Tuesday, 22 July 2014

24fps here to stay unless Avatar 2 jump-starts cinema (again)

TVB Europe

With the advent of digital cinema the movie industry is finally able to shift away from production and playback techniques that date back almost a century, yet silence has fallen on one such development – higher than 24fps rates.
http://www.tvbeurope.com/24fps-stay-unless-avatar-2-jump-starts-cinema/

ITV goes Nativ

TVB Europe
After a careful evaluation, ITV Studios selected Nativ’s Mio for its production transformation project. Adrian Pennington reports on the results.

http://www.tvbeurope.com/itv-goes-nativ/

NHK 8K image sensor still in prototype

TVB Europe

NHK will showcase the latest developments in its 8K Super HiVision broadcasting system at IBC, but has yet to perfect an image sensor with a sensitivity as high as that of HD.

http://www.tvbeurope.com/nhk-8k-image-sensor-still-prototype/

Friday, 18 July 2014

Live at the Open: on course with CTV

Sports Video Group

SVG Europe is at Royal Liverpool on a glorious day which began with heavy rain but looks set fair until close of play. Our time on location has provided an opportunity to take a closer look at some broadcasters serviced by Euro Media Group supplier CTV.
http://svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/live-at-the-open-on-course-with-ctv/

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Bambuser Widens Audience for Mobile Live Video



StreamingMedia
User-generated live mobile video service is introducing an SDK to allow organizations to more easily embed content on third-party sites

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Live from the Open: BBC preps big changes for live golf coverage

Sports Video Group

The BBC is teeing up golf as one of the next of its live events to receive a multi-stream multi-platform make-over.

http://svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/live-from-the-open-bbc-preps-big-changes-for-live-golf-coverage/

Monday, 14 July 2014

Startup Newstag Launches Crowd-Curated Video News Service

Streaming Media
"The business of news is broken," says Newstag CEO, but the company claims to have the answer in its approach to news sharing through social media.

http://www.StreamingMediaGlobal.com/Articles/News/Featured-News/Startup-Newstag-Launches-Crowd-Curated-Video-News-Service-98264.aspx

Thursday, 10 July 2014

CTV takes charge of complex RF, multi-client operation ahead of The Open

Sports Video Group

CTV’s plans for the Open Championship, which tees-off next Thursday (17 July), are more complex than ever given that this year it is not only servicing the always impressive ESPN operation and the smaller (but no less impressive) NBC Sports’ Golf Channel as in past years.

http://svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/ctv-takes-charge-of-complex-rf-multi-client-operation-ahead-of-the-open/

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

BBC plans further all-IP UHD production tests

TVB Europe
On completion of its groundbreaking all-IP live Ultra HD production from the Commonwealth Games in a few weeks, the BBC is formulating plans to produce other kinds of programming in HD/4K over IP.
http://www.tvbeurope.com/bbc-plans-ip-uhd-production-tests/

IP-enabled cameras needed to accelerate Ultra HD production

TVB Europe 

IP technology is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite among broadcasters for Ultra HD production of live events, with IP-enabled cameras a key missing link.

http://www.tvbeurope.com/ip-enabled-cameras-needed-accelerate-ultra-hd-production/