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Michael Goldman

August 28, 2023

The Sustainability Situation

Increasingly, the concept of sustainability is becoming a central calculation to consider for broadcast and streaming companies as they move further into the IP-based realm... Read More
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May 24, 2023

Compression’s Complex Evolution, Part 2

About a year ago, Ian Trow, a longtime industry consultant and SMPTE’s UK Section Manager, detailed for Newswatch readers how media workflows were moving at an accelerated... Read More
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April 24, 2023

What’s the Deal with Generative AI?

A recent article on the Hollywood trade site, the Wrap, was headlined asking a provocative question: “AI and the Rise of the Machines: Is Hollywood about to be Overrun by... Read More
February 23, 2023

Exhibitors Flocking back to NAB

If plans for the upcoming NAB 2023 show in Las Vegas are any indication, the industry’s return to busy and crowded live events following the pandemic is accelerating. The... Read More
February 23, 2023

Improving Micro-LED Resolution

A paper recently published in Nature revealed that researchers at MIT have developed a new technique for creating micro-LED displays with triple the amount of pixels compared... Read More
February 23, 2023

Next Generation Live Production in the Cloud

Interesting innovations and methodologies related to live media production in the public cloud are abundant these days, thanks in part to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,... Read More
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December 14, 2022

Progress With Camera and Lens Metadata

The maturation of on-set virtual production techniques has offered lots of new options for content creators, but it has also reinforced the need for the industry to find... Read More
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October 31, 2022

Establishing Clear Cloud Security Postures

Now that cloud-based content creation and delivery have become nearly ubiquitous across the media landscape, it’s crucial for media companies to understand that the... Read More
October 31, 2022

3D Pioneer Lenny Lipton Passes Away

Shortly before press-time, The New York Times reported that 3D filmmaking technology pioneer Lenny Lipton had passed away at the age of 82 after a battle with brain cancer.... Read More
October 31, 2022

AES, NAB NY Live and In-Person

As pandemic shutdowns of major industry events subside, October 2022 saw the return of two venerable industry events, co-located together for the first time ever. The AES... Read More
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September 30, 2022

Hot Button Discussion: The Interoperable NFT Asset Concept

As new digital data concepts like “blockchain,” “NFT,” “Web3,” and others infiltrate further into the entertainment space, it can be hard to keep up not only with what these... Read More
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September 8, 2022

Moving Media Workflows to the Cloud

Even as cloud-based media production becomes more ubiquitous across the media landscape, figuring out how to effectively and securely move workflows to the cloud remains an... Read More
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June 24, 2022

The Nuances of Building IP-Based Systems

As discussed previously in Newswatch, the media industry’s transition to IP-based systems continues its rapid acceleration, but now, in Brad Gilmer’s opinion, that transition... Read More
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May 31, 2022

Compression’s Complex Evolution

When Ian Trow last spoke with Newswatch in 2020, he pointed out that the COVID-19 pandemic was starting to have a radical effect on media workflows, and consequently,... Read More
AI
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May 2, 2022

AI Enables Generative Audio

As discussed in 2020 and 2021 in Newswatch, exciting developments are occurring in the world of machine learning/artificial intelligence when it comes to certain aspects of... Read More
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March 29, 2022

Meet the Metaverse

In Chaitanya Chinchlikar’s opinion, the newest digital business buzzword—Metaverse—is a label that has all sorts of potential implications for the entertainment industry.... Read More
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February 14, 2022

SMPTE’s Media in the Cloud Work Accelerates

As discussed in the November 2021 issue of Newswatch, interest in media in the cloud workflows has rapidly accelerated, causing great excitement and new options for content... Read More
December 27, 2021

CES Still on at Presstime

Shortly before press-time, the Consumer Technology Association (CES) announced on the Axios news site that it was planning to move forward with its planned return to a live... Read More
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December 27, 2021

Rural Broadband Access Growing

A recent survey from the Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) suggests that high-speed fiber broadband systems are rapidly picking up pace in America’s rural areas as we head... Read More
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December 27, 2021

ASC Test Film Coming in 2022

In mid-December, the ASC’s Motion Imaging Technology Council (MITC) finished production on a 16-minute short film called The Mission—made by ASC members for the purpose of... Read More
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December 27, 2021

Virtual Production Initiative Gains Steam

According to Kari Grubin, a media and entertainment consultant who is leading project management for SMPTE’s Rapid Industry Solutions (RIS) initiative, and Erik Weaver, head... Read More
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November 29, 2021

Where is Theatrical Exhibition Heading?

Despite the VOD/streaming revolution that has clearly gained steam during the Covid-19 pandemic period for obvious reasons, increasingly there are signs that theatrical... Read More
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November 12, 2021

Cloud Business Models

Now that the march of technology has enabled sophisticated media production and distribution via the cloud, and the ongoing COVID pandemic has accelerated an already... Read More
October 27, 2021

IBC Back Live in December

Coming on the heels of a live, in-person CineGear event that took place in Los Angeles in September, and the announcement this past summer of plans for a live, in-person... Read More

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