Behind the Scenes at ‘Game of Thrones’

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 04.27.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts." ~ Harper Lee On this Day: In 1981, Xerox introduced the first commercial system using a computer mouse. Behind the Scenes at 'Game of Thrones' "Game of Thrones"—which recently showed two episodes from season four in IMAX—is a production of epic proportions: 166 cast members, more than 1,000 crew members, shot in five countries and now viewed in 193 countries worldwide. Beres revealed that for the new season, the crew constructed 151 sets, shot 240 days and utilized 5,000 extras. Changing Mic Market Still Demands Quality Multichannel delivery to the home continues to expand, increasing the need for microphones that have at least two-channel capabilities. Bloggers and v-loggers require high-quality, affordable mics, and the trend to ever smaller lavaliere microphones continues unabated. Throw in the fact that broadcasters—including the large networks—are using smart devices for ENG and you've got a changing mic market. Putting the IOPS Where They Count ~ by Karl Paulsen A performance measurement commonly used to benchmark hard disk drives, solid state drives, and storage area networks is called Input/Output Operations Per Second, or IOPS. News & Technology OTT: JVC and Ustream Partner for Live Streaming SPORTS: NBC Sports Group Assembles Production Army to Cover U.S. Motorsports DEPLOYMENT: KVHP Chooses Future-Proof Automation System from NVerzion BUSINESS: America TV Purchases Shotoku Camera Support Products USER REPORT: Kino Flo Soft Lights Keep On Shining Industry Roundup Cablevision Launches 'Cord-Cutter' Packages (Multichannel News) Ang Lee Confirms He's Already Shooting His Next Film in 120FPS 3D (First Showing) Lawmakers Want Answers on Planned FCC Closures (Radio World) Broadcast Vendor M&A: ARRIS Buys Pace for $2.1 Billion (Devoncroft) AT&T U-verse Adds 50K TV, 440K Internet Subs in Q1 (B&C) TV Technology White Papers "Video Dropouts and the Challenges they Pose to Video Quality Assessment" from Interra Systems explores various kinds of video dropouts, the source of these errors, and the challenges encountered in detection of these errors. "Preparing for the 4K Content Workflow Transition" is an ebook from Quantum that discusses the challenges of building a 4K workflow and how Quantum technology can contribute. "High Speed Bridge to Cloud Storage" is a new ebook from Signiant that introduces Signiant Flight (previously known as SkyDrop), a SaaS solution for accelerated transfer of content to and from cloud storage. "Using Cloud Playout to Simplify Your Disaster Recovery Plans" from Imagine Communications describes how using its Cloud Disaster Recovery system can provide private or public cloud-based disaster recovery for broadcast and video playout operations. "Controlling and Monitoring Studio Displays" from Orad describes the implementation of the Orad TD Control studio display in The Weather Channel's new Atlanta studio. "The HTTP-Live-Streaming Success Guide" from Encoding.com examines HLS adaptive bitrate technology, HLS encoding parameters and a comparison of HLS platforms. TV Technology's 'Guide to Closed Captioning' takes a look at several important deadlines as well as new solutions to ensure compliance with FCC rules and enhance closed captioning services. "Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure" is an ebook from Harmonic that takes a closer look at how its virtualized video infrastructure technology is redefining the future of video production and delivery.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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