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This past winter we were asked by a ski resort to live broadcast over the Internet a multi-camera event. We love a challenge so we said yes. The event was a national snowboarding competition the ski resort wanted us to cover from top to bottom. Literally. The concept was to have two video cameras, one at the top of the hill, one at the bottom of the hill to capture and follow each contestant as they raced down the hill. ...
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A California State Government Agency recently asked us to compare video conferencing with webcasting and to demonstrate certain capabilities that differentiate the two. We thought that we would share some of this with you.
What are the latest features in Webcasting Technology? What Kind of Interaction and Screen displays are possible?
Webcasting, unlike video conferencing is more like watching television than conducting interactive events with scores of participants. However interactive webcasting (as apart from video conferencing) is available and has been implemented ...
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We’ve been busy and away on vacation. It seems that every time that we go on vacation something good happens. This time we were notified that we won two new major contracts from State of California Government agencies.
The California State Lands Commission. Established in 1938, the Commission manages the state’s 4 million acres of tidelands and submerged lands and the beds of navigable rivers, streams, lakes, bays, estuaries, inlets, and straits. These lands, often referred to as sovereign or public ...
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Video Streaming Services has been notified by the University of California Davis that it has been competitively awarded a multi-year contract for the production of live and recorded videos and video broadcasts for all of the schools and colleges that make up the UC Davis system, including the entire UC Davis Health system. A Copy of the press release is available here: .VSSC Press release-UC Davis
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This past weekend we produced a live switched Internet broadcast of the Shaunapalooza Music Festival from Swabbies on the River in Sacramento California. This festival has been put on by its promoters for the past three years. We have been there every year to broadcast this event. This year we live switched four cameras and included graphics and lower thirds in the live stream. More than a dozen bands played for this two day festival. The weather was great. For ...
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In the past few years, the pace of technology in media creation has been moving faster than ever before, driven by heightened competition between manufacturers and enabled by embedded microcomputer technology. Designers now have at their disposal tools in manufacturing materials and technology allowing them to realize designs that were just not possible before. Starting with computers where ideas are born, then moving to acquisition, onto editing and effects, then finally to delivery; all made possible by dense computer micro-chip ...
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4K Video recording presents some new challenges and opportunities for cinematography and video in general, but what is 4K Video? 4K Video is also known as Ultra High Definition Television of UHDTV for short. It has been accepted as a standard by the broadcast industry and has broad application in video and cinema work but it is still a ways off from large scale consumer acceptance. UHDTV is defined by display devices or content having a horizontal resolution of 4,000 ...
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Video image stabilization is an important feature of contemporary still and video camera lenses. Image stabilization or “IS” for short is accomplished in the lens of the camera. It works by reducing the effective area of exposure of the imaging sensor(s) in the camera by 10-15%. If the camera shakes while recording, the camera uses that 10-15% border area to smooth the image. IS is popular for handheld work. We use IS for tripod mounted shots that require a medium ...
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