Live Production
Multi-camera replay systems and first-person view drone footage planned for Milano Cortina Winter Games
At a gathering of media rights-holders, OBS provided broadcasters with an update on its plans for the Games
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Production & Post
Water, water everywhere
Vine FX blends practical and CGI elements for ITV's After the Flood, crafting immersive world-building crucial to the post-disaster thriller's authenticity, writes Robert Shepherd
Live Production
Pixotope Fly adds zoom functionality
The new feature enables users to zoom in and out of a space without physically having to move the camera closer or further away
Live Production
Sunset+Vine to employ drones, 3D tracking animations and an ‘Attack RIB’ at Sailing World Championships
The ‘Attack RIB’ unit will provide live multicamera ‘straight to social’ coverage from a boat on the race track at sea
Eurovision Song Contest
Drone technology and 360-degree cameras used on Eurovision postcards
The 37 postcards feature 111 different locations, with local production crews used where possible
Media Delivery
Telefonica, Haivision use 5G for live contribution at Spain Sail Grand Prix
In a proof of concept, the Telefónica 5G Customer Innovation team chose to test drone-based video contribution over 5G.
Live Production
Pixotope develops AR tracking for drone shots
Pixotope Fly uses computer vision technology to leverage video from the onboard camera to identify anchor points to lock onto and track against 3D...
Production & Post
Drones, time-lapse cameras, and rebreather diving technology capture Frozen Planet II
The series involved 2188 filming days in the field across three years, with filming on every continent, all around Antarctica and in space
Live Production
Riedel, Skyroads partner to deliver $20 million SKYBOT-CAM systems order to SailGP
SKYBOT-CAM combines high payload drones with professional broadcast gyro stabilised camera systems
Live Production
3, 2, 1, Ssh!: How London’s New Year’s Eve producers orchestrated the UK’s largest drone display in secret
Dan Meier speaks to Jim Donald, production director at Jack Morton, about how the company worked with the BBC to deliver London's new year...
Media Delivery
Austrian broadcaster ORS develops special drone to check transmitter
ORS worked with German company ARGE Rundfunk-Betriebstechnik to develop the drone and technology required to check the mast
Production & Post
Media Broadcast tests first drone flight via 5G
Company says video images transmitted in real time from the drone were "extremely high"
Live Production
AE Live, Quidich partner on augmented reality drone feeds
Partnership will enable broadcasters to "enhance their production values" with the use of drone shots of stadiums combined with AR content
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
Sky solves the problem of which TV production gadget is fastest
Race pitted BATCAM Drive, BATCAM Drone, Steadiseg, Sky Cart, Ref Cam and Umpire Cam against one another
TVBEverywhere
Ruptly launches new live platform
Platform allows users to stream Ruptly live events, 360-degree video and drone footage directly to social media channels
Production & Post
UK Government announces drones regulation
All drones weighing over 250 grams will now have to be registered
Features
High Flyers
Drones have been on the receiving end of a great deal of justifiable, adverse comments in recent months. There have been reports of near...
Opinion
The aerial view
Nils Granholm, drone expert at Adorama Drone Experience discusses the current state of the unmanned flying machines
BVE
Drones take to the air
The new IBC Drone Zone, situated in Congress Square (the central courtyard area outside Hall 13), gives visitors the opportunity to get to grips...
Production & Post
VIDEO: Cobham captures a happy New Year
Cobham’s Solo H264 HD transmitters were used by Dutch production house Airfilms Productions to capture the New Year’s fireworks display centred on Dubai’s Burj...