Bergen, Norway – Vizrt, NewTek™ and NDI® come to IBC 2019 (stand 7.B01) under the umbrella brand of Vizrt Group – uniting three pioneering visual storytelling brands under a single purpose – to help customers deliver more stories, better told. The Vizrt group of brands will enable customers to master the complexity of visual storytelling and maximize their creativity. Together, ...
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Zixi: Securely Delivering Live, Broadcast-quality Video Over IP
From Tim Baldwin, Head of Product, Zixi Today’s consumers want content at their fingertips. They want to consume content at any time, on any device, packaged in ways that satisfies their interests and delivered at compelling price points. Media companies recognize that they need to create more programming going to more places, and IP distribution is the best way to ...
Read More »Shaking Off The Shackles Of AR
By Phil Ventre, VP Sports and Broadcast, Ncam While augmented reality for broadcast is still in a relatively nascent stage, its usage is finally moving away from the gimmicky ‘new toy’ stage; AR graphics are becoming an integral part of programme content, and sophisticated audiences are demanding hyper-real, believable graphics that are fully immersed in the real-world environment. The sports ...
Read More »JMR BlueStor SHARE Networked Storage Server for Collaborative HD to 4K Workflow Shared Storage Applications
Gordon Moore, in 1965, predicted that the number of transistors in an IC or chip doubles approximately every two years, or that IC complexity could be expanded exponentially at a reasonable cost approximately every two years. Similarly in the 1950s, IBM showcased the first hard disk drive that was the size of two refrigerators with 50”x24” platters to give 3.75MB ...
Read More »VFX Legion Creates Visual Effects For ‘MA,’ A Horror Film
VFX Legion recently wrapped work on ‘MA,’ Blumhouse Productions’ new psychological horror film, which opened in theaters on May 31st. The award-winning studio tapped its the company’s experience digitally mutilating and eviscerating characters and augmenting practical footage to craft a range of photorealist visual effects that heightened the visceral impact of some of the movie’s most gruesome and suspenseful scenes. ...
Read More »ENCORE’S BOB FESTA RETURNS TO ‘YELLOWSTONE’ FOR SEASON TWO
Season one of Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” was one of the most watched television series that aired on ad-supported cable in 2018, averaging well over 5 million viewers per episode. The highly anticipated second season continues to follow the Dutton family as they fight for survival against ruthless enemies from all sides, with Kevin Costner reprising his role as family ...
Read More »Think Flash Storage is Too Expensive? Think Again
Jason Coari, Global Director, Product and Solution Marketing at Quantum Everyone agrees that flash can deliver outstanding performance. And for some processes and workflows, that kind of performance is clearly indispensable. For example, when editors are working with numerous streams of uncompressed 4K (or increasingly often, 8K) video, flash can provide the kind of responsive experience needed to create the ...
Read More »The Journey Towards High Quality Online Experiences
AUTHOR: Stefan Lederer, CEO and co-founder at Bitmovin The multi-screen, multi-platform world we live in has significantly increased the convenience of content consumers’ viewing experiences. Audiences can now watch everything from live sports to feature length films on a smartphone, allowing consumers to view any content, any place and at any time. As testament to how popular streaming really is, ...
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