"A reality check on Digital Production Workflows" is the title of the upcoming EBU Production Technology Seminar. Workflows are 'hot'. But what do they look like in practice? How do they bend and stretch under severe circumstances, such as if you are producing HD on a ship floating somewhere on an ocean? How do they integrate the archive? And what can we expect from technological advances in the near future?
Use cases
| The seminar, which will be held early February 2010, will mix practical use cases, such as ZDF's new virtual studio, BBC's cost-efficient HD studio recording system and TVP's regional news production, with more fundamental technological developments, such as how to test & measure HDTV lenses, how to optimise your camera settings and what high-end material you can shoot with DSLR still cameras (certainly a revolutionary topic).
A special session on quality will look at automated QC in file-based production, emission quality and the need to maintain quality throughout the chain. For post-production software interoperability, codecs, multi-plafform production and professional displays are on the agenda. |  |
Audio
For those who are more focussed on audio, sessions on SRG's HD live classical music production 'La Bohème', the progress of the EBU Loudness Group 'P/LOUD', lipsync, clean audio, up- and down-mixing, audio file formats, and a radio use case are planned.
A more future-oriented session will include a look at 4K and 3D and content production for HBB and/or broadcast-related games.
Registration
That is in a nutshell what you can expect from 2010's edition of THE Production Technology Seminar for the broadcast industry. You can reserve your seat via this registration link .