It used to be so simple. Get breaking news on air first, and you beat the competition. But now, audiences expect to stay current on breaking news using apps or social media on their mobile devices, looking online using a computer, or watching TV. The race to break news first now demands instant distribution on a wide array of platforms, each with its own parameters and delivery standards.
Survey of nearly 5,000 TV, film and music professionals from 3,500 organizations uncovers key investment priorities and technology trends spanning multiplatform content delivery, remote production, and 4K/UHD
This week we had Sebastian Alvarez from LiveU in our studio to give us a quick demo on LiveU’s new LiveU Solo Cloud Graphics. Solo Cloud Graphics let you dynamically brand your online and social content by adding titles, logos, scoreboards and more to the live stream. Simply pick a template from a pre-defined library of widgets and graphic compositions or create one of your own.
This week’s Broadfield LIVE Webinar is on the new LiveU Solo Cloud Graphics an online service that can overlay animated graphics onto your live videos. Solo Cloud graphics let you dynamically brand your online and social content by adding titles, logos, scoreboards and more to live streams.
Today I thought I’d share one of the most frequently asked questions I get, “Can you use Solo for a multiple camera shoot?” Although Solo uses a single connection (HDMI or SDI) and is typically used with one camera source for one stream, you can use Solo for a multiple camera shoot. How? Solo provides the same video transport and reliable bandwidth, whether you are taking a feed directly from a single camera or a produced feed from a switcher.
This table of maximum disk recording times, based on different recording options, can give you an idea how your choices affect the quantity of video that can fit on a disk.
Portable, Ruggedized RAID for High-Capacity Data Transfers
The rise of 4K video production comes with an increasing demand for fast and high capacity data transfer solutions. Unlike current HDD RAID products, the new high speed PSZ-RA Series HDD RAID drive (3.5 inch two-bay HDD) can store data at a speed of up to 440MB/s in RAID 0 mode, enabling a 1TB file to be transferred in approximately 50 minutes.
Do you know, that if you are running a TriCaster with Advanced Edition, TC1 or VMC1 there are free web applications available for it?
Today, I’ll highlight the ‘DataLink Timer’ web app. This tool will create a visible countdown timer to use in title templates. Formatting controls are available for the hours, minutes and seconds display. Also, the timer can be set to follow a keyer on the system, allowing you to start and stop the timer from the switcher interface itself.
While most live platforms and video playback tools have been slow to adopt HEVC, many broadcasters and streamers have already begun to take advantage of the data savings that HEVC compression offers.
Editing platforms are constantly competing with each other for supremacy in post production and the war rages on. The best way for these companies to stay ahead of the competition is to stay ahead of the trends.