My lead story this week covers the details in Adobe's monthly update to Premiere Pro. While many of these features first surfaced a few months ago in the open Premiere beta, here are the details.
In the news:
Avid announced that it is continuing its pause on exhibiting at large trade shows throughout 2022. Specifically, Avid will not host exhibits at the annual NAB, NAMM and IBC shows this year.
Digital Anarchy announced they now provide an upgraded transcription service tier - called "Premium" - that's optimized for poor audio quality. For good audio, Standard services are fine. However, "for poor audio, Premium is usually much more accurate. It’s a huge leap in accuracy for those of you dealing with difficult audio." They also did a test comparing the accuracy of different transcription services, including their own.
AJA Video Systems released free AJA Mini-Config software which allows interactive, visual configuration and complete control of USB-enabled AJA Mini-Converters via a single USB connection to a Mac or PC computer.
I got my start directing live TV broadcasts, so I am fascinated by the behind-the-scenes production details for the Super Bowl. TV News Check covers the business of broadcasting and wrote that NBC's "Super Bowl coverage is following a traditional model with most production staff and technology onsite. More than 1,000 people have been credentialed for the Super Bowl, with probably 500 involved in the actual game coverage between production, engineering and vendor staff, says Tim DeKime, VP of sports operations for NBC Sports. NBC has about 14 mobile trucks onsite between the game and the pregame show, supplied by NEP Group and its subsidiaries Aerial Video Systems and Broadcast Sports International.
"... To make sure all possible angles are covered, NBC will employ additional cameras for a total of 76 (the pregame will use another 46), including three 4K cameras on the goalpost that will be aimed at the backline of the end-zone. Game audio will be captured by 130 microphones."
