The Public Network, Making it Work for Digital Video and Entertainment Production

This paper is designed to assist broadcasters, motion picture and television production management, and information technologists, understand the issues surrounding moving content between facilities across town or across the oceans. — The digital television revolution has created confusion and opportunity. TV broadcasting has taking on a new meaning to us all. Television is now digital, interactive and will be delivered to your home via methods different than before. The range of digital video, and entertainment products now include, direct satellite, digital terrestrial broadcasting, DVD, and Internet Broadcasting. All of these new sources and distribution technologies are based on digital. — The demand for content or software as it is called in the consumer electronics business has created new centers of content creation. The number of people required to produce the thousands of hours of content consumed each week is rising quickly. No longer can you count on all of your team or resources being in the same city or state. The Internet and high-speed modems have fostered the idea of collaborating across the “Ether,” and it works. Video-conferencing that was the sole domain of large corporations is now available to everyone who owns a PC and an Internet connection. Broadband communication is the current wave of technology to provide new and exciting tools for the creative professional.

Published

1999-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00954

ISBN

978-1-61482-930-0