Audio
NHK announces ‘world’s first’ live mixing console for object-based audio
New console can take up to 192 audio signal inputs, and output up to 64 channels for transmission (including audio metadata), and up to...
object-based media
Production & Post
BBC to trial creating and delivering object-based media at scale
Project will include developing AI-powered techniques to allow audio and video to be separated into objects and create metadata describing a scene
Production & Post
Ofcom: 5G, metadata, light field cameras among emerging tech that could shape production
Significant developments are expected in the next ten years including changes to the tools for content creation and production; content distribution routes; and the...
Audio
Sound thinking: BBC helps audience to hear the details
Philip Stevens explores object-based media and how the BBC is using it to enhance the experience for viewers with hearing difficulties
Technology
BBC testing Object-Based iPlayer
Computationally intensive tasks have been "offloaded" to a powerful graphics card on a Cloud server