Quote of the Day: "Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes." ~ Norman Douglas
On this Day: In 1899, AT&T takes over the Bell telephone system.
Pushing the Limits of 3D and 4K Getting ahead of the technology curve is tough enough under the best of circumstances, let alone 37,000 feet under the sea, in a submersible only 43-inches in diameter. That was the challenge faced by James Cameron and Vince Pace, and by Director John Bruno and DP Jules O'Loughlin in producing "Deep Sea Challenge 3D."
A Treasure Trove of Audio History Can Be Found Online ~ by Mary Gruszka My early audio and engineering education wasn't just fashioned from textbooks and classroom lectures. There were seminars from Synergetic Audio Concepts and sessions at AES conventions, which I started attending while still in college.
TV Technology's 'Guide to Closed Captioning' TV Technology takes a look at several important deadlines as well as new solutions to ensure compliance with FCC rules and enhance closed captioning services.
"The HTTP-Live-Streaming Success Guide" from Encoding.com examines HLS adaptive bitrate technology, HLS encoding parameters and a comparison of HLS platforms.
"Today's Reality for Moving Large Content Files" from Signiant examines the major trends driving the need for large and fast file transfer, ad hoc delivery methods and the benefits of SaaS.
"Playout in the Cloud," from Imagine Communications highlights "an entirely new range of opportunities for media companies to evolve their operations, transform and transport content free of geographic or other historical channel boundaries, extend and expand their brands."
"Gaining Competitive Advantage from Switching and Extension," from ThinkLogical addresses changes in the post-production ecosphere and outlines best practices for the design of a future-proof, fiber-optic KVM signal management infrastructure.
"Selecting Next-Generation Video Servers," from Rohde and Schwarz examines the rapid pace of technology development and the incorporation of information technology into broadcast and the broadcast operating environment.