With much of the media and entertainment industry now placing sustainability front and center, remote production is growing in importance to help deliver on environmental objectives. With teams now able to manage studios from thousands of miles away, the benefits of the model are becoming more apparent all the time. Instead of flying operators to every location, for instance, remote infrastructure and processes allow productions to reduce travel, accommodation and equipment transport requirements, cutting emissions and streamlining logistics in the process.
Pixel Power – Automation and Content – how can they coexist?
One of my favorite things to say about our media production world is that I’ve never worked in an industry that is so obsessed with the next generation of technology but is so slow to actually adopt it. Perhaps this conservative tendency is a side-effect of working with content that we see as culturally significant or valuable, or maybe it’s just the recurring 3am nightmare of the screen going black during primetime. But when industry commentators keep lauding the next new shiny thing as a game-changer, customers watch on with their hands on their hips waiting for one of their number to go first, make all the mistakes, and iron out all of the wrinkles.
Ateliere – Overcoming extreme conditions to livestream niche sports
Niche sports have a remarkable opportunity to grab a global audience’s attention, but broadcasting events from remote locations presents unique challenges. Take the CX80 World Cup and European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (EMTBOC) as an example. This cross-country event, deep in a Polish forest, showcases the power of technology innovations in overcoming infrastructure hurdles.
Postudio – Driving new talent and inclusivity in post-production
Back in the 80s as a young boy, I witnessed what was the prevalent Business Model of the era – The Manufacturer Model – i.e. when necessity was the mother of invention. Busier families with less cooking time needed Instant noodles, pagers (yes, those antiquated things) when you needed to be reached urgently, Sony Walkman because you needed music when you walked/ exercised or were on long flights.
Octopus Newsroom – Building tomorrow’s newsroom
“The new reality of content creation centers on three C’s: Connection, Collaboration and Communication. All done remotely. Octopus Newsroom is the best solution for that reality.”
Appear – Protecting our fragile planet: the media & broadcast industry’s journey towards a greener horizon
In an era of unprecedented technological advancement, the media and broadcast industry plays a significant role in shaping how we perceive the world. However, this sector, like many others, faces a pressing challenge: the threat to our planet’s delicate ecological balance. As concerns about environmental sustainability escalate, our industry needs to take bold steps to minimize its own impact on the environment and pave the way for a greener future.
Source Elements: Designing Remote Collaboration systems for Humans
Once a technology becomes an inseparable part of a fundamental human characteristic such as communication, that technology is no longer a neutral tool. It starts to shape and be shaped by humans in a collaborative way. What fundamentals must we be aware of so we can optimize remote technology for those who create, monitor, review and approve time-based media?
Empowering creativity at scale with remote production innovation – LTN
Media companies around the world are embracing remote production to unlock game-changing operational and cost-efficiencies, driven by advances in cloud and IP technology. Remote media workflows are enhancing creative collaboration across the content chain, breaking down geographical barriers and empowering content owners to do more with less.
Unlocking Remote Creative Collaboration for Filmmakers – Dejero
Since the very first moving picture and black and white films, to high-resolution digital video, and now with the seismic shift to the cloud, media production technology has undergone quite an evolution, yet film sets remain a bit of a dark place when it comes to connectivity.
Collaborating Where You Want – EditShare
The pandemic may have given us a nudge along the way, but the idea of putting all the production and post resources into one location would surely have withered away. The arguments in favour of decentralised, remote working are far too strong.