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OBSBOT Meet Flip Review: Finally, a Webcam That Knows How to Shut Up
The OBSBOT Meet Flip is tiny, genuinely portable and physically private. Add very good 4K video and surprisingly mature software, and this may be the travel webcam we have been waiting for.
Mavis Studio turns iPad into a live switcher
A full live switcher lands on iPad, with multicam, web graphics, NDI, RTMP and SRT, plus recording. Your backpack just got louder.
FilmLight sends your frames!
FilmLight’s Nara simplifies media workflows and improves collaboration. And you don't even need to have Baselight in your pipeline! The latest version enables seamless progress reviews, approvals, and compliance processes—all without proxies. Interested?
Hardware for CineMon (et. al.)
After looking at the software side of CineMon, it's time to take a look at the hardware - whats good and what's not?
17K Camera from Blackmagic Design on Preorder
Are YOU suffering from empty storage? Do you need EVERY pixel there is? Well, BMD has a camera for that - now on preorder, or live at the IBC.
WorldVFXDay 2023 im Livestream!
Because Munich is the secret capital of everything, there is of course the WorldVFXDay here - streaming during the day and in the evening at the HFF Munich!
Plug and Play and Palaver?
Simply plug it in via USB - and get started as a podcasting presenter? The Seiren V2 Pro was launched at the same time as the Seiren V2 X. What all releases in the Seiren V2 series have in common is that they are designed as recording devices for streamers.
Video Packaging Unveiled: Netflix goes GPAC
This article is a conversation with Motion Spell’s Founder and CEO Romain Bouqueau. Anne Aaron (see on the right), Director of Encoding Technologies at Netflix, recently said: “As part of our strategy to build a flexible and efficient packaging platform, we needed a strong partner with deep expertise of the best encoding and packaging tools.” In November 2022, Motion Spell, a media technology software and consulting company based in Paris, concluded an 18-month transition phase with streaming provider Netflix – resulting in: the integration of GPAC Open-Source Software into Netflix’s worldwide content operations.
Halo | VFX Breakdown
The battle with the Covenant goes into series production: Canadian-based VFX house Redefine sends the Master Chief into the star war.
Rodeo FX explains the visual effects for the Halo series
VFX Supervisor Patrick David and VFX Producer Nancy Heller talk about the animals that inspired the concept design of the aliens - and what this has to do with organic stairs - in a video lasting over four minutes.
Netflix buys Animal Logic
The streaming Godzilla is getting its hands on Australians: Animated feature films by Wendy Rogers and Ron Howard now with the participation of 800 Australians?
Viva Las Vegas
That is the name of a song by ZZ Top. How much “Viva” Vegas Pro deserves, you can read in this article.
Loupedeck | Update
New user interface, integration with Philips Hue, and other functional delights.
Inside Digital Production 02:2021
Digital Production 02:2021 covers colour tools, Resolve, Magic Bullet, Marmoset, Houdini, Katana, Nuendo, Cascadeur and Unreal Niagara.
How HBO Max Reshaped Film Compensation During the Pandemic
A No Film School analysis examined how streaming releases changed bonuses and compensation for US film casts and crews.
Snowpiercer | VFX-Breakdown
The sci-fi icebreaker as a word-case scenario for a train journey.
Netflix Cuts 4K Streaming Bitrates with Shot-Based Encoding
Netflix said optimised shot-based encoding could deliver comparable 4K image quality at roughly half the bitrate.
The Mandalorian | VFX-Breakdown
Pixomondo saddles you up with the Blurrg. Don't forget your sun cream: The desert sun is blazing.
NAB Show 2021 Moves to October
NAB Show 2021 moved from April to 9–13 October in Las Vegas as organisers responded to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
ATEM Mini Update Adds Adjustable Audio Delay
Blackmagic’s ATEM Switchers update added adjustable analogue-input audio delay to ATEM Mini and ATEM Mini Pro.
Sony Imaging Edge Webcam Turns Cameras into Webcams
Sony’s free Imaging Edge Webcam utility connected compatible Alpha and RX cameras to Windows PCs over USB.
CES 2021 Moves Fully Online
CES 2021 shifted to an all-digital event scheduled for 6–9 January, while European CES Unveiled events initially remained in person.
Nvidia Studio Launches Tutorial Channel
Nvidia Studio's channel collected more than 50 tutorials on Substance Alchemist, KeyShot, GPU rendering and material creation.
Netflix Tests NetFX Platform
Netflix's beta NetFX platform aimed to connect VFX artists and production partners across international projects.
Digital Signage Summit Europe Goes Online
The free online DSS Europe 2020 examined retail, analytics and post-COVID digital signage with speakers from Sony, Sharp and ZetaDisplay.
Westworld’s LED-Wall Virtual Production
Jonathan Nolan and Jay Worth explain how Unreal Engine, camera tracking and LED walls shaped Westworld season three's virtual production.
DP Live Streaming Test Archived
Digital Production ran a brief YouTube and Facebook livestream test in May 2020.
IBC 2020 Cancelled Amsterdam Event
IBC cancelled its September 2020 Amsterdam exhibition and shifted attention to digital programming through IBC365.
DP Live Previewed a Streaming Workshop
Digital Production announced a May 2020 live-streaming test with Nils Calles, Bela Beier and possible guests.
ZBrush 4R8 Streaming Event on June 13
On Tuesday, June 13, 2017, Pixologic will present the new features of ZBrush 4R8 at a live event. In Central European Time, the event starts at 9 p.m.
Open Source – and Even Better than H.265?
The successor codec to H.264—H.265/HEVC—is not really taking off due to licensing disputes. The free AV1 video codec, which can keep pace in terms of quality, therefore has all the better prospects.
New MPEG Standard H.265
The Moving Picture Experts Group agreed on a draft for a new video compression standard—optimised for streaming.
IBC 2010: Next Generation of Adobe Flash
Adobe Systems is showing further developments of its video and rich-media solutions at IBC 2010. Among other things, Flash technology has also been developed further.
LifeSize Presents New Streaming and Recording Solution for HD Video Conferences
LifeSize Video Center combines real-time recording and streaming with automatic publication of HD content.
New premium solutions from Nanocosmos for encoding and streaming HD videos
Streaming goes 3D: Premiere for real-time video encoder – also for 3D stereoscopy
Boxee Box: Power Chip Guarantees HD Streaming
The multimedia centre supports all video and audio formats.
Live-Stream Television Content over the Mobile Network with Elgato
Elgato EyeTV Live3G is a free web application for live television over 3G on the iPhone.
IBC 2009: Streaming Technology for NCPower Compact
stream5 and NorCom formed a strategic alliance integrating stream5 video-on-demand and streaming technology into NCPower Compact.
German IPTV Association Establishes IPTV Streaming Working Group
The group aims to create comparability and promote standardisation by developing a quality seal.
ViewCast: Niagara 2100 Streaming Encoder
ViewCast expands its turnkey streaming-encoder portfolio with Niagara 2100 for Windows Media VC-1.
NAB 2009: Adobe Brings Internet Flash Video to TVs
Adobe's Flash Platform for the Digital Home is designed to stream internet video directly to televisions without a PC.
Swiss IPTV Portal Uses Akamai for Geotargeted German-Language Live Streams
Solutionpark uses wilmaa.com to stream a complete German-language television service around the clock, with possible expansion to Germany and Austria.
Film Service Aims to Revolutionize Streaming Technology
HD content usable without stuttering or broadband internet.
Akamai Presents Comprehensive Web TV Expertise at Munich Media Days
Video advertising, HD streaming and a white-label IPTV solution.
IBC 2008: IP-Based Solution for Mobile Video Transmission
At IBC 2008, Satlynx is presenting a mobile transmission solution using satellite uplinks for media streaming by television and radio stations.
Benedict Around the Clock on ZDF
The broadcaster will show the concluding Mass with Pope Benedict XVI from World Youth Day in Sydney and offer a video blog by young participants.
Xeatre.tv Releases New xeatre.broadcast Module
Munich-based Xeatre.tv is expanding its recording and archiving solution into hospitality and IPTV streaming with the new xeatre.broadcast module.
Xbox 360: Microsoft and Sony negotiate over a Blu-ray drive
Following the end of HD-DVD, Sony is in a strong negotiating position. Apple is reportedly also interested in Blu-ray drives.
equinux releases The Tube 2.5 with the free TubeToGo web service
equinux today introduced The Tube 2.5 with the TubeToGo web service. The Tube users can now publish their TV recordings in a web gallery, watch them over the Internet and schedule recordings while on the move. The TubeToGo web interface can be used to manage the entire recording archive in The Tube and publish it in the TubeToGo web gallery.
ZyXEL Adds HomePlug AV to Media Adapter
ZyXEL’s DMA-1100P combines a digital media adapter with integrated HomePlug AV powerline networking.
CeBIT 2008: Online video library maxdome comes to Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center
From CeBIT 2008, the online video library maxdome will for the first time also be available as an attractive entertainment highlight through Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center. Its users can therefore directly access more than 10,000 titles from Germany's largest online video library, including feature films, TV highlights, series, sport, documentaries and music concerts, and watch them via DSL on a PC or television.
Reuters videos now on mobile phones at ViiF
Access news clips updated hourly on your mobile phone. Know what is happening while on the move, at any time.
HD and a new regional studio — Hit-TV.eu’s topics for the start of the year
Following the extremely successful year 2007, Hit-TV.eu is also beginning 2008 with several innovations. Hit-TV.eu received unexpected (and certainly involuntary) help from a major media group that switched off its HD channels last week.
MediaCentral expands its online entertainment offering
equinux expands its media-centre software to more than 400 IPTV channels, video streams and international web-radio stations
First technology channel on the internet
Yesterday in Düsseldorf, Germany’s first technology TV channel was launched at the annual meeting of the SACHEN MACHEN initiative founded by VDI. The WebTV channel ‘TecTV’, established especially for young people, is produced by the Stuttgart moving-image agency fischerAppelt, tv media and can be reached at www.tectv.de.
TietoEnator presents mobile-TV solution for network operators and media companies
As part of its ‘Digital Media’ offering, TietoEnator presents a complete mobile-TV and video solution for network operators and media companies. With the help of this solution, network operators can offer their subscribers ‘next generation’ mobile-TV services with simple access to live TV programmes and video-on-demand content (VoD).
Wizzard Media licenses 35 programme formats to sevenload
World’s largest provider of video podcasts shows international stars and shows in sevenload channels
US music star releases album exclusively as mobile-phone download
Music industry pins hopes on mobile-communications market.
net mobile AG presents new platforms for lucrative multimedia services
Listed net mobile AG (net-m) (M:access, ISIN DE000813765) will present itself at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona from February 11 to 14, 2008 as an internationally operating link between network operators and the media world.
More variety – MCI Open House 2008
Following last year’s successful debut, we invite you to another Open House in Hamburg on March 6 under the motto "More Variety 2008". From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Studio Hamburg site, you can inspect, discuss and try out solutions for broadcast and media, from products and systems to studio equipment.
Artec Technologies Announces New IPTV and Digital TV Solutions
New products and solutions for IPTV and digital television are due to launch in 2008.
exozet Expands N24.de into a Multimedia News Portal
Multimedia agency and IPTV consultancy exozet interact has relaunched N24.de with a new media centre based on its TVNEXT IPTV platform.
IPTV for iPhone: Xeatre.tv Goes Mobile
German supplier Xeatre.tv is bringing its professional recording solution to the iPhone.
Last.fm Offers Free Access to Millions of Songs
Agreements cover all major labels and 150,000 independent labels.
Game-TV broadcasts high-prize Call of Duty 4 Cup
The portal dSLASH.de is holding a tournament for the new eSport hit Call of Duty 4 that will last several weeks. The matches are broadcast by Game-TV.com every Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. dSLASH.de is organising the online tournament, with just over $2,850 in prizes, in cooperation with Razer, Foxconn, CaseKing and FSHost.
MyVideo Now Available in Belgium and the Netherlands
Germany-founded video community MyVideo expanded to Belgium and the Netherlands after ending 2007 with 39 million visitors and more than 682 million page views in December.
Mobile Video Community ViiF Strengthens Its Team
The mobile-video community appointed Sebastian Nicke as director of Content & Cooperations and Cora Schulz as product manager in response to growing demand.
Computer gamers’ Bundesliga enters its twelf season
ESL Pro Series Season XII starts in February at Congress Center Frankfurt – roadshow through Germany’s largest cities – first Intel Friday Night Games in Mannheim and Bremen
German IPTV Association Founded
The German IPTV Association was founded in Berlin to support the technological, economic and creative potential of the IPTV industry and encourage innovation, standards and exchange between research and industry.
MW: Elgato Presents EyeTV 3
At Macworld Expo, Elgato presented the new version of EyeTV 3. The interface has been completely revised and adapted to Leopard.
Web TV Boom: Users Broadcast Self-Made Shows Live
Video platforms offer a wide range of technical possibilities.
Adobe’s “Flash Lite” Conquers Mobile Phones by 2012
Web videos on mobile phones attract customers and device manufacturers.
HD4.TV among top 100 in US iTunes Store
HD4.TV’s Rome HD Video Podcast has entered the top 100 in the US iTunes Store for the first time. More than 2,000 Rome Videos in High Definition format 720p (1280x720) are currently downloaded daily for Apple TV or as iPod Video.
More than 95 percent browse with unpatched software
Secunia warns of a new dangerous QuickTime vulnerability.
Exozet Introduces TVNEXT Playout Server
The TVNEXT expansion links online television with conventional broadcast distribution and interactive commerce functions.
MTV partners with mobile video service ViiF
Using a short break to watch a music video on a mobile phone or catch up on the latest music news: the partnership between MTV Networks Germany and mobile video service ViiF now makes this possible.
Kabel BW begins switching encryption system in Stuttgart
To offer video on demand and other interactive multimedia services in future - such as an electronic programme guide, time-shifted playback of certain offerings or games - Kabel BW is currently introducing the new NDS VideoGuard encryption system.
Microsoft and NBC stream the Olympic Games online
At CES on Sunday, Microsoft announced a partnership with media group NBC. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing are to be offered both as video on demand and as live streams.
China limits videos and podcasts on the Internet
China has issued strict regulations for controlling videos, podcasts and other audio offerings on the Internet. From February, only majority state-owned websites may distribute such films or radio programmes.
Premiere takes over youth channel Giga Digital
Pay-TV provider targets new audience / Covers Lifestyle, Games and eSports subject areas
Berlin Week of Free Radio
Berlin radio initiatives are holding a "Week of Free Radio" in Berlin from January 1-9, 2008.
Wal-Mart Discontinues Film Download Offering
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has discontinued its online offering for downloading feature films and TV programmes, which it launched at the beginning of the year. The website was closed because technology partner Hewlett-Packard is no longer operating its download platform.
bonnavista.tv with a New Internet Presence
The television of the future in view – that is what bonnavista.tv, the first web-TV channel from the federal city of Bonn, has. For more than a year, bonnavista.tv has entertained its steadily growing audience with in-house productions. Following a complete overhaul of its Internet presence, the channel has now become even more varied, colourful and even more surprising.
Apple Wins Fox Studio for Online Video Rental via iTunes
According to a newspaper report, users of Apple's iTunes online shop are to be able to rent video films in future. Apple has concluded a video-on-demand agreement with US film studio 20th Century Fox, the «Financial Times» reported on Thursday.
ARD and ZDF Each with One Programme on Mobile 3.0’s DVB-H Platform
ARD with "Das Erste" and ZDF with its main programme will be broadcast nationwide unencrypted and barrier-free on Mobile 3.0's new DVB-H platform.
Premiere HD Expands Across Germany
Premiere HD will join Unitymedia’s cable network in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia from January 2008.
Union Plans Strike TV
Weekly magazine on the Internet is intended to appeal to young people.
Telekom Opens «Videoload» to Customers of Other Providers
Deutsche Telekom will in future open its online video platform «Videoload» to customers of other Internet providers. Until now, access to the video-on-demand service was reserved solely for users who had booked a DSL connection with Telekom.
Golden Globe Candidates Confirmed: Live at the 65th Ceremony with Kabel Digital Home
Romantic drama "Atonement" nominated seven times for a Golden Globe. Keira Knightley top candidate for best actress. Showbiz channel E! Entertainment reports live from the 65th Golden Globe ceremony during the night of January 13 to 14.
Portland Fire Brigade Relies on Optibase
Optibase's IPTV solution helps firefighters with training.
Robert Stoot New Director Sales EMEA at MailPerfect
MailPerfect Europe AG fills the position of Director Sales EMEA with Dutchman Robert Stoot. In this function, Robert Stoot will drive the internationalisation of the company.
Hit-TV.eu – Now Worldwide on the Television at Home
The new DivX Connected Box has made it possible since December 7, 2007. With the D-Link DSM-330, a device has been launched that brings DivX – films, photos and music in HD quality to the television. Just in time for the start of sales in Germany, the plug-in for Hit-TV.eu was completed by DivX Corp. in San Diego and Seattle
Internet TV Channel on Renewable Energy Launches
Creventis Services launches the beta phase of the Internet TV channel and multimedia knowledge platform Energy1.TV on renewable energy, energy efficiency and decentralised energy supply. Market analyses by management consultancy Roland Berger estimate the worldwide market volume of energy generation in 2006 at around 100 billion euros, sustainable mobility at 180 billion euros and energy-efficiency technologies at around 450 billion euros. According to a study by the World Energy Council (WEC), an increase in global demand for energy of 70 – 100 percent is expected by 2050.
IPTV Enjoys Ever Greater Popularity
By 2012, 38.4 million households are expected to receive IPTV. That would be more than six times as many as at the end of 2006. These data resulted from a study by Informa Telecoms & Media, the results of which were published today.
ASTRA and RTL Deepen Cooperation on Interactive Service Blucom
Special aspect of the new cooperation: The increased integration of interactive offerings accompanying the programme.
Internet Users Don’t Give a Damn About Television
More and more web users prefer the online world.