All articles by Adrian Pennington – Page 5
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TAG Content Matching adds confidence to monitoring
A Content Matching technology set to be on show from TAG is claimed to be its most ground-breaking yet.
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Industry Trends
Pixar’s Elemental Lays Foundation for AI Powered Workflow
New Pixar animation Elemental is the Walt Disney Company’s most technically complex feature film to date and required a new data storage pipe that lays the foundation for use of AI, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Profen-SES connectivity link-up to deliver for Turkey and MENA
Satellite operator SES and global high-tech solutions firm Profen have allied to “revolutionise connectivity” in Turkey and MENA. Leveraging SES’s O3b mPOWER system, this collaboration aims to deliver high-performance networks, catering to identified market opportunities exceeding 10Gbps.
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Ruwido sets a gold standard for smart devices
The award seasons of 2022 and 2023 have been a huge success for Austrian remote control and smart home device manufacturer ruwido. It secured an impressive 27 awards, including an iF Design Award, German Design Award, Red Dot Design Award and many more.
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Nextologies signals the evolution of live events
A new company is putting the Nextologies Control Panel (CP) and HITC signal delivery network to use in an innovative way – live event signal delivery. 10TX is the result of a team up between Nextologies and live event signal delivery veteran Keith Valeri. It will be providing demos of ...
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
For a machine-tooled $290 million stunt-fuelled blockbuster it comes as a surprise to learn that the latest Mission: Impossible instalment was made with improvisation and experimentation at its core, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Behind the Scenes: Asteroid City
For a film as singularly American as Asteroid City, Wes Anderson chose to base his latest film in Spain, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Behind the Scenes: FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand features a number of production firsts including volumetric ‘datatainment’, fully remote live matchday hosting, and a stream dedicated to TikTok – but it is all in HD, reports Adrian Pennington
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Behind the Scenes: The Open
The 151st Open takes place at Royal Liverpool, 16-23 July with EMG in charge of pretty much all broadcast technical facilities, reports Adrian Pennington.
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EKT to demonstrate SKYflow native IP over satellite ecosystem
The delivery of OTT services to remote subscribers presents a major challenge for service providers and telcos. Combine this with network congestion and the situation can become unviable.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Wimbledon 2023
The Championships, Wimbledon 2023 may feature more UHD and High Dynamic Range coverage than ever this year but it’s the volley of editorial firepower being served up that is the real story of the Championship’s technical production, writes Adrian Pennington.
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DMC: A Pan Tone for cinema
The efforts made to accurately represent diverse skin tones on screen are finally breaking through in the form of Digital Melanin Cinematography (DMC), reports Adrian Pennington.
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Behind the Scenes: Evacuation
In 2021 an epic operation to rescue 15,000 people from Kabul as the Taliban closed in sparked headlines across the globe. A new documentary gives rare insight into the emotional impact on army and airforce personnel through first-hand interviews and on-the-ground footage, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Charlie Brooker Speaks Out on Generative AI
The doyen of dystopia explains how he played with AI to create the latest series of Black Mirror.
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: Glastonbury 2023
BBC Studios executives explain to Adrian Pennington how they brought a “a chunk of British summer” from a field in England to audiences across radio, TV and iPlayer.
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Industry Trends
Barbie: Pretty in Pink
Is there any need to decode the colour swatch of the live action Barbie movie? Adrian Pennington analyses the underlying messaging of colour choice in movies, and how a Colourist’s perspective can throw new light on a story.
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Behind the Scenes: French Open 2023 Tennis
Warner Bros. Discovery told Adrian Pennington for IBC365 how it prepared for the Weekend of Champions.
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Behind the Scenes: Prehistoric Planet II
BBC Studios and MPC worked with biologists and palaeontologists to translate scientific research into photoreal VFX and the visual grammar of a blue-chip wildlife doc, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Behind the Scenes: Fast X
The look of the multi-billion dollar Fast franchise is as much a part of its DNA as star Vin Diesel, from the perspective of colourist Andre Rivas. Adrian Pennington reports.