Ouch, we have made some mistakes with wireless broadcast rigs in the past to the point where our audio engineers refuse to use gear that was bought to meet a wireless microphone requirement and save money. But you don’t learn anything if you don’t make a few mistakes along the way. Here are a few tips on what to look for in wireless audio rigs. First, a little background. Today there are three kinds of wireless systems used in live ...
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If you are in the broadcast business you probably know someone who is going to NAB in Las Vegas this week. It is the second largest convention in Las Vegas. All three halls are filled with everything from radio to television to pre and post production systems and services. There are more than 1000 exhibits. If that isn’t enough, between the halls at the convention center there will be satellite trucks and production trucks for the conventioneers to visit. We ...
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We used to think that live captioning of an Internet video broadcast was rocket science. Television stations used special equipment to do something called “line 21 insertion”. Thankfully, injecting open captioning into live internet video broadcasting doesn’t require anything more than a good Internet connection at the live venue and a stenographer with access to the web. Here is how it works: First, setup all the audio and video gear at a venue like you would normally do for a ...
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More often than not, planning a live Internet Video broadcast with new clients all will have the same thing in common, a very strong idea of what they want without any consideration for things such as the ability of the venue to support their goals and objectives. It is equally true that they usually have no idea of what best practices are for video broadcasting which can use many of the same techniques as television broadcasts. Every plan ...
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Captioning live meetings seems to be the most sought after skill that our customers have asked for this past month. Some meetings are broadcast in English and some are broadcast in Spanish with English captions. We use some unique tools and tricks to allow our customers to specify font style size and color as well as the background behind the captions. It all works very smoothly with our crews at the controls, but the technical underpinnings of getting it done ...
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We did a little math this month and discovered that we have produced and live streamed more government meetings for the State of California than any other contractor. Over the past two years alone that encompasses more than 300 days of broadcasts and this year isn’t over yet. We also provide indexed archives of all of these meetings to allow our customers quick access to video segments by agenda line item. That’s quite an achievement and a very large video ...
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We’ve been so busy this past month that we almost forgot to update our news Flash. Well here it goes…Lacrosse, Radio, Voice over, Theaters, live sports broadcasting, remote HD Internet broadcasting, and on and on. One of the most exciting and technically difficult events that we broadcast was a professional lacrosse match in the middle of soccer fields in a rural part of Sacramento county. A video crew of nine, the 40′ broadcast production truck, scaffolding for two cameras and ...
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“The days are just filled” is a comment that the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbs used to offer frequently during the warm summer months. We are feeling that way ourselves. During August we were very busy. In addition to buying and outfitting another crew van for our growing on-location film and broadcast work load, we started or completed six video projects spanning the range from PSA development to Voice over work and training videos. We are also ...
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Some of the stuff we have been doing this past month is fascinating. We did some technically challenging chromakey work for the California Department of Transportation for a public safety PSA to be televised shortly. We will post the clip following its initial air date. We have also been using our creative skills on projects for a variety of commercial and government customers. This month we will begin to integrate for a local television station a new capability to search ...
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Summer? Vacation? Not for us. We’ve been busy. We facilitated more than a dozen projects, mostly live Internet video broadcasts. Everything from one camera to four camera live switched broadcasts for room filling audiences requiring large public address capabilities. But we really enjoy doing this kind of work. We make it look easy. To top the month of June off we were notified that we were competitively selected to provide video, audio, streaming and film production services on a statewide ...
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