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3sixtymedia implements Universal Videohub 288 with ITV

with Taig McNab Issue 97 - January 2015 Taig McNab joined ITV in the Spring of 2011 and was quickly thrown into project managing the move of 3sixtymedia, ITV\'s post facility, from Quay Street in Manchester to MediaCityUK. Brought onboard as technical manager, not only was Taig responsible for looking after all of the operational aspects of 3sixtym...

Submitted by Taig McNab

Published 01 February 2015

Still unsure about cloud editing? Read this..

by Stephen Streater Issue 97 - January 2015 For all the talk about the cloud in the past couple of years, it can still be a bit of a mystery. When it comes to editing video in the cloud, some people still struggle with the concept. Is cloud editing secure? Do I need special knowledge? Why switch from traditional editing workflows? Won\'t cloud edit...

Submitted by Stephen Streater

Published 01 February 2015

Stability not short-term subscriptions

by Lewis Kirkaldie Issue 97 - January 2015 I\'ve been watching the prospect of subscription-based tools with interest. I talk to customers a lot, and they too are monitoring the situation. Some can see advantages; others are wary. I think it depends very much on what the tool is. Being able to switch a service on and off is attractive for some appl...

Submitted by Lewis Kirkaldie

Published 01 February 2015

Fixing it in parallel

by Daniele Siragusano Issue 97 - January 2015 Whenever something went wrong in television production, the cry was always "We\'ll fix it in post". Except that there was rarely enough time, in a broadcast schedule, to fix anything. Today we expect every programme - even routine television programmes like daily dramas - to look and sound perfect. But...

Submitted by Daniele Siragusano

Published 01 February 2015

Coffee and TV: Tracking the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with mo...

by Jon Trussler Issue 97 - January 2015 When VFX artists are faced with tight deadlines, they rely on software to address particular pain points, helping them deliver the finished product in time. Such was the case when Soho-based VFX studio Coffee and TV was commissioned to hand off 70 VFX shots in just two weeks for three Samsung Galaxy Note 4 co...

Submitted by John Trussler

Published 01 February 2015

Heavy duty LCD Transportation

Over the last few years we have seen the release of hundreds of new plasma LCDs LEDs and now 3D LED with new models from new manufactures being released with what seems like every day. The huge growth in the sector has driven down the cost of production allowing companies to be very creative in how and which way to use the screens. For example we n...

Submitted by Bob Pank#

Published 01 January 2015

Wild about Hovercam

Hovercam Ltd. are industry leading specialists and have a team with over 20 years of experience in aerial filming and photography. The company was established in 1992 and now offers a wide range services including Full-size helicopter, Remote controlled helicopter and Airship filming in various formats including 35mm and HD. In addition to this, Ho...

Submitted by Dennis Lennie

Published 01 January 2015

All I want for Christmas...

by Peter Savage Issue 96 - December 2014 As if no time has passed since last Christmas, the festive season is upon us and Xmas cheer is all around. Sticking with our own tradition of a themed view on the broadcast industry specifically, and the wider economy in general, here are our wish lists for Santa. Five wants A good story about the banking...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 01 January 2015

BAH! Humbug

by Dick Hobbs Issue 96 - December 2014 Yes, it's that time of year again. When, if you are a commercial broadcaster, you start coining it in with the Christmas commercials. Presumably if you are a director or a post house, you are already pitching for next year's blockbusters. They never have the look of something that has been knocked up on the sp...

Submitted by Dick Hobbs.

Published 01 January 2015

Hearing is believing - but Testing Helps

We live in the age of measurement and all too often the results are prejudiced by the methods employed and the ease of digitally processing data. As Per Bruel, the founder of B&K, arguably the foremost measurement company in audio history put so succinctly,‘The development of standards is not always based on true science but more often a consensus...

Submitted by Bob Pank#

Published 01 January 2015

Training in the video industry

by Bob Butler Issue 95 - November 2014 I have read quite a lot recently about training in the \'Video\' industry. Whilst it is true that as a hire company we at Broadcast Services are often surprised at the lack of knowledge about equipment, we can understand it to a point, due to the ever changing digital world. Not so long ago there were only a c...

Submitted by Bob Butler

Published 01 December 2014

Confidence Monitoring in the Modern Broadcast Environment

by Graham Taylor Issue 95 - November 2014 Monitoring equipment is often the last element considered in a broadcast system build, and getting its deployment just right is not always a top priority. However, most operations managers and broadcast engineers readily acknowledge the critical role that effective monitoring plays in making their jobs easi...

Submitted by Graham Taylor

Published 01 December 2014

EPG: Guiding content discovery

by Keith Bedford Issue 95 - November 2014 Digital TV is something that we\'ve become accustomed to, we don\'t think about how we search and select the vast volume of content that\'s now available to us, we just know that with the press of a button we can see what\'s on, record our favourite shows, series link them, select recommendations based on o...

Submitted by Keith Bedford

Published 01 December 2014

Africans in London TV

by Joseph Adamson Issue 95 - November 2014 Africans in London TV (AILTV) was first featured in TV-BAY magazine issue 029 in 2009. The article was about AILTV when it started, including the reason why it was created, the content and future plans. The emphasis was on the gear that I was using at that time which was a Canon HV20, Sony VX1000, Sony PD1...

Submitted by Joseph Ail

Published 01 December 2014

Manipulate and Edit

Issue 94 - October 2014It will come as no surprise to many but the results of a survey unveiled at IBC have shown once again that some European broadcasters are struggling to keep up with the speed of technology change. Faced with new ways of working and constantly shifting goalposts, not to mention reduced budgets, many technology decision makers...

Submitted by Will Strauss#

Published 01 November 2014