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IP Workflows at China’s Spring Festival on CCTV

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 20, 2018

Since 1983, China has held a popular Spring Festival that is broadcast live across CCTV – China’s main news and media agency. The Spring Festival celebrates Chinese culture and tradition through the visual arts. It has come to symbolize and represent change, progress and innovation in Chinese society. From the beginning, CCTV has explored different formats and types of shows, as well as different types of media to best present the festival. In November 2016, during NAB Shanghai, CCTV and NewTek developed a partnership that opened the way for new types of shows – and a new level of excitement – for the Spring Festival

Watch the recording of RedShark Live with the EVA1 5.7K RAW and live switching with the Atomos Sumo

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 20, 2018

It’s time once again for RedShark Live, and as per usual we have a packed show for you. This time we’ll be demonstrating live switching directly via the Sumo monitor system. We’ll also be talking about the amazing 5.7K RAW mode of the Panasonic EVA1. RedShark Live has been a bit of a journey, and its viewing figures are increasing each episode. This episode was an absolute blast Watch the recording below. (There’s a few seconds of silence at the beginning of the show).

Microsoft’s Channel 9 Studio Using TriCaster® and SNS EVO

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 20, 2018

NewTek TriCaster® 8000 multi-camera production system is the video switcher and streaming solution, and Studio Network Solutions (SNS) EVO is the storage solution with Media Asset Management (MAM) that together are the heart of production at Channel 9. All cameras from the three studios feed into the TriCaster, and all feeds are fully archived to the EVO, in addition to other, redundant recording systems. The PTZ cameras for all studios can be controlled by a single operator, also TD’ing at the TriCaster.

Broadfield Day at the Ballpark

By Adam Noyes 0 Comment August 16, 2018

This week’s Broadfield LIVE Webinar was a recap video from our Dealer Appreciation event we held at a Mets game back in July.  We wanted to thank our dealers further with this video presentation including the sponsors for the event, NewTek, G-Technology, Avid, Atomos & LiveU.

Hundreds of Trillions of Pixels: NVIDIA and RED Digital Cinema Solve 8K Bottleneck

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 16, 2018

State-of-the-art cameras can capture 8K video (which contains four times the pixels of 4K), but those pixels can create a massive computational logjam when editing footage.
Consider: an 8K camera captures at 8192×4320, or more than 35 million pixels per processed frame. So, just five minutes of that video at 24 frames per second is 250 billion pixels. Figure that a typical shoot involves hours of content, and you get past 100 trillion pretty quickly. To handle that oceanic volume, post-production professionals rely on powerful, expensive workstations, high-end custom hardware and time-consuming preprocessing. But that’s all about to change with Turing.

Filmmaker and YouTube Reviewer Kitty Peters Tests Drone Photography Tools that Foster Creativity

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 16, 2018

Are you a filmmaker who’s new to drone photography? Looking for an expert’s advice on tools and tricks that will improve your mobile videography skills? With the Atola Visuals YouTube channel, Peters’ mission is to help you find the camer

as and gear that get the job done — and done beautifully — whether you’re a traditional photographer or hybrid creator. Below you’ll read about the wide variety of video gear Peters reviews. Among the many photography tools she’s discovered recently, the LaCie DJI Copilot enables Peters to maintain a laptop-free workflow while shooting on location. It lets the user load media files to it directly from their USB camera or an SD card, and also to view, organize, and manage media files from a phone or tablet. It even lets you charge a phone from its internal battery.

Video Product Of The Year, IP Video Technology: NewTek NDI® Version 3.5 SDK

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 15, 2018

The top products of the past year that are our in the market are here once again, chosen by our panels of prestigious judges in three categories: lighting, projection, and sound. NewTek NDI offers a single, interconnected production environment, where every device can connect to every other device, making the possibilities for live production pretty limitless. Adopted by numerous equipment manufacturers and applications, from media storage servers to real-time graphics production systems

Selecting the right camera for live streaming with Solo

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 15, 2018

One of the biggest ways to narrow your camera search is deciding on a budget. You don’t want to waste your time sifting through tech and spec on 100 different cameras when only 20 of them fit in your budget. This also helps you really think about what is important to your streams. If you don’t have the biggest budget you may have to compromise some component of the camera in order to stay within your means. For example, “good enough” might win over “perfect” when it comes to all the bells and whistles (especially when budget is the deciding factor). In most cases you will have the chance to add on better mics, lighting or other accessories later that will more than make up for a special built-in filter.

Register Now for NAB Show NY and come Visit Broadfield

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 15, 2018

NAB Show New York will be held at the Javits Convention Center from October 17-18, 2018 and your team from Broadfield will be there with our vendors to help you find the latest and greatest in live production and streaming; post-production and editing and, of course, video storage solutions for every size and budget. Be sure to stop by our booth at N119 for live demos from Atomos, NewTek, Avid and more. We look forward to see you at the show! Register for NAB Show NY at https://www.nabshowny.com/ with Broadfield’s code NY6534

Mason Carden: Building an Editing Career with Media Composer

By Jim Bask 0 Comment August 13, 2018

Mason Carden knows every stage of the storytelling process, whether as a videographer recording wildlife off the coast of Cape Cod, to producing the dedication of the Provincetown AIDS Memorial, to editing and delivering polished episodes for AXS TV’s Real Money. He has spent his career in video creation, developing mastery of Avid Media Composer, and building skills for timing and composition that transfer to other parts of the production flow