordan Issue 91 - July 2014 Internet streaming. It sounds easy, but doing it is surprisingly difficult. I know, Ive been streaming live audio every week for the last seven years for my podcast Digital Production Buzz. And Im streaming video from my website for the last three years as part of my on-going software training. If everything is...

Submitted by Larry Jordan#

Published 01 August 2014

Information Control and Automation but not as you know it

by Sandra Squire Issue 90 - June 2014 Cameras, branding, lighting and timers all at the touch of a button. Accurate clocks, timing and cue information are essential components of any broadcasting environment directors, production teams and presenters have always depended on them for the delivery of broadcast critical operations. This is still the c...

Submitted by Sandra Squire

Published 01 July 2014

Disaster Recovery the broadcast emergancy service

by Lee Sheppard & Paul Moran Issue 90 - June 2014 Weve all heard the phrase Disaster Recovery (DR), but what does it actually mean for broadcasters and content owners, and what constitutes a disaster?DR is a broad term that encompasses a range of scenarios, from catastrophic disaster (for instance, the complete destruction of a whole facility), to...

Submitted by Lee Sheppard

Published 01 July 2014

Box to Box

by Will Strauss Issue 90 - June 2014 Specially designed flyaway OB units are being deployed at the World Cup in Brazil to help bring enhanced coverage of the beautiful game to countries around the world. By Will Strauss. Like many journalists I like to put things in boxes, metaphorically speaking, Regardless of how unwise it may be, it helps to est...

Submitted by Will Strauss#

Published 01 July 2014

Changing expectations

by Dick Hobbs Issue 90 - June 2014 I can remember when Ericsson made mobile phones. Now they are a major player in television playout or, as we now have to call it, delivering content. Interestingly, they also carry out extensive research, and have their own forecasting group which is looking at the way the business is changing. They have published...

Submitted by Dick Hobbs.

Published 01 July 2014