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Articles by Thomas Dove

The FAQs on automated quality assurance

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The transition from tape-based to file-based video and audio recording allowed a completely new approach to the business of checking that programmes and interstitials conform to broad-cast industry standards prior to transmission. The Vidcheck team designed the world\'s first au-tomated broadcast quality control product. We have been working on fil...

Submitted by Thomas Dove

Published 25 August 2016

Automated Quality Control

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by Thomas Dove Issue 109 - January 2016 Automated quality control for file-based media has been available to broadcasters for over a decade. The Vidcheck team designed and produced the very first product in this area. We have been working on this type of software since 2003 and are probably the most experienced team anywhere in the world. Many exis...

Submitted by Thomas Dove

Published 21 January 2016

A stitch in time

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by Thomas Dove Issue 98 - February 2015 "A stitch in time saves nine\" is an old saying: essentially it is saying fix a small problem now and it will save fixing a much bigger problem later. This applies in many areas - including broadcast. Kicking the error can down the road costs a lot more to fix the problem, particularly for audio and video fil...

Submitted by Thomas Dove

Published 01 March 2015

The brains behind a no brainer

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by Thomas Dove Issue 92 - August 2014 It’s perhaps not surprising that a lot of professional video and audio editors don’t fully grasp the minutia of file-based media formats and delivery specifications such as those established by the Digital Production Partnership (DPP). After all, an editor’s job is to is to make compelling content, whether for...

Submitted by Thomas Dove

Published 01 September 2014