At the 2022 NAB Show, Sony Electronics is unveiling and showcasing a massive collection of products, services, and innovations aligned around imaging, Internet Protocol (IP), the cloud and visualization realm. We caught up with Hugo Gaggioni, CTO of Sony Professional Solutions of America to chat about the latest developments in the company’s work in UHD, HDR, and […] More
By Steve Pritchard, lead engineer, Hitomi Broadcast UHD is a hot topic for broadcasters these days. More and more productions are looking to create content in 4K resolution, if not for use now then for archive and future re-purposing. Streaming services are competing by offering UHD to their subscribers, a growing number of whom have […] More
The new Serie A football season began in Italy in late August accompanied by major changes to the way the TV coverage of matches is produced, including the radical step of cutting out the middlemen in the production chain, a new centralised management of signal transport from the stadiums, improvements in signal quality, and much […] More
Every NBC Olympic effort sees massive changes and advances with respect to file-based workflows, editing and more. Toss in UHD, HDR and immersive audio and those advances are even more challenging and, ultimately, impressive. Darryl Jefferson, NBC Olympics VP, broadcast operations and technology, and Jim Miles, NBC Olympics, director, digital workflow systems, discussed the multi-continent, timezone and […] More
As head of engineering for OBS Isidoro Moreno knows his tech. And at the 2020 Tokyo Games he is drawing on all his skills as well as those of his team. Why? Because not only are the Tokyo Olympics the first ever to be all IP but it is also all UHD, all HDR and […] More
As part of a major upgrade of its facilities to include UHD, NEP the Netherlands has added a MatchBox system from Hitomi into its LiveCenter interconnection centre in Hilversum. LiveCenter is part of NEP’s media facilities in Media Park. Beyond a traditional master control room, it provides a dynamic interconnection centre and a core for […] More
Pescara, Italy-based Cinevideo has launched its new OB truck, Waves 12G. Following the same layout and configuration as its Dolphin 7.0 vehicle, Waves 12G is now the company’s second UHD HDR OB. Aret managed both the build and system integration of Waves 12G, which is designed to work with Dolphin 7.0 at all levels – […] More
Euro Media Group (EMG) and Sony Professional have collaborated to establish an end-to-end HDR workflow for sports broadcasting, primarily for live operations. To develop a live HDR workflow that works from end-to-end and delivers on image quality, EMG and Sony created a solution based around Sony’s SR Live workflow. Integrating Sony HDC-3500 cameras, the HDRC-4000 […] More
By Norbert Paquet, head of live production solutions, Sony Professional, Sony Europe 2020 put a brake on many investments. The whole industry focused its efforts on setting up remote solutions that protected crews, fans and players without degrading viewers’ experience, in creative and innovative ways. The first concern was safety, the second concern was creating […] More
Viewers in Germany, Austria and Russia will be able to watch alpine skiing in ultra high definition (UHD) from later this month thanks to a partnership between Eurosport, the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) and Infront. The deal covers events in Bormio, Madonna di Campiglio and La Thuile and will result in coverage being shown […] More
