All Audio articles – Page 3
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Industry TrendsFine-tuning Bohemian Rhapsody
The Editor and Production Designer of Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody tell IBC365 how the film recreated the classic Live Aid concert from Wembley Stadium – with 800 extras at Bovingdon airfield near Hemel Hempstead.
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Executive Interviews
DABbling in in-car audio
In-car listening presents a huge opportunity for the DAB radio industry, believes Arqiva’s Simon Mason.
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Thought Leadership
Smart speakers and public service broadcasters
If 2017 was the year that smart speaker hype reached its peak, 2018 may well prove to be the year they will have moved into the mainstream, writes EBU Project Manager Ben Poor.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Catherine Blizzard, BBC World Service
Growing your audience means understanding not only what they want, but how and why they want it, says BBC World Service’s Catherine Blizzard.
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Industry Trends
Satellite technology: Advances in connectivity
Over the past several months, it has become clear that, in many ways, far from being a distinct sector, the satellite industry is a microcosm of the larger broadcast industry in which it operates.
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Industry Trends
SMPTE advances immersive audio standardisation
New immersive audio standards have been published by SMPTE for distribution and consistent playout of various immersive sound systems.
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Industry Trends
IBC2018 Tech Talks: AI in production
AI is here to stay, and in the area of production it is set to revolutionise working practice. Explore how in technical papers from BBC R D, Media Distillery NHK and watch their IBC2018 Tech Talks.
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Technical Papers
Sound and fury: Bringing Dolby Atmos to the NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) approached Dolby Laboratories in early 2017 to explore what value immersive audio might bring to the NHRA’s television broadcasts.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Lisa Tobin, New York Times
Providing narrative perspective in a US news environment that’s in total overdrive is a daily challenge along with the changing audio consumption habits Lisa Tobin confronts, executive producer of audio and editor of The Daily podcast at the New York Times.
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Industry Trends
IBC grows in scope, reach and diversity
IBC2018: Positioned at the centre of the changing media, entertainment and technology industry, IBC has confirmed visitor attendance of 55,884, across the six day event.
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Thought Leadership
Delivering next-gen audio for everyone
The audio renderer has long been a bone of contention in the standardisation work on Next Generation Audio (NGA), writes EBU Senior Project Manager Roger Miles.
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Industry Trends
Why AI may never match craft skills in production
IBC2018: The strongest case for the use of AI production tools is in lower cost genres of television, says BBC AI Research Engineer Craig White.
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Industry Trends
Case study: Shifting from ISDN to IP
Digigram’s IQOYA Call IP audio codec and IQOYA Cloud management system are helping Danish radio station DR make a controlled shift toward audio over IP, enabling the public broadcaster to address the gradual extinction of ISDN connections and making it easy for staff to realise the cost and quality benefits ...
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Thought Leadership
IP opportunities: German broadcasters' real world usage
Transmitting via IP offers broadcasters the possibility of interconnecting radio, video and internet perfectly, writes 2wcom Chief Executive Werner Drews.
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Thought Leadership
Immersive technology: A unique opportunity for the industry
The broadcast industry has been experiencing a tremendous transformation since the arrival of the Internet, and digital convergence has become a reality, writes Genelec R D Director Aki Makivirta.
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Thought Leadership
What benefits can radio-as-a-service bring?
The broadcast industry is adopting cloud solutions at an astounding rate. Thanks to data portability and standardisation of systems, we will soon have access to radio-as-a-service, explains Digigram Head of Marketing Pascal Malgouyard.
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Industry Trends
IBC Future Zone: Showcasing the future
BT, BBC R D and NHK are among the exhibitors showcasing exciting concept technologies and cutting edge-solutions in the IBC Future Zone.
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Industry Trends
Tuning radio for South Sudan
Most stories about new broadcast facilities are all about beautiful buildings designed by ‘starchitects’ featuring soaring atriums and state-of-the-art studios and production systems. This is not one of them. This is the story of tin-roofed, mudbrick buildings with no air-conditioning, and brand new, old-fashioned analogue production kit.
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Executive Interviews
Craft Leaders: Julian Slater, Sound Designer
Oscar-nominated sound designer Julian Slater speaks about new ways of editing sound and why the term ‘immersive’ can be a red herring.
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Industry Trends
IABM announces shortlist for BaM awards
The IABM has announced the shortlist for its new Broadcast and Media Awards (BaMs) which will be presented during NAB 2018.
