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AI in Media and Entertainment
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term appearing everywhere these days. What is happening in media and entertainment (M&E) that makes the industry ripe for AI? In other words, why does the M&E industry need AI? |
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| AI
| wazee
| David Candler
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AoIP Solutions at Sky TV
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Sky UK has recently moved the whole of its Sky News operation into new, state-of-the-art facilities in the Sky Studios building on the Sky TV campus in Osterley, West London. Described as being both the most sustainable broadcast facility of its kind in Europe as well as the most technologically advanced, the Sky Studios project is set to completely change the way that Sky TV works and the scope of content they deliver. |
| Tags: iss132
| aiop
| sky tv
| sonifex
| avn-pxh12
| ravenna
| aes67
| calrec
| Tom Pidsey
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State of the Nation
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I am writing this in the middle of a record-breaking heatwave in southern England. Yet it is time to be thinking about the mists and mellow fruitfulness of autumn, or at least the predictably damp and chilly Amsterdam when IBC hits town.
What will be the hot talking points of IBC this year? I am not in a position to talk about what the big vendors will be showing: I have so far received just the one preview press release (take a bow, Calrec).
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| ibc
| ibm
| watson
| ai
| Dick Hobbs - new
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TV Futures, Tales on Location
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If I think back to last May, I was just finishing my second year at the University of Portsmouth, studying Television and Broadcasting, and winding down for the summer. Then out of the blue I got a message from my course leader, saying I might be getting a call from someone who was a location manager working for Raider productions, you know, the production company behind the upcoming Tomb Raider film, I mean, what!? |
| Tags: iss130
| portsmouth university
| tomb raider
| cci tv
| ccitv
| Georgia Thirtle
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IP for everyone and 4k everywhere - that will be 2018
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My first prediction for the coming year is that the use of IP to move broadcast content will increase dramatically. Ultimately, it will become the commonplace, just as the use of IP has become part of our everyday, consumer lives. Live sports are closely linked to this growth, as conversion of broadcast signals for transportation across established telecos networks enables content to be viewed in real-time, regardless if it’s in the next room or across the globe. |
| Tags: iss129
| medialinks
| 4k
| ip
| vr
| ai
| John Smith -new
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The dangers of live streaming without a license
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The entertainment industry is visual and sound driven. Without these two elements there would be no such a thing as entertainment. Its obvious that there are people who create sound/s and visuals. Copyright laws were created to protect the industry and these artists. Many organisations have been created to look after musician, writers, poets and filmmakers. For example there are a number of bodies especially the MCPS [Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society], which is responsible for collecting royalties and licensing of music on behalf of musicians and music producers.
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| Tags: iss128
| ail
| youtube
| streaming
| license
| Joseph Adamson
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Boradcast playout on-site and in the cloud
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Broadcasters come in many shapes and sizes, each with their own unique set of ambitions and their own preferred route to success. Some are happy to innovate, particularly if it increases staff efficiency or reduces operating costs. Others prefer to let their competitors do the innovating and then follow whatever path appears to work best. Thus the industry has advanced from dedicated hardware to more flexible and cost-efficient software running on 'enterprise-platform' comput-ers, and more recently to virtual devices. |
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| playbox
| playout
| cloud
| edgebox
| airbox
| neo
| cloudair
| Don Ash
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Integrated and automating marketing campaign production
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ITV, as an integrated producer broadcaster, creates, owns and distributes high-quality content on multiple platforms. It operates the largest commercial family of channels in the UK and delivers its content through traditional television broadcasting as well as on demand via the ITV Hub. ITV has the largest share of the UK television advertising market and its family of channels attracted a total share of viewing of 21.4% in 2016, the largest audience of any UK commercial broadcaster. ITV's main channel is the largest commercial channel in the UK, delivering 99% of all commercial audiences over five million. |
| Tags: iss126
| pixel power
| itv
| marketing campaign
| James Gilbert
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Understanding the process of video production
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In this article I will focus on understanding the process of video production. The use of miniaturised video equipment and understanding the capability of the kit chosen for the job will be mentioned. The video production process is a road map, which not only helps the producer to minimise problems during production and achieve professional results, but also saves time.This process can be tricky to understand and many videographers are self taught, including myself. |
| Tags: iss126
| video production
| wasd
| ail
| africans in london
| Joseph Adamson
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State of the Nation - part 1
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Imagine you are the director of the Champions League Final, knowing that 200 million people will be watching your every decision. Or you're directing the Eurovision Song Contest. Or even, to be honest, the Tunbridge Wells local news opt out. And at live minus 30 seconds, all the screens in the monitor wall suddenly go black then show a demand, in broken English, for 300 Bitcoin. |
| Tags: iss126
| iabm
| british airways
| ransom
| bitcoin
| cybersecurity
| cots
| Dick Hobbs - new
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Dick puts it all together
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Many of you will be reading this as you prepare for IBC. Some may even be reading it on the train/plane/ship to Amsterdam. I want to take a couple of minutes of your time to look at a last minute addition to IBC. It concerns IP, but trust me: this is good news so please do not stop reading just yet. |
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| aims
| smpte
| ibc
| iabm
| dick hobbs
| Dick Hobbs.
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FBI Interview
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This issue we chat with Ann Charles, a freelance Broadcast Technology and radio production consultant.
Give us your elevator pitch. Who are you and what do you do?
Hello, I'm Ann Charles and I'm a Radio Production and Technology Consultant. I help individuals and companies get the most out of their station's technology so they can make the best programmes in the world. |
| Tags: iss115
| fbi
| femaies in broadcast
| sudan
| Ann Charles
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Bringing Realiability to the Unpredictability of Reality TV
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Synonymous with reality TV, Endemol 's 2015 production of Wild Island was set in a remote location off the coast of Central America. The German-produced series, supported by MoovIT production services, featured 14 ordinary citizens left to their own devices to survive on an uninhabited tropical island with no food or water for 28 days. With six cameras covering the action and antics, the production team, who were located on a neighboring island fours hours away by boat, brought an EditShare XStream EFS with integrated Flow to wrangle the 20 to 30 hours of footage they received per day. |
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| xstream
| EFS
| editshare
| airflow
| Martin Bennett
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TV Futures
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University radio is a great starting platform- hearing something being broadcast that started out as a few ideas in a notebook is quite incredible. My name is Lloyd Ashton and I'm currently a third year Television and Broadcasting student at the University of Portsmouth. Over the past three years, I have been introduced to many modes of broadcasting, yet it's radio that has left an everlasting impression. |
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| students
| tvfutures
| ccitv
| portsmouth
| university
| education
| training
| Lloyd Ashton
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Media acquisition and Archive Workflow
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Hello, I am Ryan Jenkins, a third year student at the University of Portsmouth and as part of my final year on the BSc Television and Broadcasting course, I am the Post Production manager for all television teams making live programmes, something we specialise in. My role has thus far seen me design a workflow that involves archiving footage from our made VTs, and then storing them for future use for cutaways and other archival reasons. Here is a little of something that I have learnt in my attempt to create a fully operable archive system - I hope it will improve how we work. |
| Tags: iss109
| portsmouth
| tvfutures
| students
| university
| training
| Ryan Jenkins
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The 4K Conundrum
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2015 has confirmed once more that 4K remains the TV industrys Holy Grail. While 4K TV screens are becoming more affordable and Netflix, Amazon Prime and even YouTube are beginning to offer some 4K content, mass adoption is still sluggish as the increases in bandwidth required for distribution make 4K business models difficult to stack-up. |
| Tags: iss108
| v-nova
| codec
| akamai
| Eric Achtmann
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REDucation - Real world RED camera training
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Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March saw the REDucation training workshop arrive in London at the Met Film School in Ealing Studios West London. I've used a Red One but have yet to work on a shoot where I can get my hands dirty with the newer cameras they manufacture (Epic-X, Scarlet, Dragon and now Weapon). When I was asked to attend the course and write up the experience by Kit Plus magazine I naturally jumped at the opportunity. |
| Tags: iss101
| reducation
| training
| equipment
| kit
| red one
| camera
| Ben Sherriff
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Training for media - who should do it?
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Simple enough to ask, but any possible answer to the question of who should train those working in the media industries, or more specifically the moving image industries, is complex and involves many interrelated factors. I would like to explore the issues, and maybe present some suggestions on how we might do a better job of preparing and engaging particularly the new entrants into our workforce in training and CPD (Continuous Professional Development). |
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| ittp
| training
| industry
| tv
| film
| students
| skills
| broadcast
| Martin Uren
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