Production & Post

Inside SES’ new full-service sports and events facility

TVBEurope talks to SES' Susanna Mandel-Mantello about the company's new facility at Stockley Park, as well as remote production and 8K

Live Production

Moving to the Cloud to meet the growing demand for an array of content

The Switch's Robert Szabo-Rowe explores how rights holders, broadcasters and other content producers can fill a larger number of hours of live sports content...

Production & Post

Custom Consoles provides new MediaWall for BBC Studioworks

Located in front of the production control desk, the MediaWall spans almost the full width of the gallery's front wall and supports 44 video...

Production & Post

Bird watching without binoculars

How the BBC's R&D team developed open source machine-learning framework network YOLO (You Only Look Once) for Autumnwatch.

Production & Post

How AI can transform TV

Parham Azimi, CEO of iconik, explains how broadcasters and media organisations can use AI to give them a head-start on any upcoming industry changes.

Case Studies

Case study: Crafting the titles for Sky Atlantic’s Riviera

The Morrison Studio and Lexhag VFX detail the creative process behind the one- minute long, main title sequence.

Production & Post

Sony develops custom smart production system for Germany’s SWR

The smart production set up contains future proof technology including Touch User Interface.

Production & Post

disguise opens new London xR stage

Company is also operating xR stages in Los Angeles and Hong Kong

Production & Post

New Sony display gives creators 3D view without the need of a headset

New display has been used during production on Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Production & Post

The Batman is using virtual production techniques

New blockbuster is using the same virtual production techniques as The Mandalorian

Production & Post

BBC Studioworks ensures Covid-safe environment for Strictly’s return

New protocols include Perspex screens in editing suites, remote camera heads on the show floor and editors and producers working remotely

Production & Post

Mo-Sys debuts redesigned gyro-stabilised remote camera head

G30 features a 45-degree frame designed to work with any broadcast or digital camera.

Production & Post

How mixed reality set the tone for TF1’s election coverage

How broadcaster TF1 employed Pixotope for coverage of this year's municipal elections.

Business

DPP: How have the events of 2020 impacted production?

Latest report in the DPP's Design for Tomorrow series follows a series of workshops with experts drawn from the production community and their suppliers.

Media Delivery

What impact will Apple’s iPhone 12 have on the media industry?

Production, editing, distribution and consumption are all likely to be impacted by Apple's latest phone

Production & Post

Madrid’s MR Factory develops 4K virtual production system

System can create, capture and composite more than ten minutes of finished 4K content in real time each day.

Production & Post

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics integrates press and broadcast centres

Smaller equipment and 5G technology are expected to be able to help enable interviews to be conducted inside venues.

Production & Post

Engineering Emmys celebrate remote production technology

Four companies will be honoured for their work with remote production, while seven other recipients are being feted for exceptional engineering developments

Media Management

Tyrell launches set of bespoke Cloud services for media and entertainment industry

tms aims to allow anyone involved in content creation to take advantage of the Cloud

Production & Post

AR, VR and on-board cameras to capture Extreme E races

The Extreme E series is due to launch in early 2021, and has brought Aurora and North One on board as host broadcasters in...

Production & Post

White Light returns to Russell Howard Hour screens

Company provided the technical system to run all the visual content on the latest socially distanced series of The Russell Howard Hour.

Production & Post

AR/VR freelancer marketplace launched

Blend Market is the first immersive marketplace dedicated to connecting those working in the AR, VR 3D and MR spectrum with brands and businesses.

Business

Lords call on PM to address “inflexible” apprenticeship levy

Letter states that the Apprenticeship Levy, a tax on employers which can be used to fund apprenticeship training, is not working for trades including...

Media Management

Compliance monitoring: The broadcast necessity that justified its existence

Erik Otto, CTO, Mediaproxy argues why compliance should be at the forefront of any broadcast business decision, whether production, post production or distribution

Production & Post

Sony, NRK partner on Cloud-based automated production tool

Metadata Wrangler toolset aims to refine the production process by removing the duplication of metadata entry combined with automated content management.

Media Management

Harmonic helps the viewer take control of France Televisions French Open coverage

Harmonic's Thierry Fautier tells TVBEurope about the company's involvement in a demonstration which aims to let viewers choose which camera angle they want to...

Media Management

Atomos Connects HDMI to USB, GB Labs aims to Unify on-prem and Cloud, and more

TVBEurope rounds-up the latest products and solutions news from Atomos, GB Labs and Telestream

Production & Post

Robe lights up Belgium’s Masked Singer

Production is using nearly 200 Robe moving lights, a combination of 58 x Tetra2 and 56 x CycFX 8 moving LED Bars, 36 x...

IP Migration

Timeline Television adds to its 4K IP truck fleet

UHD3 has been built around Grass Valley IP solutions including GV Orbit Dynamic System Orchestration and Kahuna 9600 IP production switcher.

Production & Post

ATEM Mini Pro keeps The Gadget Show on air

Series producer Tim Wagg explains how the production team used the ATEM Mini Pro for stings, graphics and VTs

Production & Post

Canon announces new 4K broadcast lens alongside EOS C70 camera

Lens and camera are aimed at broadcasters, documentary makers and news operations

Audio

Boom! How Formula E used shotgun mics to maintain social distancing

Doreen Greaton discovers how shotgun microphones and in-ear monitors helped Formula E's sound team make sure everything was crystal clear

Production & Post

New Innovation Motion Capture Studio to be based in Bristol

New facility will look at high-end and affordable mo-cap, content generation for TV, film, VR and AR and development of intelligent tools for post...

Production & Post

BBC Studioworks launches next generation talent plan

Aims to increase diversity at BBC Studioworks by engaging directly with school leavers and providing opportunities for employment in the Elstree and White City...