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Broadcasting | South Park: TV's Longest Week
An animated show that completes an entire episode, from writing to air, in only six days? Delivered to the network with only minutes to spare? Meet the producers and editors of South Park, winner of 3 Emmys, a Peabody Award for Excellence and many more, as they take you inside the tools and technologies enabling one of the most pressure-packed workflows imaginable.
People / Interview
Tim Wilson |
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Broadcasting | How to Shoot Footage Your Editor Will Respect
When it comes to shooting, David Allison's experience in the editing room has helped him develop parameters that lead to better footage that embodies the sensible values of an efficient shooter.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
David Allison |
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Broadcasting | I've Been Captivated
Billing itself as hosting "over 50,000 of the industry's finest minds and wisest investors from across the international electronic media spectrum" in order "to do business, debate, share insight, network and lead," IBC 2012 (this year in Amsterdam) was the talk of the industry!
Editorial, Feature
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | Ryan Salazar & Pixar Discuss Render Farms
Teaming clusters of systems together to generate frames of videos is an amazing time-saver, especially when there are heavy scenes that need lots of processing power. Imagine now an animation that could take millions of hours to render, and one computer is no longer an option. With an in-house system, or a render farm using the latest Cloud Technology, speed and optimum results are what it's all about.
Feature, People / Interview
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | NAB Show 2013 Coverage
NOBODY is more excited about NAB Show 2013 than broadcast guru Ryan Salazar. His contagious enthusiasm about new products and technologies for the studio industry will be certain to captivate and inform. Take a look at his pre-Show teaser of 2013 coverage.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | VidiGo's Dutch Army Knife of Broadcast Tools
Dutch based software company, VidiGo now offers a range of products founded on the idea of simplifying workflow without compromising quality. Starting with a graphics engine for internal mixing of graphics with HD/SD-SDI output and evolving into a wide range of support to enhance productivity, including support for Adobe's Creative Suite and Blackmagic Design cards.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Live on the Net Without a Net: Cutting Live
Mr./Ms. Editor, meet Mr. Pressure! Multicam guru Mitch Jacobson shows how the technical and creative skills that you've developed in the edit suite translate to live production even better than you think -- if your heart can handle the strain.
Editorial, Feature
Mitch Jacobson |
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Broadcasting | Digital Asset Management in Broadcast and Post Production
One of the least considered functions at many studios is Digital Asset Management (DAM). More attention needs to be spent on this mostly under-used asset. Many files are created and then unceremoniously dumped into outer space, never to be seen again. However, it doesn't have to be that way; once created, digital assets become a goldmine that just keep giving.
Editorial, Feature
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | The Future of Television-HPA Tech Retreat Unites Techy Types
A who’s who of the country’s broadcast, film and TV post production industry convened in Indian Wells, California to listen to tech presentations on everything from Ultra HDTV to Mobile DTV and chew over the latest conundrums. Next year’s HPA Tech Retreat will take place Feb. 17 through 21.
Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | syncVUE Review
Synchronizing Client/Editor/Team Remote Video File Viewing. Created by an editor for editors, syncVUE is a workflow support tool to assist reviewing video files via the internet, synchronizing Quicktime movie playback and viewing across multiple locations. In this Creative COW Magazine article, Walter Biscardi reviews syncVUE and how it might help your workflow in a real world video production environment.
Review
Walter Biscardi |
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Broadcasting | NAB 2012: Render Rocket Launches Free Unlimited Test Renders
On the NAB 2012 exhibit floor...Render Rocket, set to be in the CloudMediaHUB Booth #N3222I, offers everything 3d artists need to immediately access massive rendering power for their jobs with up-to-date render software, a web-based render manager and tons of processors. This cloud-based rendering service is launching free, unlimited test renders as we gear up for NAB.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Three Decades of Digital Disruption: Glenn Reitmeier & HDTV
Glenn Reitmeier, senior vice president of Advanced Technology for NBC Universal, who also leads NBC Universal's technical efforts on industry standards, government policy, commercial agreements, anti-piracy operations and advanced engineering, on the eve of accepting the National Association of Broadcaster's NAB Technology Achievement Award, talks to the COW about his career and achievements, including creating the HDTV standard.
Feature
Glenn Reitmeier |
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Broadcasting | AMD Releases SDI Link
Semiconductor designer AMD is fulfilling the promises made at IBC by shipping its AMD FirePro SDI-Link, a platform for GPU acceleration for live/on-air broadcast graphics and real-time video production/post-production pipelines.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Tektronix Debuts WFM2200 Waveform Monitor
Portable form factor and affordable price are two key features of the WFM2200, a portable waveform monitor ideal for broadcasters and video content producers wishing to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot their video equipment.
Feature
Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Live TV: On a Budget
Dylan Reeve and a small group of no-budget podcaster friends decided to embark upon the challenge of broadcasting live election coverage of the New Zealand General Election online in HD. Live trainwreck or success?
Feature
Dylan Reeve |
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Broadcasting | Putting the B Back in NAB
NAB has been more than a broadcast show for a very long time -- but the "B" still stands for "Broadcasters!" Engineer Ryan Salazar takes a look at new products for the old school.
Feature
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | The New IT Director Versus the Old Broadcast Engineer
From the earliest days of media, it was recognized that there needed to be people who performed the technical workings of the studio. As today's technology calls for new skillsets, there is a new demand for someone - a hybrid engineer - who can bridge the gap between the broadcast engineer of old and the IT director of new for today's specialized media markets.
Editorial
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | SENCORE: Web-Based Network Monitoring with the VB330
Part of Sencore's VideoBRIDGE product line, the VB330 Probe can be equipped with two 10GB Ethernet inputs in order to monitor and troubleshoot thousands of IP streams in large cable, IPTV and satellite broadcast chains. With the ability to monitor either through a local VideoBRIDGE controller system, TELNET (network protocol) or remotely, using a standard web browser, this guy caught the attention of broadcast guru Ryan Salazar. Let's see what he thinks.
Review
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | SERIOUSLY SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH member, Ryan Salazar highlights a few key products and services from the largest and most complete display of goodies from the computer graphics and interactive techniques industry - an event which boasted over 160 industry organizations exhibited in a mind-blowing 44,750 square feet of exhibit space.
Editorial
Ryan Salazar |
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Broadcasting | Bessie's New Tool Round-up
There are a lot of new products designed with your heavy lifting needs in mind. Here are a few that have recently managed to catch our eyes.
Review
Cowdog |
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Broadcasting | ESPN 3D: Countdown to Kickoff!
An all-3D sports network sound like a long shot to you? ESPN has heard it before ?? over 30 years ago, when there were very few takers willing to bet on an all-sports network at all. As ESPN's VP of Emerging Technologies, Anthony Bailey is one of the people responsible for what many predict will be one of the most important players in the 3D home delivery game. In this feature from Creative COW Magazine, Anthony tells us about a few of the hurdles he and his team have overcome so far.
Feature, People / Interview
Anthony Bailey |
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