Software-Designed Visual Storytelling
15/11/2019
Jenny Priestley 2 days ago
By Andrew Cross, president of global research and development at Vizrt
target=_blank title=Share on LinkedIn class=share-linkedin> By Andrew Cross, president of global research and development at Vizrt
https://www.tvbeurope.com/features/sdvs-telegraph-road title=Share via Email class=share-email>
those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F Kennedy
The future isn't on the horizon, it is well underway. Sitting in our chairs, comfortably immersed in the 21st century, it is all too easy to overlook an incredible revolution changing the world before our very eyes. We can be left behind on the curb wondering what just happened, or ride along as passengers; but do we have an opportunity to take the steering wheel and be part of the transformation.
Let's look back over relatively recent history to gain a wider perspective.
#1 Telegraph Road
Commercial use of the telegraph arrived around 1830. Before that, long-distance communication technology involved dispatch riders and carrier pigeons. We fervently hoped our messages arrived in time, and learned of remote events belatedly if ever. With the magic of the telegraph, messages traversed thousands of miles at virtually the speed of light, even thousands of miles at virtually the speed of light.
Important news and ideas spread like wildfire. It took about 80 years for the telegraph to arrive in the furthest corners of the world, available to nearly every social strata and human pursuit.
This changed the course of history, by delivering a better, more accurate story. We learned of news shortly after it happened, often from multiple sources and in more detail. This changed our reality, affecting our views and actions.
#2 Phoning Home
The next big revolution arrived in the early 1900s.
The telegraph required specialist skills and necessitated a trip to the telegraph office but the telephone allowed anyone to talk and talk back! No longer forced to accept the story as told, we ask questions, discuss details, debate meaning. Since we do so in real-time, the story (or our story) can affect events even as they unfold.
Still, again it took about 80 years before the telephone was a common fixture in most homes. (Despite its wireless advantages, cost and complexity prevented tow-way radio from enjoying a similar adoption.)
Looking back, we see that while the telegraph has been relegated to period dramas, and radio serves only niche applications, the telephone still dominates technological and societal change well over a century later.
#3 The Video Revolution
During the 1950s and 60s we see the rise of television. The 80s and 90s bring personal computing, and the internet.
Accelerated commoditisation delivered these to the masses quickly, over just about four decades. We could argue, though, that compared to the telephonic revolution these play only a supporting role.
The romantic notion many have of The Golden Era of Television', the family basking happily in the glow of a cathode ray tube is really only relevant in the affluent West. As you read this, the majority of the global viewing audience is watching television' on their mobile phones. In this respect, the development of television or the internet that the western world were not the big revolutions often claimed. While they played a role in bringing us to this day, TV, personal computing and the Internet didn't even reach much of the world until the mobile revolution.
Leveraging those advances, mobile' conquered the planet as its devices appeared in every home, hut, pocket and purse.
It's easy enough to identify earlier technical revolutions in hindsight. It is harder to recognise them in their infancy.
We must look deeper to see past countless lesser glitzy details vying for our attention to understand where it's all leading. While significant milestones, rolling out thousands of miles of copper across the seabeds, converting analogue data to zeros and ones by the trillion, and building Clouds to store them all in were not in themselves revolutionary. These were just the building blocks of real transformation. Having laid these foundation cornerstones, what did we erect on it?
#4 A Technology Convergence
In less than a decade beginning around 2010, the confluence of computing power, broadband networks, and software providing stunning integrated video production tools led to this singular moment, when almost anyone in the world can broadcast their story in the blink of an eye using the fastest, most impactful form of communication ever devised (we communicate most effectively face-to-face and visually, evaluating subtle cues impossible to sense when merely hearing or reading humans have literally evolved to communicate face-to-face).
The majority of mankind can now explore the universe and its wonders better and faster than the best-equipped scientists of even the recent past. You can watch your kids play football when far from home, and they can be in their grandparent's daily lives even when oceans separate them. Teenagers in many lands not only have a TV and a camera in their pocket, but are broadcasters with their own personal TV network. And the resulting explosion of content is profoundly affecting our understanding of the world.
(Admittedly this also raises some concerns. It can be a big challenge to distinguish fake news' from truth. And as we have seen, this really matters, because the medium is so potent that the stories directly shape societies, for better or worse.)
Note closely, please, the greatly accelerated pace of this latter revolution. It took many decades and nation-sized budgets to lay wire for the global telephone system under oceans and over mount
Europe Stories
11/12/2019
Were a donation station for Mission Christmas
Posted on 10 Dec 2019 ICG is supporting Cash for Kids Mission Christmas to help make sure all children have something to open on Christmas Day. As well as bei...
11/12/2019
High-Octane Shift Set for India and Southeast Asia
Two of Banijay Group's JVs, The Natural Studios and Banijay Asia, today announce they are partnering to bring high-octane content to the Indian and Southeas...
10/12/2019
Didn't Get Your Free Google Home Mini? Now's Your Chance
A few months ago, we announced that eligible existing Premium Individual and Premium Family master account users in the U.S. could get a Google Home Mini while ...
10/12/2019
National Lampoon Radio Hour: The Podcast' Comes to Spotify Ahead of 50th Anniversary
Are you a National Lampoon fan? Then we've got news for you: National Lampoo...
10/12/2019
How American Hip-Hop Culture Inspired Today's Breakout Saudi Rappers
Hip-hop has proven to be one of music's most customizable and popular genres around the world, with both beats and bars that reflect the unique characterist...
10/12/2019
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We are very proud of Aveco and all of our customers. It is you who helped us achieve the most prestigious award in the broadcasting industry, the 2019 IBC Inn...
10/12/2019
A HEADPHONE WEARING THEATRE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES TRULY IMMERSIVE LIVE AUDIO THANKS TO DPA'S NEW 4560
DPA's latest product helped Sound Designer Nanna-Karina Schleimann successfu...
10/12/2019
Eurovision Sport agrees FIFA Club World Cup 2019 and 2020 deal in 37 territories
Eurovision Sport agrees FIFA Club World Cup 2019 and 2020 deal in 37 territories...
10/12/2019
Top 10 Modern Christmas Cracker Jokes Revealed
Tuesday 10th December 2019 The winning festive joke: Why does Donald Trump have his Christmas dinner on a plastic plate? He doesnt get on with china. TV cha...
10/12/2019
Ericsson ConsumerLab: Ten Hot Consumer Trends 2030 - The Internet of Senses
Consumers expect an array of beneficial services from connected technology interacting with our senses of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch to be a common re...
10/12/2019
Peach Audio announce Savannah
Introducing the valve mic pre from down under Peach Audios new Savannah mic preamp. Peach Audio, an equipment manufacturer from Sydney, Australia, is a nam...
10/12/2019
Movicom Masters Moscow Marathon
Movicom Masters Moscow Marathon posted: 10/12/2019 Russia's premiere marathon - the seventh annual Moscow Marathon - was a proving ground for Movicom&...
10/12/2019
German Football League trials vertical mode coverage on Bundesliga match
German Football League trials vertical mode coverage on Bundesliga match posted: 10/12/2019 Sportcast and DFL Digital Sports-led portrait tests aimed at s...
10/12/2019
Antenna TVs will thrive in 2020 predicts Deloitte
Deloittes annual Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions report looks at 5G, CDNs and more Jenny Priestley 5 hours ago Deloitte's annual...
10/12/2019
Amazon wins German Champions League rights'
Prime Video has won the A1 package for the 2021-22 season Jenny Priestley 4 hours ago Prime Video has won the A1 package for the 2021-22 season target=...
10/12/2019
ODMedia Group signs Ziggo Sport
Handling all aspects of management for the YouTube channel Dan Meier 5 hours ago Handling all aspects of management for the YouTube channel target=_bla...
10/12/2019
Former BBC exec joins Take 1
Stephen Stewart appointed to the new role of chief operating officer Jenny Priestley 5 hours ago Stephen Stewart appointed to the new role of chief opera...
10/12/2019
Canal Plus, beIN Sports enter distribution talks
BeIN Sports would exclusively sub-license Ligue 1 rights to Canal Plus Dan Meier 4 hours ago BeIN Sports would exclusively sub-license Ligue 1 rights to ...
10/12/2019
DPA go binaural with 4560 mic headset
In-ear mics and adjustable headband enable sound designers and podcasters to quickly achieve binaural recording DPAs 4560 binaural miking assembly, showing th...
10/12/2019
Vari-Lite's VL2600 Profile delivers for Gary Numan's 40th anniversary tour
Vari-Lite's VL2600 Profile delivers for Gary Numan's 40th anniversary to...
10/12/2019
Robe Gets Spaced Out for Transmission Prague
Robe Gets Spaced Out for Transmission Prague posted: 10/12/2019 Dance music fans returned to the O2 Arena in Prague, the European temple, original home an...
10/12/2019
Swiss rock pop band Hecht captured live at Zurich Hallenstadion
Swiss rock pop band Hecht captured live at Zurich Hallenstadion posted: 10/12/2019 Systems integrator, Event AG delivered live video production for Hecht, o...
10/12/2019
Genelec and Mick Sawaguchi join forces for Subjective Immersive' recording project
Genelec and Mick Sawaguchi join forces for Subjective Immersive' recording ...
10/12/2019
Sky News Australia Installs Vinten Robotics And Autoscript Intelligent Promting In Remote Studios
Sky News Australia Installs Vinten Robotics And Autoscript Intelligent Promting ...
10/12/2019
Video Transmission Site Services
December 2019 See our latest video below, showcasing our Transmission Site Services...
10/12/2019
Christmas on ITV
CHRISTMAS ON ITV 2019 TUNE INTO ITV THIS FESTIVE SEASON ITV has a stocking full of Christmas and New Year treats for viewers this year, including more drama o...
10/12/2019
AILEN LUJO JOINS VIZ MEDIA AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING MARKETING
AILEN LUJO JOINS VIZ MEDIA AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING MARKETING Industry Veteran Will Develop And Implement Multi-Channel Strategies To Support VIZ Media's...
10/12/2019
CHANTELLE STURT TO JOIN VIZ MEDIA AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY, PUBLIC RELATIONS - A NEW DEDICATED BUSINESS FUNCTION
CHANTELLE STURT TO JOIN VIZ MEDIA AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY, PUBLIC RELATIONS - A...
10/12/2019
Beta Release for New System Optimiser
CODA Audio recently gave a beta release to its brand new state-of-the-art 3D prediction software for CODA systems in the installed and live event arenas. The CO...
10/12/2019
Dutch Radio pulls out all the stops for inauguration of rebuilt organ
Dutch Radio pulls out all the stops for inauguration of rebuilt organ...
09/12/2019
Grainne Gallanagh announced as the fifth star to participate in RT One's Dancing with the Stars
Former Miss Universe Ireland, Grainne Gallanagh, is the fifth star confirmed to ...
09/12/2019
Michael Carruth, Yewande Biala and Fr. Ray Kelly Confirmed to Join the Line Up for RT's Dancing with the Stars
Tonight on The Late Late Show Ryan Tubridy unveiled three new Dancing with the S...
09/12/2019
Brian Dowling confirmed to join RT One's hit show Dancing with the Stars
After much speculation this week it was officially confirmed live on the Ray D'Arcy Show that television presenter Brian Dowling is set to join the line up ...
09/12/2019
Celebrations in Cork as Today with Maura and Dith mark their 1000th episode on RT One
On Monday, 9 December, Today with Maura and D ith will broadcast their 1000th s...
09/12/2019
Android 10 begins rollout with Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 smartphones
If you're the lucky owner of an Xperia 1 or an Xperia 5, you may have noticed that Google's Android 10 is now available for your device. The upgrade is...
09/12/2019
TVkey Cloud, developed by NAGRA and Samsung, wins Pay-TV Service Innovation of the Year at the VideoTech Innovation Awards
For consumers, TVkey Cloud enables instant activation out-of-the box and direct ...
09/12/2019
Kaplamin Ambalaj expands corrugated print production with second Onset X investment from Fujifilm
Kaplamin Ambalaj expands corrugated print production with second Onset X investm...
09/12/2019
SatNews: Year in Review 2019
By Simen K. Frostad Every year, the broadcast industry descends en masse on the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam. Once again, IBC provided invaluable insight...
09/12/2019
Alef One, Banijay Rights & France Televisions Join Forces For MH370 Drama
Banijay Rights, the leading distribution arm of Banijay Group, has today confirmed it will distribute the highly-anticipated, dramatic mini-series, Flight MH370...
09/12/2019
Sylphyo: the expressive wind controller
Aodyo wind controller now available more widely internationally The innovative Aodyo Sylphyo wind controller is now more readily available in the UK and North...
09/12/2019
New Bumblebee DIY ribbon mic arrives
Active RM7 kit comes from Latvia with love The Bumblebee RM7 kit. Latvian DIY mic manufacturers Bumblebee Pro, known for their ribbon mic kits, DI boxes an...
09/12/2019
Global video streaming market to reach $150 billion by 2026'
New figures from Allied Market Research Jenny Priestley 4 hours ago New figures from Allied Market Research target=_blank title=Share on LinkedIn class...
09/12/2019
Streaming services score over half of Golden Globes TV noms
Netflix leads nominations lists in both film and TV categories Jenny Priestley 37 mins ago Netflix leads nominations lists in both film and TV categories...
09/12/2019
Lise Heidal appointed SVP, global media solutions at NEP
Previously managing director for NEP Norway Jenny Priestley 5 hours ago Previously managing director for NEP Norway target=_blank title=Share on Linked...
09/12/2019
Mediaset, Vivendi deal could be delayed until early next year
Ruling expected after 10th January Dan Meier 4 hours ago Ruling expected after 10th January target=_blank title=Share on LinkedIn class=share-linkedin>...
09/12/2019
Tory immigration proposals offer little comfort to VFX industry
UK Screen Alliance criticises Boris Johnsons small amount of additional information Dan Meier 3 hours ago UK Screen Alliance criticises Boris Johnson'...
09/12/2019
NEP Announces the Appointment of Lise Heidal as SVP, Global Media Solutions to Lead Worldwide Initiative
NEP Announces the Appointment of Lise Heidal as SVP, Global Media Solutions to L...
09/12/2019
Astera AX1s Assist Muse Simulation Theory
Astera AX1s Assist Muse Simulation Theory posted: 09/12/2019 Twenty-four Astera AX1 LED battery powered wireless pixel tubes' played their part onsta...
09/12/2019
Sony and Verizon Demonstrate How 5G Stands to Transform Live Sports Production
Sony and Verizon Demonstrate How 5G Stands to Transform Live Sports Production posted: 09/12/2019 Samera System in Action at NRG Stadium Sony Imaging Produ...