David Davies
David Davies has been writing about professional AV, broadcast technology and music industry issues for 16 years. He is currently the Editor of SVG Europe. a trade association, conference organiser and content creator serving the sports production industry. He is also a long-term contributor to titles including PSNEurope and Installation, and is active as a freelance editor and copywriter.
Industry TrendsKeeping it live: Innovation in live events
Quick thinking, innovative formats, streamlined solutions and vendor support have helped an impressive array of live event productions to proceed successfully despite the unwelcome challenges of 2020.
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Monitoring the situation: Content management and increased automation
As master control room operations grow in density and potential stress-points, the need for multi-faceted audio and video monitoring solutions – underpinned by increasing levels of automation – is becoming more acute.
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IBC Accelerators: Delivering an open approach to R&D
Designed to nurture collaborations that can facilitate the next phase of digital transformation, the 2020 IBC Accelerator Programme is delivering progress on everything from AI-driven live content moderation to 5G-based remote production.
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How CDN providers are meeting OTT-fuelled demand
The content delivery network sector remains highly competitive as the use of OTT services continues to grow worldwide.
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Keeping sport on TV during lockdown
Effective technologies to support increased remote and at-home production continue to be of critical importance as sports broadcasters negotiate a second wave of lockdowns.
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Remote control: New tools for production during the pandemic
Already the source of tremendous creativity, innovation to deliver tools that enable effective remote and ‘at home’ production has intensified even further during COVID-19, writes David Davies.
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Set-top boxes: Further improvements for UIs, UHD and HDR
Increased support for Android TV is also a priority consideration for many developers of STB-related products and technologies.
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Compressed file playback added to versatile players
Video Clarity’s Venue Player product line offers the ability to record and playback multiple uncompressed resolutions and frame rates at the same time for quality assessment labs and high-quality display environments.
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Media orchestrator to benefit from new GUI
Resource management software provider Xytech has underlined its continued innovation around the MediaPulse resource management system with the release of a new, fully featured graphical user interface for the Media Orchestrator.
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Quicklink’s Studio-in-a-box solution set for diverse deployments
AV and broadcast technology provider Anna Valley has adopted Quicklink’s Studio-in-a-box (ST500) solution to provide professional, high-quality remote contributions for high-profile client events and productions.
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Crystal Vision debuts dedicated ‘picture-in-picture’ device app
Crystal Vision has released what it describes as the industry’s first dedicated picture-in-picture device.
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Video Clarity test solution adds new support for 4K/UHD
Audio and video quality measurement and analysis systems company Video Clarity has revealed details of the new production format support offered by the latest versions of its ClearView test and measurement solution.
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New identity for multi-cloud management platform
Qvest Media has announced that it has transferred its multi-cloud management platform, Qvest.Cloud, into its own organisational structure. The move has resulted in the creation of a new independent brand identity, qibb.
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IP product kit aims to accelerate OEM innovation
Video-over-IP transport specialist Macnica has announced the availability of a complete evaluation and development kit aimed at IP product developers.
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Video Clarity adds AV1 decoder for QA test manager
Audio and video quality measurement and analysis systems developer Video Clarity has announced new capabilities for its RTM Manager solution.
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Scheduling boost for Cirkus task management tool
farmerswife has announced an expansion of its Cirkus task management and collaboration tool to include scheduling capabilities.
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Rights management: pandemic pushes broadcasters to monetise archive content
With a dramatic reduction in the amount of live content including sports, broadcasters and other content creators are seeking to monetise ‘back-catalogue’ material more effectively, writes David Davies.
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Crystal Vision debuts dual-channel colour corrector
Described by Crystal Vision as its ‘most feature-packed’ colour corrector and legaliser to date, the M-COCO-2 is also the company’s first dual-channel colour corrector.
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Making the grade with flexibility and function
With more and more platforms needing to be fed with fresh content, colourists require grading solutions that are easy to use and supportive of streamlined workflows, writes David Davies.
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Delivering UHD/HDR: Rising to the challenge of increasing demand
Providing broadcasters with the tools to deliver UHD/HDR content more efficiently across more platforms is now a universal top priority, writes David Davies.
