Quality is of strategic importance to broadcasters, now maybe more than ever before. Broadcast channels nowadays are judged in the light of sources such as Blu ray disks that can provide an excellent audiovisual quality, far exceeding what is currently possible by most broadcast systems. And as (large) consumer flat panel displays becomes more affordable, the expectation for enhanced picture quality in the home rises too.
New EBU Guidelines to maintain quality
The EBU's technical work addresses several topics related to creating high quality content, such as its loudness work in the audio domain and the testing of the quality of popular HD codecs in the video domain. The EBU now has also published a brief guidelines document (EBU R 132) for technical, operational and creative staff on achieving and maintaining sufficient technical audio-visual quality along the production chain. | |
QC Workshop 21-22 June
To maintain good quality throughout a broadcaster's operation, quality control (QC) checks must be performed. A big question is how to best do this in modern, often file-based, production facilities. The era of only using manual QC has ended with the explosion in the amount and types of content used and produced. To face this challenge head-on, the EBU has started a QC iniative bringing together broadcasters and manufacturers/system integrators to share their QC experiences, requirements, and solutions.
A good moment to meet on this topic is the 21-22 June 2011 EBU QC Workshop, a free event held at the EBU headquarters in Geneva (CH). If you are interested in the QC topic, you are also warmly invited to join the EBU Expert Community on Integrated production (ECI) which is currently coordinating the QC work.
For more information on all the EBU TECHNICAL's work related to quality, contact EBU Production Programme Manager Dr Hans Hoffmann.