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VideoIBC Digital 2021: More Formats - More Conversions
Whilst the enhanced video formats of Ultra High Definition (UHD), Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) present in spectacular quality - they also bring a myriad of format conversion challenges, whether that is up-converting legacy content for use in new productions or down-converting HDR/WCG to suit traditional ...
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Video
IBC Digital 2021: Advances in Audio - Using some remarkable signal processing
Every broadcaster knows that the most common complaint from viewers is that programme dialog is hard to discern against a background of atmospheric sounds, mood music and competing voices. It is especially a problem of age, where 90% of people over 60 years old, report problems.
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Industry Trends
How to get started in virtual production
There’s been a lot of talk about virtual production recently, which combines real-time CG assets delivered by a game engine such as Unity or Unreal Engine, with physical actors and sets. Most famously, The Mandalorian on Disney+ has used the technique to great effect, shooting scenes with a 270-degree LED ...
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IBC Digital: IBC Awards 2021
IBC’s glittering awards ceremony went virtual in 2021, yet generated the same excitement in finding out who has won the three prizes for innovative, co-operative developments. Games, remote production, 4k anime, dynamic content management - all and more made the shortlist.
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Industry Trends
DTG Summit 2022: Addressable TV and the Metaverse dominate broadcaster thinking
The post-pandemic return of the annual DTG Summit saw a number of futuristic comments wrapped in the warning that many coming technologies will fall between ‘The Cool and The Creepy’. Titled ‘Television Beyond Imagination’, the DTG Summit 2022 was purposely not streamed, so the speakers could be unrestrained in their ...
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IBC Digital 2021: Facial Recognition - Various facets of a powerful media tool
Facial recognition is one of today’s most controversial media technologies. In 2021, claims were that it can reliably recognise subjects wearing sunglasses or medical masks, and that it can even differentiate between identical twins. Not all of its many possibilities are sinister, however. In this session we shall see how ...
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IBC Digital 2021: The Cloud - For Live and Production Workflows
Cloud-based production is revolutionising the working practice of journalists and entertainment media producers, allowing increased flexibility of location and opportunities for innovation and speed of creation. In this 2021 session we explore two advances which contributed to the efficiency of the workflow.
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News
Eurovision 2022 trials multi-site 5G broadcasts
The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest will be delivered live to compatible mobile devices as part of the first European multi-site 5G Broadcast.
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Industry Trends
ISE 2022: AV sector faces challenges but signs of rebound are clear
Integrated Systems Europe, the European trade show focused on professional AV, is scheduled for a physical presence in Barcelona from 10-13 May 2022. It will be the show’s debut at the Fira exhibition centre after outgrowing the RAI in Amsterdam.
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News
Sandeep Tiku to join DAZN Group as chief technology officer
Sports streamer DAZN Group has hired Sandeep Tiku as Chief Technology Officer.
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Industry Trends
IBC Kickstarts 2022 Accelerator Programme at the IET
IBC held its first in-person event for two years last week when the IBC Accelerator Kickstart Day took place at Savoy Place, the home of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, and the original home of the BBC, on 7 April.
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Industry Trends
Virtual production: Ten years of growth achieved in one?
With pandemic conditions contributing to demand, the widely shared view is that virtual production is taking off much quicker than expected. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty of work to be done in ensuring the industry has the necessary skillsets and facilities.
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Industry Trends
Media tech start-ups: Incubation and growth
It’s easy to think of the media technology space as being made up of a handful of large players. But for every Sony, Avid and Grass Valley, there are independent, innovative start-ups changing the landscape.
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Daily News
AWS gains new partner with iSIZE
iSIZE, a specialist in deep learning for video delivery, has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN), the global community of businesses using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build solutions and services for customers.
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News
CES kicks off with focus on automation and metaverse
CES, the world’s biggest consumer electronics and technology show, is underway as a virtual and in-person event this week.
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Thought Leadership
Future proofing investments means avoiding proprietary cul-de-sacs
In these uncertain times companies and consumers are looking for dependability, believes Roland Ollek, CEO, Guntermann Drunck
