All Create & Produce articles – Page 42
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Technical Papers
IBC2021 Tech Papers: Cutting Edge Technologies - A preview of some experimental concepts
The subject of cutting edge technologies is explored by Hannes Ricklefs in his paper ’Stronger together: Cross service media recommendations’ in Luca Vignaroli’s paper entitled ’The Itinerant Orchestra, a 5G, multi-camera, remote and distributed video production experiment’ and in Yuta Hagio’s paper, ’TV-watching Robot: Toward Enriching Media Experience and Activating ...
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Technical Papers
IBC2021 Tech Papers: Advances in Audio - Using some remarkable signal processing
The subject of advances in audio is explored by Rob Oldfield in his paper ’Cloud-based AI for automatic audio production’ and by Matteo Torcoli in the paper ’Dialog+ in Broadcasting: First Field Tests using Deep-Learning-based Dialogue Enhancement.’
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News
Tax reliefs spur record UK production, says BFI
UK creative industry tax reliefs have incentivised record levels of production, generating £13.48 billion (GVA) for the economy in 2019, according to a British Film Industry published report.
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News
Netflix cuts prices in India
Netflix has reduced its subscription price in India by as much as 60% to allow it to compete more effectively with rival streaming operators Amazon and Disney.
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News
Shinfield Studios wins permission for 18 stage UK facility
Shinfield Studios has received full planning permission from Wokingham Borough Council to begin construction on an 18-sound stage studio facility near Reading in the UK.
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Technical Papers
IBC2021 Tech Papers: The Cloud - For Live and Production Workflows
The use of the cloud for live productions is examined in ’Cloud Production for the TV 2 News App’ by Paul Macklin and Arild Rugsveen, ’Secure Global Production – using The JT-NM Reference Architecture to build cloud/hybrid workflows’ by James Cain and in the paper ’Cloud-based multi-station production and distribution ...
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News
CES 2022 Preview: Space, the final commercial frontier
Global chip shortages notwithstanding, CES presents the future of space tech and portals to the metaverse.
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Industry Trends
How We Built It: Timeline’s Ealing Broadcast Centre
Outside broadcast and facilities company Timeline Television is expanding, with new studios and production facilities near its home base in Ealing, west London.
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News
OBS boss hails early cloud adoption
Yiannis Exarchos, the CEO of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), has told IBC Digital that producing the host coverage for this year’s Tokyo Games was “the most challenging but also most rewarding” operation in the organisation’s history.
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Industry Trends
Behind the scenes: Boiling Point
Stephen Graham is a chef with a simmering temper in a feature length one-take kitchen drama filmed at a real-life restaurant. Director Philip Barantini and cinematographer Matthew Lewis explain how it was done.
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News
Discovery elbows in on sale of BT Sport
Discovery is in talks to partner with BT Sports in deal that could derail the sale of the UK telco’s TV network to sports streaming service DAZN.
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News
New TV and film studio RD Studios is to open in April 2022, based in Park Royal in West London
The 45,000ft² of space will include five fully sound-proofed stages, alongside hair, makeup and wardrobe facilities, on-site catering, green rooms and lighting and camera hire.
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News
Milk co-founder Will Cohen to step down
Will Cohen, CEO and co-founder of VFX studio Milk, is to step down after eight years leading the Milk team to explore new opportunities.
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Industry Trends
IBC2021 Accelerators: Sustainability in live production
The recent COP26 conference and the urgent need to limit global temperature rises to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels has placed renewed emphasis on this IBC Accelerator, which seeks to expand some of the excellent work done throughout the broadcast and media industry to provide useful metrics for achieving carbon net ...
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Industry Trends
IBC2021 Accelerators: 5G & Innovation in Live Production Workflows
After 2020’s successful 5G Remote Production Accelerator, a team of world-leading broadcasters are working on a new, extended Accelerator project, exploring innovation across four significant areas, including the continuing evolution of 5G.
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News
Netflix snaps up Munich-based Scanline VFX
Netflix is to acquire visual effects firm Scanline VFX, whose credits include Stranger Things 3, Game of Thrones and Godzilla vs Kong.
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News
Arena TV hit by fraud allegations
The administrators of collapsed Arena Television are reportedly suing its former directors amid allegations of fraud at the collapsed OB firm.
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News
On-demand: IBC’s Live and Remote Production Workflow Tour
The latest in live and remote production is the focus of this Workflow Tour led by key live production, OB and remote production technology users and suppliers. The tour is available on-demand on IBC Digital.
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News
On-demand: IBC’s Creative Production Workflow Tour
The cutting-edge tech that is enabling every aspect of the creative production process is the focus of this Workflow Tour led by key studio and post-production technology users and suppliers. The tour is available to watch on-demand on IBC Digital.
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Industry Trends
Rory Peck Awards: Inside the winning films
Freelance news journalism at its very best: The 26th annual Rory Peck Awards produced an astonishing parade of good old-fashioned journalism at its bravest and most human, writes George Jarrett.