2016
Short Form for Social Media: POV and Snapchat Present Expiring Video Documentaries
“I thought about how people interact with their phones, and viewing a video on a handset is very different from the experience you have...
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2016
‘The Runner’: Bonded Cellular Delivers Real-Time Cross-Country Series
Played out over the course of a 30-day period, the competitive reality series The Runner challenged one person to make it across America while...
2016
‘Defying the Nazis’: Revisiting History with Experiential Video
Viewers are taken on a voyage across the Atlantic and can hear the range of emotions in the survivors’ voices, including the joy of...
2016
‘Live PD’ Broadcasts Simultaneous Feeds from Six Cities
A&E employs bonded cellular transmission for police docu-series.
2016
Tips to Clip: December 2016
Carnet Correction I must offer a correction to the September Tips to Clip item about carnets. This travel document, often referred to as a...
2016
Three Weddings and a Vimeo: Where KISS Is an Acronym
1. Bad Zipper – Fun Wedding In the photo, a very young Stefan is pretending to monitor the sound. On my left is school...
2016
Streaming Threats and Opportunities: Considerations for Multiplatform Content Delivery
Video streaming is about more than simply replacing linear playout with an IP infrastructure, explains Dan Castles, Telestream CEO and co-founder. The availability of...
2016
Range of Possibilities: Determining the Impact of HDR Delivery and Display
It’s easy to become impatient with the avalanche of new technologies in home TV viewing. Not only have we had the slightly dubious charms...
2016
Crime, Cops & Codec Testing: Netflix Short Film “Meridian” Integrates HDR, HFR & 4K
The primary purpose of this short film is as test footage to evaluate streaming codecs and image acquisition technologies.
2016
Wildlife Comes Into Focus with Angenieux
After featuring birds in Winged Migration (2001) and the underwater world in Oceans (2009), directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud chose, with Seasons, to...
2016
‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’: The Challenges & Cinematic Possibilities of HFR Imaging
“The aesthetic is different when you see all that detail. You see everything. It was really intimidating,” says director Ang Lee.
2016
AKiTiO ThunderGo 1 TB SSD Keeps On Keepin’ On
We all know SSD drives are fast, so it’s not news that the AKiTiO ThunderGo is fast. But how does it hold up when...
2016
LaCie Rugged Faces a Mountainous Challenge
Filming in the field can be challenging for any filmmaker. Filming 17,000 feet above sea level on Mount Everest can be absolutely daunting. That...
2016
Blackmagic HyperDeck Streams “An Evening with Sting”
On Oct. 26, the Grammy Museum and the Grammy Pro web site presented a special installment of the An Evening With series featuring recording...
2016
Rhapsody Optimizes Performance and Quality with Limelight
Rhapsody (and its Napster brand) is a leading streaming music service with close to 3.5 million paying customers and a catalog that exceeds 35...
2016
Buyer’s Brief: Cloud-Based Storage
In this Buyer’s Guide we examine a number of options for cloud-based storage—systems and technologies engineered to allow you to move and manage your...
2016
DataDirect MEDIAScaler Supports Filmlance’s Growth
With viewer demand increasing for its hit TV shows and Ultra HD production, Filmlance needed to make some bold technology moves to keep up....
2016
‘Nocturnal Animals’ Color Combines DI and VFX Processes
“Filmmakers expect much more from color grading sessions than they did not so long ago,” says Siggy Ferstl.
2016
The Year in Acronyms: VR, HDR and IP: Examining the Emergence of These Technologies
They all have a future, but what kind of future?
2016
‘I Spy (With My Five Eyes)’: Interactive Documentary Immerses Viewers in the Intelligence Community
The documentary project, which features social media and online components, considers the role of the intelligence-gathering community in our globalized society.
2016
Deluxe VR Innovates for Interactive GE Experience
Deluxe VR built a virtual reality experience for GE that demonstrates how GE’s various businesses collaborate to develop new solutions. The VR project, called...
2016
Showtime Adds VR Content to ‘The Circus’
Showtime has added a virtual reality component to The Circus, its documentary series that has been following the U.S. presidential election this year and...
2016
Go with the Glow: Inside Life VR’s ‘Lumen’
A nonlinear interactive experience included in the LIFE VR mobile app for iOS and Android, and on Steam for the HTC Vive, Lumen allows...
2016
Life on ‘Mars’: Inside National Geographic’s Epic Multiplatform Initiative
National Geographic Channel says it wants to redefine television storytelling with its ambitious cross-platform project Mars, which premieres in 171 countries and 45 languages...
2016
Thinking in 360 Degrees: How YouVisit Has Evolved Its VR Experiences
“Brands need to stop telling stories and allow their audiences to explore them for themselves,” says Abi Mandelbaum, CEO and co-founder of YouVisit. Designing...
2016
Tips to Clip: November 2016
Glare Gone I love it when you allow me to share simple tips that solve basic problems. Carl Ulbrich of Phoenix, Ariz., was annoyed...
2016
Distribution Decisions: Considerations for Choosing a CDN
Knowing the basics will ensure you’re paying a fair price for the delivery of your content and verify that you’re choosing the right CDN...
2016
Where Have All the Digi-Trails Gone?: Nonlinear Editing Killed Them, Every One
We’re here at San Francisco’s Exploratorium to see Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest exhibition. One of his many kinetic sculptures struts its stuff. Jaw...
2016
Editor’s View: Great Minds
I’m excited for you to join us at this year’s Government Video Expo, held December 6-8 in Washington, D.C. I think you’ll benefit from...
2016
Toolkit: November 2016
AJA Video Systems IPR-1G-HDMI and IPR-1G-SDI Mini-Converters AJA’s IPR-1G-HDMI and IPR-1G-SDI Mini-Converters simplify IP-based workflows. IPR-1G-HDMI decodes VSF TR-01 and other JPEG 2000 streams,...
2016
Videocraft Goes Mobile for Wings For Life Run
The whole world runs together during the Red Bull Wings for Life World Run, an annual charity event that raises money to help find...
2016
Testing the Limits at the Boston Marathon with Comrex LiveShot
For the last 23 years I’ve been a part of the team that provides live coverage of the Boston Marathon. From the starting line...
2016
Mind the Gap: NVIDIA GPUs Model Liverpool Rail Station in VR
This rail project at Lime Street station is the first in Britain to be modeled in VR.
2016
Streambox Provides Pass Protection for Tennessee’s WTNB
WTNB, a locally owned and operated television station in southeast Tennessee, wanted to use an IP workflow to produce local high school football games...
2016
‘Speechless’ Premiere Overflow Accommodated with TVU Networks Transmitter
Our small coastal town of Madison, Conn., hosted a premiere screening of the ABC sitcom Speechless on September 20 at the Madison Art Cinemas....
2016
AVIWEST’s DMNG Systems Improve Coverage for TV Channel Ukraine
As one of the leading national television channels in the country, TV Channel Ukraine broadcasts a variety of entertainment, educational, dramatic and news programs....
2016
Delivering Breaking News for RTL with Dejero LIVE+ EnGo
Freelance cameraman Peter Van der Struijs delivers live breaking news from around the world to a roster of clients including the Netherlands’ RTL Nieuws....
2016
Wakeboard Collegiate Nationals Depend on LiveU Portable Transmission
Organizers of the 2016 USA Wakeboard Collegiate Nationals had to contend with the challenges of live streaming an event from Orange Beach, Ala., a...
2016
Streaming to Social Networks: The Infrastructure of an Interactive Concert Tour
Chinese singer Luhan’s solo concert tour Luhan Reloaded: 2016 was streamed live to Chinese video-based social network YY Inc. earlier this year with a...
2016
Digital Initiatives Add Thrills to ‘Berlin Station’
The initiative provides users with a virtual reality tour of the German capital and features interactive clues that will help enhance the series’ storyline,.
2016
Divergence & the Dominance of Platforms: Anticipating the Future of Virtual & Augmented Reality at VR 20/20
Predicting the future is a tricky thing, but it was a challenge taken on by Eric Romo, the co-founder and CEO of social virtual...
2016
‘Berlin Station’: Spies, Lies and Shooting on Location
Launching on cable network EPIX with a ten-episode season on October 16, Berlin Station is a contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, who...