Media networks Spreading the Vision
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Internet companies such as Wam!Net and Sohonet are providing video transport services in the United Kingdom, which enables the delivery of video through phone lines. The three trends driving this service are globalization responses, video evolution and usage, and enhanced technology. Although it is experiencing success, video transport still has a future of refinement and upgrading.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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Twenty-five years of post: Twenty-five years after the 1" VTR revolutionized post-production, Richard Dean takes a long stroll down amnesia lane to see how changing technology has affected the UK's finishing industry
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Video post-production technology is historically revisited in the United Kingdom, describing various watersheds in technique. Computers and networks have completely changed the format of the industry, and made the work much faster and easier to complete.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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Editing: How helical scannig paved the way for automation and helped save money
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The history of video editing equipment is described from the Quadruplex to the helical scanning U-Matic and the Betacam. The days of splicing film have mostly ended because of new digital mastering systems.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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