JamieG Analysis

Sony is about to release a VTR that actually answers the needs of a modern Post Production House.  This has been a long time coming.  And in some ways I would like to think I had a hand in shaping its future. (see here)
A number of years ago, back when the HDCAM deck was released, [...]

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Recently Microsoft announced that they are making available API information (Docs that describe how their products work. Note: no source code). This is a huge plus for everyone using Microsoft technology. I see great things coming from this. Still, I have never seen Microsoft do anything without reason.
The documents being released where, [...]

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 Following up from a post a while back called:
Evolution of file copy. “cp”, “ftp”, “http”, “p2p”
A new project in the EU has been setup between a number of educational and corporate entities to give birth to the next big open standard Internet protocol.  I.e. an open standard P2P protocol.
This is great news for internet users [...]

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Continuing with key concepts in digital media, today I would like to focus on “fragmentation”.
To help analyse this I would like to focus on a particular aspect of media which, I hope, the general reader has a better hands on experience.  Advertising.
The general consumer would understand, up until the advent of online/internet advertising, we had [...]

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Earlier today I was listening to “Digital Production Buzz“. This week’s audio podcast is defiantly a 5 star episode if you’re interested in the mind field that is the advantages and disadvantages of all the prosumer cameras and different codec’s and standards they use.
Adam Wilt was a wealth of information, and you have to concentrate [...]

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