All Features – Page 99
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Industry TrendsRTS prepares for 'A World of Opportunity'
21st Century Fox Chief Executive James Murdoch will deliver a keynote address to delegates at the upcoming RTS convention. Titled A World of Opportunity, the biennial event will take place from 13-15 September in Cambridge.
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Industry TrendsNAB 2017: VR in the spotlight
Established camera manufacturers were keen to show their virtual reality (VR) credentials at NAB, with Sony, Panasonic and Blackmagic Design among the firms to showcase tools for acquiring content.
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Industry TrendsCreating convincing virtual sets with gaming render engines
Barbie’s video blogs are probably not on your YouTube favourites list, but they are part of an important trend which is rapidly snowballing: the use of gaming render engines to create broadcast and online material, quickly and very cost-effectively.
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Industry TrendsSmall is beautiful: the increasing importance of microservices
Broadcasters and media organisations’ desire for greater agility to launch new channels and platforms has fuelled demand for pay-by-the-minute services.
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Industry TrendsIP interoperability at NAB: the debate continues
Following the lead of IBC in 2016, the recent NAB exhibition included a demonstration of IP interoperability. Once again, more than 30 vendors showed streams passing seamlessly between different products.
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Industry TrendsNAB 2017: vendors flock to the cloud
As forecast by many, that catch-all phrase ‘the cloud’ was one of the dominant themes of this year’s NAB.
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Industry TrendsNAB reflections: Media, entertainment and technology
The theme of this year’s NAB was ‘The MET Effect: Media, Entertainment, Technology’, an attempt by the show organisers to throw an overarching net around the rapid convergence of media, entertainment and technology through integrated systems, internet connectivity and interlinking content creation, distribution and consumption experiences.
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Industry TrendsNew DVB group to set VR delivery standards
The DVB has stepped up its efforts to help shape the way that virtual reality (VR) content is delivered to audiences.
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Industry TrendsEuropean tech firms unite to develop video analysis software
A consortium of European technology firms demonstrated a working prototype of a video analysis system at NAB.
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Industry TrendsBe there from anywhere: delivering AR, VR and 360-degree content
Carriers are investing in network infrastructure – both fixed-line and mobile - to support the seemingly unquenchable consumer thirst for video.
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Industry TrendsWhat's the role of satellite in an OTT world?
There’s a high degree of uncertainty amongst most of the world’s satellite operators that their – to date – highly lucrative transponder capacity rental business may not simply be maturing, but be in decline.
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Industry TrendsGoing over the top: streaming vs satellite
Will the move to OTT streaming by satellite channels gather momentum? Does it always make business sense?
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Industry TrendsSMPTE announces dates for ETCA conference
Next month’s Entertainment Technology in the Connected Age (ETCA) conference, titled ’Redefining the Entertainment Experience’ will be held in Silicon Valley
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Industry TrendsIRT demonstrates potential benefit of CMAF at NAB 2017
A research centre, broadcaster and supplier partnership has provided sample live internet streams demonstrating the potential benefit of the emerging Common Media Application Format (CMAF).
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Industry TrendsHaivision launches dual 4K live streaming of VR 360 content
Haivision, Intel and Nokia joined forces in a collaborative demonstration of a live VR workflow complete with the 4K 3D 360 OZO camera, OZO Live for real-time stereoscopic 360 stitching and advanced streaming format playback powered by the OZO Player SDK.
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Industry TrendsTICO Alliance welcomes new members
The growth of TICO continues in 2017, as new vendors join the organisation and deliver interoperable products and more broadcasters adopt the kit in their workflows.
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Industry TrendsNHK and Village Island simplify 8K video transport
NHK and Village-Island have developed a new system that makes it possible to transport 8K 4:2:2 60p 10-bits on a single 12G-SDI cable.
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Industry TrendsIBM announces new Watson-enabled cloud service
IBM has used NAB 2017 to launch a cloud service that aims to help companies extract new insights from video.
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Industry TrendsBroadcast and media market valued at $50 billion
The broadcast and media market is currently worth just over $50 billion a year, according to the latest research from IABM DC.
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Industry TrendsHPA opens entries for Engineering Excellence Award
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) opened the call for entries for its Engineering Excellence Award at the Future of Cinema Conference at NAB.
