Ultra-HD
on fast track to 2014
The
signs are that the World Cup Final from Brazil will be the first
major event delivered in Ultra-HD, mirroring events that surrounded
the 3D production in South Africa, in this feature for Broadcast
magazine.
MPEG-DASH:
Struggling for Adoption?
This
article copped some heat. Wasn't me who editorialised the hype into
the standfirst :)
It
may be early days for MPEG-DASH, the format intended to unify the
various adaptive bit-rate specifications, but there are already
concerns of slower than expected take-up.
Cover
story for Digital TV Europe: Media Gateways
Operators
are evolving their offer from discrete set-top boxes and PVRs to a
true whole-home multi-room experience, and doing so with home
premises media
gateways and complementary cloud services for some time to come. The
days when pay TV was delivered to a single box have long gone,
replaced by an overriding concern to enable whole home access to
everything the customer owns and subscribes to
on any screen they desire.
Connecting
with the Future
Commissioned
by Televisual to write 8-page report into the changing face of
programme production and distribution wrought by file based workflows
and ever increasing broadband access and speeds.
http://www.televisual.com/uploads/whitePaper-Level3Communications-download.pdf
TV
Globo uses 4K on soaps
Brazilian
broadcaster TV Globo has given the clearest indication yet that
elements of the FIFA World Cup 2014 will be captured in Ultra-HD. It
is also using 4K for visual effects in its soaps on a daily basis.
16mm
film angst
One from the archive (that is, I just found a link): Following
the recent publication by the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) of
the technical standards expected for UK TV programming, the
production community is preparing to gather at BAFTA for one last
attempt to persuade broadcasters of the creative value of Super16mm
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