A little while ago, I wrote here about the US requirement for subtitles – closed captions – to be included on IP-delivered content as well as television. But what about the rest of the world? The first thing to say is that the world is a pretty big place, which means that the practice of subtitling and captioning, and…
As previously discussed on this blog, DPP standards webinar threw up some fascinating perspectives on this area of file-based workflow standardization. Another interesting perspective came from Chiswick-based international media facility, TVT, which was represented on the webinar by its managing director, Kim Thesiger: TVT can claim to be one of the first (even perhaps the first) European…
So many of you came to us to talk about captions during NAB. Based on our conversations, it’s clear that captions remain a huge source of frustration and worry. Broadcast workflows are more complex than ever. Add captions to the mix, and the complexity takes on a new dimension: Now, what you don’t want to do, is carry on…
Why can’t we standardize our XML schemas? It should be easy – right? After all, we’ve been exchanging content between facilities for decades and we write the same stuff on bits of paper regardless of who’s receiving it. Don’t we? We’re Consistent – Right? It seems the answer is “Not really”. One of the hidden…
If integrating captions in your workflow is making you reach for the Aspirin, then here are a few tips that might alleviate the pain: 1. Follow the Law At the end of 2012 the FCC passed the 21st Century Communications Act. According to the new regulation, all video content that is broadcast on television in…
I am continually amazed at how, even cost conscious, companies create delivery specifications. When it’s done correctly, a good delivery specification reduces costs for the business, improves interoperability, increases reliability, reduces failure rates and might even boost staff morale because things just work better. It shouldn’t really be a surprise. A delivery specification is essentially…
In the light of the recent FCC regulations, captioning for post houses has become more of a pain than ever. It is something you have to do because by law, your clients, who own the copyright to the material, have to do it: It’s Gonna Get Harder… It was already enough of a challenge when you…
It was the poet Tennyson who wrote about “brawling courts and dusty purlieus of the law”. Which may seem like an unlikely point to start a technical blog, but bear with me: 21st Century Communications and Video c Act Broadcasting has always been regulated by law, and as technology and society have moved on, so…
I bring good news to all! The FCC has recently issued an order stating that baby video monitors are exempt from having to decode closed captions! Phew, that is going to make all the difference in the world for the media industry: As you will know if you are an avid reader of this blog, the FCC in…
As I reported in a previous article, we have managed to generate more than 100 entries in our first year of this esteemed blog. We have hundreds of dedicated subscribers, reading the comments on every continent, in every time zone: In true cricketing style, I think this qualifies for one of the Test Match Special’s “Champagne…
Captioning is a really hot topic right now so I thought I’d share one of my short videos from the“Bruce’s Shorts” series of Broadcast-IT training videos for today’s blog post: Click PLAY to watch the video, or you can read the transcript below. Hello and welcome to Bruce’s Shorts. My name’s Bruce Devlin, I’m the Chief Technology Officer at…
All NAB Shows are crammed full of the latest gadgets and gizmos to make your media life better, faster, easier, cheaper, and probably more confusing than ever before. It’s rare, however, that subtle legal obligations grab the technology headlines, so here’s a little thought on why NAB 2013 is different. Broadcast legal requirements For years, captioning (US) and…
A little while ago, I wrote here about the US requirement for subtitles – closed captions – to be included on IP-delivered content as well as television. But what about the rest of the world? The first thing to say is that the world is a pretty big place, which means that the practice of subtitling and captioning, and…
As previously discussed on this blog, DPP standards webinar threw up some fascinating perspectives on this area of file-based workflow standardization. Another interesting perspective came from Chiswick-based international media facility, TVT, which was represented on the webinar by its managing director, Kim Thesiger: TVT can claim to be one of the first (even perhaps the first) European…
So many of you came to us to talk about captions during NAB. Based on our conversations, it’s clear that captions remain a huge source of frustration and worry. Broadcast workflows are more complex than ever. Add captions to the mix, and the complexity takes on a new dimension: Now, what you don’t want to do, is carry on…
Why can’t we standardize our XML schemas? It should be easy – right? After all, we’ve been exchanging content between facilities for decades and we write the same stuff on bits of paper regardless of who’s receiving it. Don’t we? We’re Consistent – Right? It seems the answer is “Not really”. One of the hidden…
If integrating captions in your workflow is making you reach for the Aspirin, then here are a few tips that might alleviate the pain: 1. Follow the Law At the end of 2012 the FCC passed the 21st Century Communications Act. According to the new regulation, all video content that is broadcast on television in…
I am continually amazed at how, even cost conscious, companies create delivery specifications. When it’s done correctly, a good delivery specification reduces costs for the business, improves interoperability, increases reliability, reduces failure rates and might even boost staff morale because things just work better. It shouldn’t really be a surprise. A delivery specification is essentially…
In the light of the recent FCC regulations, captioning for post houses has become more of a pain than ever. It is something you have to do because by law, your clients, who own the copyright to the material, have to do it: It’s Gonna Get Harder… It was already enough of a challenge when you…
It was the poet Tennyson who wrote about “brawling courts and dusty purlieus of the law”. Which may seem like an unlikely point to start a technical blog, but bear with me: 21st Century Communications and Video c Act Broadcasting has always been regulated by law, and as technology and society have moved on, so…
I bring good news to all! The FCC has recently issued an order stating that baby video monitors are exempt from having to decode closed captions! Phew, that is going to make all the difference in the world for the media industry: As you will know if you are an avid reader of this blog, the FCC in…
As I reported in a previous article, we have managed to generate more than 100 entries in our first year of this esteemed blog. We have hundreds of dedicated subscribers, reading the comments on every continent, in every time zone: In true cricketing style, I think this qualifies for one of the Test Match Special’s “Champagne…
Captioning is a really hot topic right now so I thought I’d share one of my short videos from the“Bruce’s Shorts” series of Broadcast-IT training videos for today’s blog post: Click PLAY to watch the video, or you can read the transcript below. Hello and welcome to Bruce’s Shorts. My name’s Bruce Devlin, I’m the Chief Technology Officer at…
All NAB Shows are crammed full of the latest gadgets and gizmos to make your media life better, faster, easier, cheaper, and probably more confusing than ever before. It’s rare, however, that subtle legal obligations grab the technology headlines, so here’s a little thought on why NAB 2013 is different. Broadcast legal requirements For years, captioning (US) and…
