Thomson Grass Valley white papers on the newest trends and technology driving HD News production.
Computer Industry Shapes Direction of Broadcast Media Storage
Powerful Video Compression Engine for Professional HD Application
By Roger Crooks
The future of storage and how it's used is being determined today by the IT industry, where most of the components used in professional production and distribution systems and networks come from.
Considering Compression
Being in the digital domain, with the creative and distribution options it brings, is a good thing. However, it’s still a fact—even more so with the advent of HD—that compression is a necessary evil. With a wide choice of compression schemes available, and even more on the horizon, we could be looking at a future that is not so much Variable Bit-Rate as Very Baskin-Robbins.
The Right MPEG-4/AVC Compression for an HD World (.pdf)
Powerful Video Compression Engine for Professional HD Application
By Jean Pierre Henot
Since the launch of color TV in the 1960s, high-definition (HD) television has been one of the industry’s greatest advances. With the introduction to Blu-ray disks and HD-DVD players and the successful launch of HD ready flat-screen displays, consumer electronics are paving the way for this new experience to reach the mass market.
HD News: Don’t Fear the File! (.pdf)
Abstract
The era of HD news is upon us, later than the earliest visionaries may have forecast but also more suddenly than many expected. Nine years and two months after the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 defined the digital television landscape for the U.S., and four years and a month after the originally mandated date for auction of analog channels, HD news has in the past few months become a key marketing differentiator for local news offerings in large U.S. television markets.
Ignite Multicast Market Opportunity - Technology and System for Live Production (.pdf)
Abstract
Digital Television (DTV) permits broadcasters to deliver more channels of programming over their allotted digital spectrum, allowing local stations to send multiple simultaneous streams otherwise known as “multicasting�. This business case white paper explores and explains Grass Valley’s Ignite HD solution and its unique ability to support the multicasting business model.
Freeing Up Production With Grass Valley's Wireless Control
By Ronny van Geel
Product Manager, Camcorders for Grass Valley
When Grass Valley introduced its Infinityâ„¢ Series Digital Media Camcorder (DMC), it described the standard- and high-definition camcorder as revolutionary in its design and adoption of IT technology that would significantly improve file-based workflows in a number of ways.