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Broadcast Nuggets

What’s the difference between HDCAM and HDCAM SR?

February 5, 2010

Let’s take a look under the hood of two broadcast VT formats: both are called HDCAM, both do some form of HD, but apart from the operational differences, the funky coloured flap and two extra letters, what is the real difference between them? Let’s find out.
HDCAM (non-SR)
HDCAM was introduced by Sony ages ago in 1997. [...]

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Making Television History in 32APSK with NFL Football

February 2, 2010

We made some television history the other night: in a test for the NFL International Distribution, Adrian from TV2Go and us folks at IMG Mediahouse have successfully brought a 32APSK encoded signal across the Atlantic, with a datarate of 30Mbps using a 9MHz carrier!
Since the start of the current NFL season in 2009, part of [...]

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Behind the Scenes of Inter vs Milan for ESPN

January 26, 2010

Sometimes a feed comes in, gets an English voiceover and is put straight to air on ESPN UK. But on Sunday, we pulled various aces from our sleeves to bring the Serie A “Milan Derby” to an expecting UK audience.
The feed comes in from Eutelsat W3 in HD, the studio for pre match presentation is [...]

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YouTube has invited me to make some cash… but it’s a gamble!

December 18, 2009

Here’s a funny one…
I made this video on Xbox drive noise over a year ago. It has now had 55.000 views and 129 ratings on YouTube. Out of a sudden YouTube are inviting me to cash in on it.
It means that they’re eager to display adverts in the video and on the page. I can [...]

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