This paper analyses research evidence about the creative environments in the UK television production sector. The industry is reviewed across a number of dimensions: the evolving sentiments and structures of collective creativity; the perception of the actual and the ideal creative environment for television production; the growing levels of uncertainty associated with freelance work; and the k...

broadcast digitalization with its enormous benefits to the broadcasting industry will improve the quality of content of programs delivered by television stations. africa has a switchover date of june, 2017. for nigerians to have access to television broadcast once the switch over is completed, they must purchase high definition television sets or the set-up box. the awareness among urban dwelle...

The frame and field rates that have been used for television since the 1930s cause problems for motion portrayal, which are increasingly evident on the large, high-resolution television displays that are now common. In this paper we report on a programme of experimental work that successfully demonstrated the advantages of higher frame rate capture and display as a means of improving the qualit...

BACKGROUND Short term population dynamics is an important issue in several epidemiological studies. Usually, calendar time or dummy variables are used to control indirectly for this confounding. This study tested a direct method. METHODS The study compared as proxy variables of population dynamics the summer 2003 data of cooking gas consumptions, solid urban waste production, and television a...

Television production has shifted rapidly from an analog process to one where virtually all programs are created and finalized as digital files. Such productions in public television are at great risk of being lost, because practices for long-term preservation of digital video are just now emerging, and because there is no mandate for preservation within the public broadcasting system. NDIIPP f...

This paper provides an internal look at the thoughts and activities of American interactive television (iTV) executives and producers circa 2002. Based on in-depth interviews it first suggests a comprehensive definition of the US iTV landscape. Then, by providing a case study of three pioneering iTV productions, it examines the organizational aspects of producing interactive television through ...

To interact as audience to a live television production is today a common procedure. New is to use Augmented Reality support to reach the audience at home. Also new is the situation to have many Television Sets at private houses connected with the internet. Both are offering lots of possibilities for interactive live television productions. The author shows current productions, a by himself pro...

IBC '98 was once more proof that IT is on the rise in television production and distribution, due to its ever-increasing performance and falling prices. It is finding more and more use, not only in administrative data processing but also in the domain of classical video technology – recording, editing, distribution and archiving of sound and images. Non-linear editing systems already are in wid...