Under probing guidance from moderator Adrian Pennington, the FutureSport session ‘HDR: Separating Hype from Reality’ went a long way towards disentangling the misnomers around a very complex technology area. Opening the session Tim Borer, Lead Engineer BBC R&D, provided an overview of the standardisation process (ITU-R RG24), and a focus on the crux of the […] More
One of the delights of IBC remains spotting something interesting out of the corner of your eye as you bowl around the halls. Under that category this year was Sony’s R&D project Catalyst Perform (Soccer) – a promising coaching tool awaiting a launch name. “We are looking to offer versions targeted at each sport,” said […] More
Many of the key demos at NAB were all about higher dynamic range (HDR), wider colour gamut, peak brightness, the improved blacks and shadow detail graders have been waiting for, and impressive Nit counts. The industry doffed its hat to Dolby Vision (12-bits of image rendering), the Canon engineering demo of a 2000 Nits reference […] More
There will probably be a spectrum debate until a rump of defiant broadcasters is forced to reenact the Alamo. Looking at their battle with the mobile broadband industry, broadcasters are fighting a foe like a Tesco with its huge land bank. Space (and banked spectrum) represents an opportunity to develop many years hence. We have […] More
For its current success in Formula 1 Mercedes stumped up £325m, but putting out a competitive car in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) would set investors back under £600,000. At Brands Hatch on Sunday ITV4 pushed its coverage of all 10 BTCC summer meetings to 230 hours with the support of OB outfit Cloudbass, […] More
Europe’s most versatile sports presenter Clare Balding switched smoothly from fronting C4 Racing’s coverage of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe to toasting and roasting former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen for her own live BT Sport chat show last week, during his tour of UK TV studios promoting his new book. Using a standing audience […] More
