Craig Johnston

I still remember a visit from a cellular phone company in the late 1990s to the affiliate where I worked, offering us liveshot capability over their wireless network.I remember we didn’t bite.

After years of work, with some interruptions, SMPTE’s Archive eXchange Format standard was published in September 2014.

The term future-proofing gets thrown around a lot when customers evaluate components for an installation.

As cellular network providers continue to build out their high-bandwidth infrastructures, cellular liveshot units can be expected to become more and more popular.

As camera makers make strides to 4K imaging, lens makers are challenged to provide high resolution prime and zoom lenses to deliver high-quality images to the camera sensor.

JVC’s aim for the 2014 is to show television news departments that there’s no reason for a news crew to go on a story without the ability to deliver a live shot back to the studio

The news shooter’s video tools may be a long way from a Hollywood movie crew’s collection of equipment.

This is a big year in the sports remote truck business.

Large-format single-sensor cameras have today taken over a significant part of the professional camera market, especially for 4K production.

A fairly recent NAB Show tradition has been to play “Who’da thunk they’d start building cameras?”

Once again, lens makers are faced with the challenge of building lenses that handle increased demands of higher resolution sensors, this time 4K units.

Benefits include higher density, scalability

Portable ENG tools require longer power, lighter weight.