Alex Berger

Title: The Dynamic Duo: EVS Operators and Technical Directors in Live Broadcast In the dynamic world of live broadcast production, the partnership between EVS Operators and Technical Directors (TDs) is essential for delivering seamless and captivating shows. EVS Operators are highly skilled technicians specializing in managing EVS machines, which are critical for live events. They excel at tasks such as live replay management, clip creation, and data organization, ensuring smooth transitions and enhancing the visual storytelling of broadcasts. The relationship between EVS Operators and TDs is symbiotic and collaborative. While EVS Operators focus on managing video content and ensuring flawless transitions, TDs oversee the overall technical execution of the production. TDs coordinate camera operations, audio mixing, graphics, and lighting to ensure that all elements align harmoniously and deliver a polished broadcast. During live broadcasts, TDs rely on EVS Operators to seamlessly integrate replays, graphics, and pre-produced content into the broadcast flow. The TD's decisions on camera angles and cueing are synchronized with the EVS Operator's timing and content selection, resulting in a cohesive and engaging viewer experience. This partnership exemplifies the collaborative nature of media production, where each role contributes uniquely to the success of the final product. The synergy between EVS Operators and TDs ensures that live broadcasts captivate audiences and deliver high-quality content in real-time. #MediaProduction #BroadcastTeam #LiveTV #EVSOperators #TechnicalDirectors

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Talpa Studios' The Floor secures major international renewals Following the recent announcement of a second and third season in the USA, Talpa Studios hit show The Floor continues its global success with recommissions in three major territories: Italy, France and Germany. Blu Yazmine will produce the show for RAI2 in Italy, and Satisfaction Group will handle production for France Télévisions. In Germany, Cheerio Entertainment will oversee production, and the show will air on SAT.1. As with the first season, the second German season will be recorded at Talpa Studios' local production hub in the Netherlands. The Floor's ongoing success is attributed to its innovative structure, high play-along factor and continuous format revisions that keep it fresh and exciting. Its flexible structure has allowed it to thrive in both daily and weekly schedules, catering to diverse viewing habits. Sebastian van Barneveld, Director of Global Distribution at Talpa Studios: “The outstanding success and enthusiastic reception of The Floor across various territories highlight the format's remarkable adaptability and the strength of its straightforward, thrilling gameplay, where survival is at stake in every duel.” Since its initial launch in the Netherlands in 2023, The Floor has captivated audiences worldwide, leading to its sale in 15 diverse markets. These include prominent television territories such as the USA, France, Spain, Germany and Italy, as well as emerging markets like Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Argentina. About #TheFloor In The Floor, 100 quiz fanatics face off in quiz duels on a giant LED floor divided into one hundred equal squares, each representing its own field of knowledge. The goal is to conquer the entire floor and take home a huge cash prize. The rules are simple. A random contestant challenges an adjoining opponent in a quiz duel. They play against each other in the category of the opponent's square. Categories range from 'famous athletes' to 'Hollywood actors' and from ‘iconic buildings’ to 'mammals'. Some questions are visually supported by photographs, others by sound, while other duels focus on open questions, multiple choice, association: the possibilities are endless. The winner of a duel conquers his opponent's square, gaining more ground - the loser leaves the game. The further the game progresses, the more exciting the duels become and the higher the stakes. After eight episodes, who will be the last person standing on The Floor, winning a huge cash prize? The Floor is a format created and distributed by Talpa Studios.

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The downfall of Rohingya armed groups. A brief overview. https://lnkd.in/eAhF26ru

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"Cable TV without local TV" Is it possible to have a "no terrestrial broadcast" cable TV package? Not in the past, but it looks like you can now. DirecTV in the US has launched a "no terrestrial broadcast package, OPT OUT" that excludes local TV from the package. The subscriber base is slowly growing. Sports and news are at the core of this package. Many U.S. cable TV subscribers subscribe to local over-the-air for the NFL and Major League Baseball. That's why it's expensive. Unable to compete on price with streaming, DirecTV did something radical. It only includes terrestrial in its cable packages during the fall and winter months when the season starts. The rest of the year, it drops the terrestrial channels, "and the price goes down with them. Consumers have alternatives (sports streaming and news streaming) that would have been unthinkable in the past, but now they're comfortable with cable TV. Pay-TV, whose biggest Achilles heel and weapon is price, has made the decision to "go off the grid. With the exception of local TV, there is no Retransmission Consent Fee to pay. If the success of this package is of interest to you, see 'A new era of pay TV tracked by DirectMediaLab'. https://lnkd.in/gyMYevRB

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#eurimages #coproduction Council of Europe (Eurimages) has announced the next batch of projects supported by its Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions end of last week. Congratulations to all the winners! 🎉 The 9 projects from across Europe will share the pot of EUR 3,5 ml between them. That’s up from 7 projects and the pot of EUR 3 ml in the first call. ⭐️The program, which runs for 3 years, is supporting co-production series coming from the donor countries, most of which are lower capacity European countries for which the program (and the grant amount!) make a tangible difference. ⭐️ Interestingly, the TV series supported by the programme are more commercial and wider appeal in comparison to the long-running Eurimages feature film programme, that leans heavy into auteur cinema. This reflects the hugely important role Pilot Program for Series Co-Productions has in industry building in the lower capacity countries, but also the reality of niche auteur series struggling to attach commissioners in enough countries to satisfy the submission requirements. ⭐️ New donor countries have joined since the first call (Ireland and Lithuania). I’d be curious to see how CoE and the jury committee will manage the growing roster of donor countries. There are more countries contributing to the program than projects awarded and there are examples of countries having no projects supported in either call (notably, Greece). The next calls will get increasingly competitive. ⭐️ Interesting to see Ireland and Benelux being so well (possibly over-) represented in the selection. Well, soft money applications is a muscle that you develop with regular exercises. ⭐️ Returning series and animation series are also supported (I wonder if the same jury are evaluating both 🤔) ⭐️ In terms of genre (I am familiar with most series through my co-production work) it’s a nice selection ranging from period to futuristic crime drama and from intimate / psychological to political conspiracy and eco-thriller. Curious to hear your thoughts on: ❓Should each donor country get a project supported? ❓Should returning series be supported? ❓How would you manage “the balance of power” between higher budget projects from Western Europe and lower budget CEE ones? (in addition to budget differential the license fees that, say, Baltic series can raise to satisfy the minimum broadcaster deals requirement would not be enough to meet the confirmed financing threshold). https://lnkd.in/embYuuZX

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ÉDUCATION: summary of the LCEVC demonstrations at #nab2024 Fabio Murra explains in a short video the 3 main applications demonstrated: - Brazil TV3.0 running on off the shelf Hisense 4K TV, this was one of the major announcements at the show - XR with amazing 6DoF demo of studio content, to me more immersive than Apple Vision Pro - Cloud gaming : how to scale cloud gaming from the streaming to the play back There is something here.

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Now in the mix, on metaverse.radio: Abandoned Playground (@bassbjorne) with Nothing Else To Lose!! If this track doesn’t shake you, you mite be an NPC… Rock on! 🤘🏽 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🚀 #web3 #music #metaverse #spatialcomputing #radio #blockchain

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Very good insight! I agree, the landscape is shifting. Adapt or die. As a TV and movie production company we can align with the streaming platforms, and with half a dozen companies reach HALF of the entire world's population. By doing so we can also control our own destiny and costs. That is alluring. The media distribution marketplace will dramatically change in the next 36 months. Is there a place for cinema, theatres, streaming, and other alternative delivery methods to co-exist? Time will tell, we all adapt, we all evolve, that is the nature of business. Here is a prelude of things to come...

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