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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 | 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 | BET Signs on to Market7
BET Networks has signed on to Market7's software-as-service, a browser-based, in-the-cloud suite of tools for a more collaborative production workflow. BET is using the service for dailies and review-and-approval for six or seven TV shows. Market7 is also adding watermarking to improve security and build confidence for working with a cloud-based solution.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Alfacam to cover 750 cricket matches in India
750 matches over the next three years in India alone, each featuring as many as 30 cameras: Alfacam's coverage of one of the world’s most popular sports for some of its most passionate fans will shoot exclusively with Grass Valley cameras.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Confessions of a Teenage Girl
Tim Wilson's bio photo may look like the vague approximation of a man in his early fifties, but he assures us most emphatically that it is the face of a teenage girl -- at least when he thinks about The Vampire Diaries. Look, this is just the way it is when you're a fan. We might try to keep our cool, but really, fans aren't about "cool." They're about passion.
Editorial
Tim Wilson |
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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.
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Glenn Reitmeier |
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Broadcasting | There's Something in the Air
In this 25th Issue of Creative COW Magazine, we've done something that we've never done before, which is to feature individual stories, rather than draw attention to an overall theme. We still have a theme, of course, so please allow Tim Wilson to introduce this issue by its official name: In the Air. We thought about calling it "On the Air," just in time for NAB, but we're doing more than just talk about broadcast. This issue is a look at, not just the changes that are coming to our industry, but also the changes that are already here. Your future may well have shown up already.
Editorial
Tim Wilson |
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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.
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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.
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Debra Kaufman |
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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 | 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.
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Debra Kaufman |
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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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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.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | JVC introduces HD 3D Production Analysis Monitor
JVC Professional Products Company has just introduced the DT-3D24G1U 24-inch HD 3D LCD production analysis monitor, the latest addition to the company's Vérité G Series product line, which promises to deliver precision adjustment of 3D images aimed at production and post.
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Debra Kaufman |
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Broadcasting | Modern VideoFilm Adds Harmonic MediaGrid Systems
Modern VideoFilm post production facility has found a rock solid way to handle high volume preparation of movies and TVs for delivery to a wide variety of platforms, from Web portals and satellite to cable and over-the-air in the form of the Harmonic MediaGrid, which serves as an incoming/outgoing cache for content that is delivered to and distributed from the facility via Signiant software over a fiber network at a rate of 10 TB per day.
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Debra Kaufman |
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