CBBC and its sister channel CBeebies constitute a rather unusual site for an Autocue QNews newsroom computer system.
For a start, they are not news broadcasters, both being aimed at children.There aren’t many real scripts, as such, nor is there an integrated teleprompter or any transmission automation.
Operated by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo, and based in the Echo’s newsroom, Channel One is a pioneer of what might be called “the VJ phenomenon”: the use of multi-skilled video-journalists to film local news as it happens. The VJs are journalists who operate their own cameras and communications equipment.
They are highly mobile, and can get to breaking news with considerable speed.
The channel’s locally-focused and news-led output…which also includes traffic information, local weather forecasts and detailed event guides…has made Channel One a highly popular option for Liverpool’s 100,000 cable subscribers. And it has become so with the crucial assistance of an Autocue QSeries newsroom and automation system.
The advancement of networking and MPEG-2 digital compression technologies, combined with multi-stream data transmission enabled by packet switching, should allow operators to share networks between several services.
This paper describes the new Venus 2001 AES router from Philips that is specifically designed to help solve many of these problems while providing unsurpassed high-quality digital audio routing performance.
The making of a major animated film is a vast undertaking. Today’s animated movie blockbusters were years in the making and cost anywhere from tens of millions to over $100 million to produce.
The use of MPEG-2 video compression and digital transmission networks for content distribution has improved efficiency of operators and provides greater flexibility to deliver a wider variety of programs and services than ever before.
Since the first realisation of optical fibre with attenuation below 20dB/km in 1970, the interest for fibre optic communication systems has increased on a day-by-day basis.
Rapid developments are a matter of course in the broadcast and post-production industries. New versions, improvements and enhancements of existing techniques and technologies appear almost daily. Rarely, however, is there a quantum leap, a change which is so dramatic that the technologies it introduces have no precedent.
The work of standards bodies such as DVB, ATSC, ISO, etc. have improved the interoperability of complex video systems by establishing a common set of rules and protocols for differing devices to communicate with each other.
Broadcasters and program distributors are investing heavily in MPEG-2 video compression and digital transmission networks in order to distribute premium video and audio content.
iQ is a unique product that enables entire film projects, whether shot on traditional celluloid film or a digital medium such as HD, to be post-produced in an ultrahigh-resolution digital intermediate form.
Compression standards have become a matter of great importance in the television broadcast community. Most television industry activity revolves around Motion JPEG, MPEG-2, and DV compression, with MPEG-2 being used almost exclusively for final delivery to the consumer.
Modern Television Broadcast facilities are highly dependent on video test signals for synchronization. Many processes within a television facility require synchronization including switching of multiple sources, as well as, video effects. A sync-pulse generator’s primary purpose is to generate test signals that provide sufficient information to synchronize all the timing dependent elements within a broadcast facility.
The Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) is an evolving new technical standard that allows interactive multimedia programs from different content providers to be accessed through a single receiving device.
Since the earliest days of broadcast television, engineers have gathered around picture monitors to determine whether their images are “broadcast quality.”
The way that programmes are made has to change to match the massive changes occurring in what is now a multi-media, multi-platform, multi-format industry.
With the establishment of the MPEG-2 video compression standard and the widespread deployment of digital terrestrial networks the door is open to manufacturers to develop portable digital video links using the best aspects of both these technologies.
The objective is to produce reliable video feeds for a wide range of mobile applications.
